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US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Mark Vonachen, Flight Engineer, 160th Aviation Squadron (AVN SQN), wait by a USA UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter, for Scouts from 1ST Platoon (PLT), Echo (E) Troop, 4th Cavalry (CAV), 2nd Brigade (BDE), to board the aircraft for a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mission. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Stephen Puccini, Squad Leader, Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), sits in a USA UH-60A Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter on the Quick Response Force (QRF) hot pad, waiting, along with another Blackhawk, to leave for a QRF Search and Seizure mission. USA SSG Puccini is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Donald Leinhert, Radioman, Bravo Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), moves carefully through a field with a wire ceiling during a Quick Response Force (QRF) weapons interdiction mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander. PFC Leinhert is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Air Force (USAF) First Lieutenant (1LT) Hamilton Underwood (background right) and USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jerome Turner, both assigned to the 4th Combat Camera Squadron (CCS), videotape an interview with US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Brad Jackson, Washington (WA) National Guard, 10th Civil Support Team, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Unit, following a simulated chemical weapons exercise conducted at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Fort Lewis, WA, during Exercise SEAHAWK 2002. Seahawk combines active duty and reserve components from the US Air Force (USAF), US Navy (USN), US Coast Guard (USCG), US Public Health Service, Royal Canadian Armed Forces (RCAF), Federal Bureau of...

Led by US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Eric Stoutenberg, Platoon Leader, Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), exits a four-level underground bunker following a Search and Seizure Quick Response Force (QRF) mission. They are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Mark Vonachen (left) and USA SGT Kevin McAndrews, Flight Engineers, 160th Aviation Squadron (AVN SQN), wait by their USA UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter, for Scouts from 1ST Platoon (PLT), Echo (E) Troop, 4th Cavalry (CAV), 2nd Brigade (BDE), to board the aircraft for a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mission. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers of Bravo Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), get "dusted" by a USA UH-60A Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter as it moves in to extract the team at an alternate location. The original location came under attack with mortars and small arms fire shortly after the team was infiltrated. Bravo Section is part of the Quick Response Force (QRF) mission that responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Joe Linhart, Echo Troop (E TRP), 2nd Squadron (SQDN), 11th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security for fellow Soldiers. They are interrogating the driver of a truck, out of frame, stopped for suspicious activity in Iskandaryiah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jason Jackson, Squad Leader, Bravo Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), moves quickly across an open area during a Quick Response Force (QRF) weapons interdiction mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander. SGT Jackson is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ronnie Thompson, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), contacts helicopters for an extraction at an alternate location after the original location came under attack with mortars and small arms fire shortly after his team was infiltrated. SFC Thompson is a member of the Quick Response Force (QRF) mission that responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SFC Thompson is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Lsa Anaconda

State: Salah Ad Din

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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