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An Iraqi worker works on water treatment plant in Al Tufail village in the Babil province of Iraq. Iraqi workers along with the assistance of members of Multinational Division Central-South (MND-CS), construct water treatment plants to provide clean and potable water to avoid further diseases among local Iraqis residing in villages surrounding the Al Tufail region. MND-CS is composed of seventeen nations to maintain order and security in the central south region of Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Tufail State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

A Lithuanian Soldier speaks to an Iraqi girl waiting at a foster home where she will depart by bus for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

A Lithuanian Soldier poses with an Iraqi girl while a Polish Soldier takes a picture. The little girl is waiting at an foster home for departure by bus for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

Polish TV videotapes Iraqi children as they leave their foster home for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

Iraqi children, leaving their foster homes, board a bus for a flight to Poland, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS), is sponsoring flights to Poland for children who lost their parents and live in foster homes in the Al Hillah region of Babil province, Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

A Polish Army Soldier from the 1ST Battle Combat Team distributes bottles of water to local Iraqi children, during a patrol near the outskirts of Camp Babylon, located in Al Hillah in the Babil Province, in Iraq. Members of the Polish Army Soldiers conduct daily patrols as part of the Multi-National Division effort to maintain order and security in South Central Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jase M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released More

An Iraqi security force member, with U.S. Marine Corps Marines from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1ST Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, search a civilian in Haswah, Iraq, during an ongoing effort to disrupt criminal and other anti-Iraqi activity in Northern Babil Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Sergeant. Zachary A. Bathon) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Haswah State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Zachary Bathon, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

Iraqi security forces, assisted by a U.S. Marine Corps Marine from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1ST Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a cordon-and-search operation in Haswah, Iraq on Sep. 9, 2004, during an ongoing effort to disrupt criminal and other anti-Iraqi activity in Northern Babil Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Sergeant Zachary A. Bathon) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Haswah State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Zachary Bathon, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Civil Affairs Team, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), checks the identifications of several male Iraqi civilians while conducting a joint USMC - Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) cordon-and-search operation in Hasweh, Babil Province, Iraq, as part of the ongoing effort to disrupt criminal and insurgent activities during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Haswah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Caleb J. Smith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Civil Affairs Team, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), greets several male Iraqi civilians while conducting a joint USMC - Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) cordon-and-search operation in Hasweh, Babil Province, Iraq, as part of the ongoing effort to disrupt criminal and insurgent activities during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Haswah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Caleb J. Smith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se More

U.S. Army SGT. Rex Gates, Combat Medic, 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), sits inside the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, on Spet. 12, 2004, in preparation for an evacuation mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Jose M. Hernandez) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hillah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

U.S. Army SPEC. Ernest J. Balve, 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance), conducts security checks on a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq, on Spet. 12, 2004, in preparation for an evacuation mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Jose M. Hernandez) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hillah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jose M. Hernandez, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers, 2nd Commando Battalion (BN), Iraq Ministry of the Interior, prepare to practice the proper technique to board and exit a US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter, conducted as part of their helicopter training under the instruction of USMC Force Reconnaissance Platoon (PLT), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu, Babil Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Caleb J. Smith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com More

Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers, 2nd Commando Battalion (BN), Iraq Ministry of the Interior, and a US Marine Corps (USMC) Instructor, Force Reconnaissance Platoon (PLT), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are inside a USMC CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter while practicing the proper boarding and exiting techniques during their helicopter training at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu, Babil Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Caleb J. Smith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com More

Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers, 2nd Commando Battalion (BN), Iraq Ministry of the Interior, practice the proper technique to exit a US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter, conducted as part of their helicopter training under the instruction of USMC Force Reconnaissance Platoon (PLT), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu, Babil Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Caleb J. Smith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com More

Iraqi Army (IA) Soldiers, 2nd Commando Battalion (BN), Iraq Ministry of the Interior, and their US Marine Corps (USMC) Instructors, Force Reconnaissance Platoon (PLT), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pose in front of a USMC CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter that was used by the Iraqis to practice the proper boarding and exiting techniques during their helicopter training at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu, Babil Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Caleb J. Smith, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com More

