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US Army (USA) Second Lieutenant (2LT) John K. Johannes, and SPECIALIST (SPC) Michael J. Southern, both assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division, Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), transport boxes of explosives into a secured bunker after returning to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Junction City. The explosives were found during a raid on a weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Second Lieutenant (2LT) John K. Johannes, and SPECIALIST (SPC) Michael J. Southern, both assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division, Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), transport boxes of explosives into a secured bunker after returning to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Junction City. The explosives were found during a raid on a weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Second Lieutenant (2LT) John K. Johannes, and USA SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Michael J. Southern, both with C Company (C CO), 1ST Engineer Battalion (1ST Engineers), Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), 1ST Infantry Division (1ST ID), Fort Riley, Kansas (KS), place boxes filled with explosives in a bunker, found while on patrol for weapons caches, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Josue J. Paredes, assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), participates in a dismounted patrol to search for hidden weapons during a raid on a suspected weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Second Lieutenant (2LT) John K. Johannes, assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), performs a dismounted patrol during a raid on a suspected weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), unearth cases of Iraqi munitions bearing the marking of the Jordanian Armed Forces, found during a raid on a weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) David Johnson (left), GUNNER, and Sergeant (SGT) Justin Javar (right), Assistant GUNNER, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 17th Infantry Regiment (1/17th), 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), fire illumination flares from inside their Stryker Mortar Carrier Vehicle (MCV) 120 mm mortar cannon, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, in order to light-up the night sky over Mosul, Ninawa Province, Iraq (IRQ), in order to deny Iraqi insurgents the opportunity to place improvised explosive devices (IEDs) under the cover of darkness
US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) John A. Allen, assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), examines a box of Iraqi PE-4A plastic explosives, found during a raid on a weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) John A. Allen, assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), displays a stick of Iraqi PE-4A plastic explosives, found during a raid on a weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Second Lieutenant (2LT) John K. Johannes, and SPECIALIST (SPC) Michael J. Southern, both assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division, Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), transport boxes of explosives into a secured bunker after returning to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Junction City. The explosives were found during a raid on a weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Fob Junction City
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
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