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A couple of Iraqi men are nailing studs together as part of a work program at Camp Ali, 60th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Brigade (BDE) training camp, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

Two local Iraqi bakers prepare to bake several patches of bread inside their bakery near Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, USMC Release Statu More

A US Navy (USN) CHIEF PETTY Officer Second Class (PO2) works with a group of Iraqi men on a project as part of a work program at Camp Ali, 60th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Brigade (BDE) training camp, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

[Portrait of an Arab with White Turban]

[Portrait of an Arab with White Turban] - [FRA-2031] Public domain photograph of post-war reconstruction of Europe, work of US government

Iraqi people and cars move down the street near a market in downtown Baghdad, Iraq (IRQ). (SUBSTANDARD)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Sturkol, US More

A pilot, wearing Arab headgear, exits from an F-111 aircraft during the joint Exercise BRIGHT STAR '83. The exercise involves troops from the US, Egypt, Sudan and Somalia

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: Joint Service Audiovisual Team Release Status: More

Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Rahim, an Afghan guerrilla, listens during a press conference at the San Bernardino Community Hospital. The conference is being held so that he and his three compatroits can tell their story about the war with the Soviets and their subsequent injuries. The guerrillas are here in the United States to receive medical treatment for those injuries

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States walk across the flight line to cars which will transport them to nearby hospitals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States walk across the flight line to cars which will transport them to nearby hospitals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

An Afghan guerrilla that was chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States exits from a 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing C-9A Nightingale MEDEVAC aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bob Simons Release Status More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States exit from a 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing C-9A Nightingale MEDEVAC aircraft. Colonel (COL) Marvin Ervina, 63rd Military Airlift Wing (left), stands by to greet them

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

Abdoul, an Afghan guerrilla, listens during a press conference at the San Bernardino Community Hospital. The conference is being held so that he and his three compatriots can tell their story about the war with the Soviets and their subsequent injuries. The guerrillas are here in the United States to receive medical treatment for those injuries

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States walk to the cars which will transport them to nearby hospitals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States walk across the flight line to cars which will transport them to nearby hospitals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

Four Afghan guerrillas and several hospital administrators sit on the podium during a press conference at the San Bernardino Community Hospital. The conference is being held so that the guerrillas can tell their story to reporters about the war with the Soviets and their subsequent injuries. The guerrillas are here in the United States to receive medical treatment for those injuries

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States walk to cars which will transport them to nearby hospitals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

Rahim and Rehmat, Afghan guerrillas, listen during a press conference at the San Bernardino Community Hospital. The conference is being held so that they and their compatriots can tell their story about the war with the Soviets and their subsequent injuries. The guerrillas are here in the United States to receive medical treatment for those injuries

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Released to More

Rehmat, an Afghan guerrilla, one of four that was chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States are escorted to cars which will transport them to nearby hospitals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

Abdoul, an Afghan guerrilla, one of four that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Bob Simons Release Status More

Afghan guerrillas that were chosen to receive medical treatment in the United States walk across the flight line to cars which will transport them to nearby hospitals

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Simons Release Status: Rele More

A wounded Afghan freedom fighter displays a photograph of his comrade while being bused to the Wiesbaden Regional Medical Center for an overnight layover while en route from Pakistan to the United States for treatment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S More

Wounded Afghan freedom fighters disembark from a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. The freedom fighters are being transported to the Wiesbaden Regional Medical Center for an overnight layover while en route from Pakistan to the United States for treatment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David S. Nolan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S More

Sergeant (SGT) Bill Lamoureux of Detachment 7, 1361st Audiovisual Squadron, bargains with merchants encountered on a tour sponsored by the Jordanian military for US troops participating in Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87. The US Central Command/Joint Chiefs of S

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Petra Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public C More

Artwork: "Afghan Freedom Fighter ABOARD C-141"- Artist: John Thompson

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of the Saudi national guard relaxes at Camp Messenger during Operation Desert Shield

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Eli Whitney Release Status: Released to Publi More

A member of the Saudi national guard stands outside a building during Operation Desert Shield

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Dhahran Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Eli Whitney Release Status: Released to Publi More

An instructor reviews the basics of marksmanship with Kuwaiti soldiers prior to range qualifications. The soldiers are being trained in combat techniques in preparation for conflict with Iraqi forces presently occupying Kuwait

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/STORM Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey(NJ) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: Steph More