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman SEAMAN (HMSN) Eduardo Rivera, assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides security for his fellow USMC Marines and USN Sailors who are performing a cordon and knock mission in a local village outside of Forward Operating base (FOB) Kalsu, Babil Province, Iraq (IRQ), while conducting a Security and Stability Operation (SASO) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Zachary A Bathon, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Co More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (multipurpose bucket) to push a large piece of concrete into the river to start working on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine and a US Navy (USN) Sailor, both with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare a pipe to be placed in the river at Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, in order to use it as a base for the bridge they are helping to reconstruct, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a blow torch to weld two pieces of metal together in preparation to start reconstructing a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a blow torch to cut the metal rails in preparation to start reconstructing a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to work a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), saws off an obstruction in order to seal the leaks in a broken pipe that is located next to a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to flatten and compress a burned out car in order to help fill a mortar impact crater on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (multipurpose bucket) to dump bricks into a mortar impact crater on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a blow torch to cut the metal rails in preparation to start reconstructing a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (multipurpose bucket) to dump bricks into the river to start working on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (multipurpose bucket) to dump bricks into a mortar impact crater on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine and a US Navy (USN) Sailor, both with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare a pipe to be placed in the river at Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, in order to use it as a base for the bridge they are helping to reconstruct, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provide perimeter security as other 24th MEU Marines and Sailors work on reconstructing a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Anthony Kious, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (forklift) to lift a compressed car in order to place into a mortar impact crater during the reconstruction of a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), seals the leaks in a broken pipe that is located next to a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), seals the leaks in a broken pipe that is located next to a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to push dirt over a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine and a US Navy (USN) Sailor, both with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), help guide a pipe into the river at Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, in order to use it as a base for the bridge they are helping to reconstruct, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and US Navy (USN) Sailors, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), survey the remnants of a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Anthony Kious, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (forklift) to place a compressed car in to a mortar impact hole during the reconstruction of a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a modified Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to chip away at a huge piece of concrete before beginning to reconstruct a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon (rear), Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), holds a strap attached to the harness worn by USN Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch, Kalsu Det., NMCB-4, 24th MEU, in order to secure PO2 Muskevitsch as he solders a support beam into a mortar impact crater as they work on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability s (SASO) in Babil Province during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon (rear), Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Bat More

A US Navy (USN) Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (forklift) to push large metal sheets into place over a mortar impact crater during the reconstruction of a bridge in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch (front) and US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Marsielle Foster, both with Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), solder sheet metal together as they work on a bridge that is being reconstructed in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) SEAMAN (SN) Raymond Ayala, a Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses an acetylene torch to cut a bolt off of a piece of metal which will be used as a support beam on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and US Navy (USN) Seabees spread gravel over eight large metal sheets that were placed over a mortar impact crater during the reconstruction of a bridge in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch (front) and US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Marsielle Foster, both with Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), solder sheet metal together as they work on a bridge that is being reconstructed in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon (right), Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), holds a strap attached to the harness worn by USN Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch, Kalsu Det., NMCB-4, 24th MEU, in order to secure PO2 Muskevitsch as he solders a support beam into a mortar impact crater as they work on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability s (SASO) in Babil Province during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon (right), Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Ba More

US Navy (USN) Seabees, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), work a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) SEAMAN (SN) Raymond Ayala, a Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses an acetylene torch to cut a bolt off of a piece of metal which will be used as a support beam on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

A US Navy (USN) Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (multipurpose bucket) to dump gravel on top of large metal sheets that were placed over a mortar impact crater during the reconstruction of a bridge in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) SEAMAN (SN) Raymond Ayala, a Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), hammers a bolt off of a piece of metal which will be used as a support beam on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and US Navy (USN) Seabees, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), work a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and US Navy (USN) Seabees, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), placed eight large metal sheets over a mortar impact crater during the reconstruction of a bridge in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

A US Navy (USN) Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to work on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon (rear), Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), holds a strap attached to the harness worn by USN Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch, Kalsu Det., NMCB-4, 24th MEU, in order to secure PO2 Muskevitsch as he solders a support beam into a mortar impact crater as they work on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability s (SASO) in Babil Province during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon (rear), Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Bat More

US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon, Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), holds a strap attached to the harness worn by USN Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch (front), Kalsu Det., NMCB-4, 24th MEU, in order to secure PO2 Muskevitsch as he solders a support beam into a mortar impact crater as they work on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability s (SASO) in Babil Province during...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon, Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion More

