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US Army (USA) and Iraqi Army Officials attend the Transition of Authority Ceremony held in An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured foreground left-to-right, An unidentified Iraqi Army Officer; USA Brigadier General (BGEN) Augustus L. Collins, Commander, 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG); Iraq Army Colonel (COL) SA'aid, Commander, 1ST Brigade, 8th Division, Iraqi Army; and USA Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James Oliver, Commander, 1ST Battalion, 198th Armor, 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT). (A3597)
US Army (USA) and Iraqi Army Officials attend the Transition of Authority Ceremony held in An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured foreground left-to-right, USA Brigadier General (BGEN) Augustus L. Collins, Commander, 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG); Iraq Army Colonel (COL) SA'aid, Commander, 1ST Brigade, 8th Division, Iraqi Army; and USA Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) James Oliver, Commander, 1ST Battalion, 198th Armor, 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT). (A3597)
Iraq Army Colonel (COL) SA'aid (foreground), Commander, 1ST Brigade, 8th Division, Iraqi Army; signs the documents accepting ownership of Forward Operating Base Hotel during the Transition of Authority Ceremony held in An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. During the Ceremony US Army (USA) Commander of 1ST Battalion, 198th Armor, 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Mississippi National Guard, relinquished command to Commander, 1ST Brigade, 8th Division, Iraqi Army
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Iraqi Army Soldiers stand at attenti as Iraqi Army Brig. GEN. Bassim enters the room for a graduati of Iraqi Army Soldiers from the School of Infantry (SOI) Camp Yasser, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq March 24, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalis. 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (fwd) is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operati Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and ctinue the development of a market based ecomy centered...
US Army (USA) Sergeant Major (SGM) Richard Fischer, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC), Iraqi Civil Defense Course (ICDC), and USA Brigadier General (BGEN) Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver), 1ST Armored Division (AD), review the new Iraqi Civil Defense Force troops at their graduation ceremony. The ICDC conducted weekly in Baghdad, Iraq, to train new Iraqi recruits on soldier skills and to prepare them to work with coalition forces supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade (ISOP BDE), stand by to conduct a joint Iraqi and Coalition Forces combat operation at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq. Originally named the 36th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) and under the control of the 1ST Armored Division (1 AD), the battalion is composed of experienced soldiers who have conducted numerous raids, have found dozens of weapons caches and have been working together since Dec. 2003. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GUNNERY SGT. Chago Zapata) (RELEASED)
Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldiers waiting to get new uniforms from Charlie Company (C CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (1/5), Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT 1), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV). The training of the ICDC Soldiers is taking place at India Base in Nasir Waal Salaam, Iraq (IRQ). The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in Iraqs Al Anbar province
Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 36th Commando Battalion (CDO BN), Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade (ISOP BDE), stand by to conduct a joint Iraqi and coalition forces combat operation at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Duke, An Najaf Province, Iraq. Originally named the 36th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) and under the control of the 1ST Armored Division (1 AD), the battalion is composed of experienced soldiers who have conducted numerous raids, have found dozens of weapons caches and have been working together since Dec. 2003. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GUNNERY SGT. Chago Zapata) (RELEASED)
US Military, Iraqi Military and Iraqi top ranking Officials participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of new barracks for Iraqi National Guard (ING) Soldiers, in An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured foreground left-to-right: ING General (GEN) Uthman Ali Farhood, Commander, 50th ING Brigade; The Honorable Adnan al-Zurufi, Governor of An Najaf Province; ING Colonel (COL) Aqeel Khaleel Borhan, Commander, 405th ING Battalion; and US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Najaf
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: CPL Matthew S. Richards, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
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