American, British, Saudi and Kuwaiti flags are held aloft by celebrating soldiers and civilians following the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait as a result of Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military More

Children wave Kuwaiti flags as civilians and coalition military forces celebrate the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait as a result of Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Bailey Release Status: Released to Public C More

Sri Lankan laborers build a dhow, the primary boat used by fishermen and merchants in the Persian Gulf area

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Troops from Syria, Oman and other Allied nations gather for review by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia as they take part in an assembly of international coalition forces united against Saddam Hussein during Operational Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: PHC D. W. Holmes Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

Employees of The Bank of Kuwait and The Middle East prepare to issue new currency to replace the currency in use up until the Iraqi withdrawal during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. David Mcleod Release Status: Released More

Customers line up outside The Bank of Kuwait and The Middle East waiting to exchange old currency for new currency after the Iraqi withdrawal during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. David Mcleod Release Status: Released More

Flanked by security personnel, GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, enters a vehicle that will transport him to the Bahrain defense forces headquarters. Schwarzkopf is touring Allied Arab countries in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Manama Country: Bahrain(BHR) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean W. Wagner Release Status: Released to More

Kurdish men wait to begin a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish refugee children walk along a road near the first established tent city along the Turkey-Iraq border, under construction as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Allied forces are constructing the tent city in an effort to aid Kurds who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Publi More

Led by Marine STAFF SGT. T.J. Lewnes, a group of Kurdish men crosses a field while touring a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Members of a media team pose in front of an Iraqi T-72 main battle tank destroyed by U.S. forces during Operation Desert Storm. Pictured from left are: Keith Lebling, producer, Keith Tayman, photographer and Journalist 2nd Class Pete Hatzakos. The three men are documenting Marine activity in the area for the Navy Broadcasting Service's television program, "Navy News This Week."

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Williams Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military More

Kurdish men sit in the grass to listen to a briefing at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish men gather support poles to erect additional tents at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish men at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border gather outside a barbed-wire enclosure to pick up food for their families. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Base: Iskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Releas More

Kurdish men sit in the grass next to some tents at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish men sit in the shade beneath a tent fly at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish men listen to a briefing after arriving at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish refugees board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transfer from their mountain camp to a newly established tent city at Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish men sit in the grass after arriving at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish families pass the time at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Base: Iskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Releas More

A Kurdish man sits in the grass after arriving at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

A Kurdish man shades his face with a piece of cardboard as he sits in the grass after arriving at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

A Marine leads a group of Kurdish men on a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multination effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

A Kurdish refugees hold a Belgian 9mm FN High-power Mark 2 pistol as he sits on a box of supplies at a camp site set up by Allied forces. Camp sites are being set up along the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iran(IRN) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Brett Ryan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar More

A Kurdish man flashes a victory sign as he holds up an American flag patch given to him by a serviceman at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, presents the Legion of Merit to MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, U.A.E. armed forces, for his role in liberating Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Pub More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, presents the Legion of Merit to MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, U.A.E. armed forces, for his role in liberating Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Pub More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, presents the Legion of Merit to a U.A.E. officer for his role in liberating Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Pub More

MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, U.A.E. armed forces, escorts GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, upon his arrival at Bateen Air Base. Schwarzkopf is visiting the U.A.E. and other coalition countries that assisted in ousting Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Bateen Air Base Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release More

MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, U.A.E. armed forces, escorts GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, upon his arrival for a ceremony during which he will present the Legion of Merit to the U.A.E. commander. Schwarzkopf is visiting the U.A.E. and other coalition countries that assisted in ousting Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Pub More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, presents the Legion of Merit to MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, United Arab Emirates armed forces, for his contribution to coalition efforts during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Qatar(QAT) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, presents the Legion of Merit to a U.A.E. officer for his role in liberating Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. Standing by is MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, U.A.E. armed forces, who also received the award.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Pub More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, congratulates MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, United Arab Emirates armed forces, after presenting him with the Legion of Merit for his contribution to coalition efforts during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Qatar(QAT) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, presents the Legion of Merit to MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, U.A.E. armed forces, for his role in liberating Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Pub More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, presents the Legion of Merit to MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, U.A.E. armed forces, for his role in liberating Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Pub More

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, congratulates MAJ. GEN. Muhammed Said Al-Badi, chief of staff, United Arab Emirates armed forces, after presenting him with the Legion of Merit for his contribution to coalition efforts during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Qatar(QAT) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

