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A US Army (USA) Soldier from 7th Squadron (SQN), 10th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), Fort Hood, Texas (TX), searches a residence in Nubai, Iraq, during an air assault mission to search for insurgents and weapons caches during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldier is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Kenneth Hayes, Echo Company (E Co.), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Regiment (2/1), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), carries his FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) on patrol through a small village during a Civil Military operation, while participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Nick Faneuff, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 4th Battalion (BN), 14th Cavalry (CAV), 2nd Platoon (PLT), Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK), provides an over watch while USA Soldiers and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines are searching for weapons caches and insurgents east of the Syrian (SYR) border near the Euphrates River inside Iraq (IRQ) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. At his side is a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

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) Sergeant (SGT) Christopher Fullbright, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment (IR) (1/17th Infantry), TAC, 172nd Stryker Brigade (BDE), Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK), pulls security on a street corner during a foot patrol looking for a vehicle involved in a gun fight with US troops on the streets of Mosul, Iraq (IRQ). USA SGT Fullbright is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. USA SGT Fullbright and his unit deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) Soldier from Bravo (B) Company (CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 130th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), Illinois Army National Guard (INARNG), Urbana, Illinois (IL), attached to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Fort Carson, Colorado (CO), provides security with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle backed with an MK 19 Mod 3 40 mm grenade machine gun system, while other members search for weapons and possible insurgents near Baqubah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Colin Brooks, Commander, Bravo Company (B CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 8th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT) (2-8), 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), helps an Iraqi Army (IA) Soldier fire rounds down range during a training evolution as part of a two-week basic military training (BMT) course during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The IA Soldier in the foreground is firing a MNMI 7.62 mm M240G machine gun, the rest are firing 7.62 mm PKM light machine guns

US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) F. A. Jacobs, Communications Company (CO), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), takes a moment to say a few words about USMC GYSGT Shawn A. Lane, at his memorial service on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Blue Diamond, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ). The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Nicholas Fate, 1ST Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment (1-66th AR), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), takes a knee in a rural field for perimeter security after a long on foot movement to search for weapons caches near Al Mushahada, Iraq (IRQ). USA SGT Fate is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. USA SGT Fate and his unit deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Al Mushahada

State: Diyala

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: MC1(Aw) Michael Larson, Usn

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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