A US Navy (USN) Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (forklift) to place large metal sheets over a mortar impact crater during the reconstruction of a bridge in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch, Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), solders a support beam into a mortar impact crater as he works on a bridge that is being reconstructed in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

A US Navy (USN) Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (multipurpose bucket) to dump gravel on top of large metal sheets that were placed over a mortar impact crater during the reconstruction of a bridge in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Soldiers from Iraq's 2nd Ministry of Interior Commando Battalion, patrol an area in the northern Babil province of Iraq, during Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK on Nov. 28, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frank) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frenk, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Iraqi Soldiers from the 2nd Ministry of Interior Commando Battalion, load into boats during Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK along the Euphrates River in Iraq's northern Babil province on Nov. 28, 2004. PLYMOUTH ROCK, is a fresh offensive by Iraqi, U.S. and British Forces to root out anti-Iraqi elements.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frank) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

Iraqi Soldiers with the 2nd Ministry of Interior Commando Battalion, provide security with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Iraq's northern Babil province on Nov. 28, 2004 in support of Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK. PLYMOUTH ROCK, is a fresh offensive by Iraqi, U.S. and British Forces to root out anti-Iraqi elements. (SUBSTANDARD)(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frank) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

A U.S. Marine Corps Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, searches a house for weapons, as a Squad Automatic Weapon 5.56 mm machine gun sits on the floor, in Iraq's northern Babil province on Nov. 28, 2004 in support of Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK. PLYMOUTH ROCK, is a fresh offensive by Iraqi, U.S. and British Forces to root out anti-Iraqi elements.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frank) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

An Iraqi soldier, 2nd Ministry of Interior Commando Battalion, armed with an 7.62 mm AK 47 assault rifle, provides security in Iraq's northern Babil province on Nov. 28, 2004 in support of Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK. PLYMOUTH ROCK, is a fresh offensive by Iraqi, U.S. and British Forces to root out anti-Iraqi elements.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frenk) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

A U.S. Marine Corps Marine with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, searches a house located in Iraq's northern Babil province during Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK on Nov. 28, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frank) (Released)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frenk, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

A U.S. Marine Corps Marine, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides security in Iraq's northern Babil province on Nov. 28, 2004 in support of Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK. PLYMOUTH ROCK, is a fresh offensive by Iraqi, U.S. and British Forces to root out anti-Iraqi elements.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Zachary R. Frank) (Released) (SUBSTANDARD)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mark their position with a white star cluster flare to alert other friendly forces during a fire fight while conducting a cordon-and-search operation in Jurf as Sakhr, Babil Province, Iraq. These Marines are participating in Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK, which is a combined US and British offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jurf As Sakhr State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), search a room inside a house for illegal weapons and munitions during a cordon-and-search operation in Jurf as Sakhr, Babil Province, Iraq, while participating in Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK, which is a combined US and British offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jurf As Sakhr State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform a house-to-house search for illegal weapons and munitions during a cordon-and-search operation in Jurf as Sakhr, Babil Province, Iraq, while participating in Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK, which is a combined US and British offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jurf As Sakhr State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

Three US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), return fire at enemy insurgents during a cordon-and-search operation in Jurf as Sakhr, Babil Province, Iraq, while participating in Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK, which is a combined US and British offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jurf As Sakhr State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Zachary R. Frank, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Steven Poff (foreground) assigned to Alpha Troop, 98th Cavalry, 155th Brigade Troops Battalion (BTB) inspects the wreckage of an exploded vehicle near an intersection in the Babil Province of Iraq. The USA 98th Cavalry is conducting counter mortar patrols near camp Kalsu Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kalsu State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Brien Aho, Usn Release Status: R More

Under the watchful eye of US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers and Soldiers from the 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), workers paint the exterior of an Iraqi Police Station located in the Babil Province, in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kalsu State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Brien Aho, USA Release Status: R More

An Iraqi women purchases fish from a local boy at an open air market in Iskandriyah, Iraq. A neighborhood located it the Babil Province, where US Army (USA) National Guard Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), are conducting patrols to maintain community relations and to show a presence of security, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) Brien Aho, Usn Rele More

General (GEN) Otto Alejandro Romero Orellana, Minister of National Defense, El Salvador, meets with Iraqi Officials in the town of Al Hillah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. El Salvador is a member of the Multi-National Division Central-South focused on the reconstruction of infrastructure and humanitarian assistance in different communities in the Babil province

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Charlie State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Arthur Hamilton, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More