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US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Erik Estrada (holding fuel nozzle), India Company (I Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), pumps gasoline into a 5 gallon fuel can, stored in a rack on the back of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M1038 Cargo/Troop Carrier, while on a routine patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Erik Estrada (holding fuel nozzle), India Company (I Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), pumps gasoline into a 5 gallon fuel can, stored in a rack on the back of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M1038 Cargo/Troop Carrier, while on a routine patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Erik Estrada (holding fuel nozzle), India Company (I Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), pumps gasoline into a 5 gallon fuel can, stored in a rack on the back of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M1038 Cargo/Troop Carrier, while on a routine patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Everette Hullete and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Luke Huisenga, 2nd Platoon (PLT), Kilo Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion (BN) 7th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), hand out candy while patrolling the streets of Karabilah, Iraq, as part of humanitarian operations in the area. The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar province in Iraq
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Andrew Pendracki, Combat Camera, documents Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), as they patrol the streets in response to an attack on the Iraqi Police station in Al Kharma, Iraq. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Erik Estrada (holding fuel nozzle), India Company (I Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), pumps gasoline into a 5 gallon fuel can while on a routine patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Rawah
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kevin C. Quihuis, Jr, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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