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US Marine Corps (USMC) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), speak with the troops of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) after a mortar attack on the ICDC compound in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Marine Corps (USMC) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), dismount and patrol on foot after a rocket was fired in the area of Al Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Marine Corps (USMC) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), dismount and patrol on foot after a rocket was fired in the area of Al Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Marine Corps (USMC) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), respond to a mortar attack on the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) compound with a foot patrol in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marines are armed with FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) and M4A1 Carbines. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), react to a mortar attack on the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) compound in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), respond to a mortar attack on the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) compound in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), respond to a mortar attack on the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) compound in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Marine Corps (USMC) Quick Reaction Force (QRF) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) soldiers search an open field for the remains of a rocket fired in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Al Shahabi
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jordan F. Sherwood, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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