LT. GEN. Charles A. Horner, commanding general, U.S. Central Air Force, presents Mohammad Al-Nahyan, a United Arab Emirates air force officer, with a pistol in recognition of his performance during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Al Dhafra(SHARJAH) AIR BASE Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagn More

LT. GEN. Charles A. Horner, commanding general, U.S. Central Air Force, presents base commander Brig. GEN. Rashid Mubarek Al-Riamy with the Legion of Merit for his performance during Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Al Dhafra Air Base Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Relea More

LT. GEN. Charles A. Horner, commanding general, U.S. Central Air Force, greets base commander Brig. GEN. Rashid Mubarek Al-Riamy during a tour of coalition forces after Operation Desert Storm.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Al Dhafra Air Base Country: United Arab Emerites(UAE) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Dean Wagner Relea More

Military personnel provide medical assistance to a small boy at one of the refugee camps set up outside of Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

Military personnel provide medical assistance to a small boy at one of the refugee camps set up outside Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in Northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S More

Kurdish refugees sit beside boxes of bottled water, part of a supply delivery to a newly established tent city near Zakhu. The supplies and construction of the tent city are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

Kurdish men gather in a tailors' shop during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combin More

A combat cameraman films Kurdish refugees at a tent city established for them as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce J. Wallace Release Status: Released to Publi More

A U.S. Army soldier leads a group of Kurdish men out of a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in a landing zone adjacent to a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

The crew chief and another Marine direct a group of Kurdish men as they disembark from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter upon their arrival at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

Kurdish men disembark from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter after arriving at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMPROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

A U.S. Army brigadier general, right, accompanies a group of Kurdish elders on a tour of the city to assure them that it is safe for their people to return to Zakhu and the refugee camp on its outskirts. The camp was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who left their homes to flee from Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein Release Status: Released to Public Co More

A Kurdish man helps erect a military tent in a tent city being positioned near Zakhu. The camp is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M More

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jesse R. Montez, U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, poses for a photograph with a Kurdish refugee during the establishment of a tent city near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se More

Kurdish refugees help erect military tents during the establishment of a tent city near Zakhu. the encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se More

Kurdish refugees assist a member of U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2 in dragging a tent during the establishment of a tent city near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se More

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff, a dentist with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), prepares to treat a Kurdish refugee patient in a field facility. He and his assistant, Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, comprise one of two dental teams from the 24th MEU providing dental care as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gary H. Potterfield Release Status: Released to P More

A Kurdish man watches the arrival of Allied military personnel at the refugee camp in which he is staying. Military units from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to P More

Kurdish men sit with their families' belongings after arriving at a refugee camp on the Turkish-Iraqi border. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations have come to the region as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Cukurca Country: Turkey(TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public More

Kurdish refugees sit inside a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter as they are transported from a mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

A Kurdish refugee woman looks out the window of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter as she and other Kurds are transported from a mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combine More

American hostage Edward Austin Tracy gives an OK sign after boarding the U.S. Air Force C-141B Starlifter upon his release after more than five year's captivity in Lebanon. A U.S. Air Force aircrew from the 438th Military Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, and personnel from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, are participating in Tracy's transport to Rhein-Main.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Damascus Country: Syrian Arab Republic(SYR) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi More

A bridge construction worker poses for a photo inside a steel waterway duct. The duct will be placed as part of the Kashrock bridge currently being built along the Artush road near the village of Kashrock in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Comb More

At a local hospital in northern Iraq, US funded organizations like Northwest Medical Teams, Portland, Oregon, hold training classes to help medical students and hospital staff members operate donated Macintosh computers

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sulymania Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to More

A Kurdish fabrication worker paints window frames for distribution to local villages and collectives throughout the Kurdish occupied security zone in northern Iraq. The project is funded by the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistants (OFDA), a US government agency

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined More

United States funded organizations like Northwest Medical Teams, Portland, Oregon, train Kurdish doctors and medical students on a Macintosh computer at a local hospital in northern Iraq

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sulymania Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to More

US Army Colonel Larry M. Foster (center) escorts Lieutenant Colonel Richard G. Tucker (left) of the Colorado Air National Guard and other members of the Combine Task Force on a orientation visit to Kurdish villages in Northern Iraq. An unidentified British Army (United Kingdom) Field Marshal is standing to the right of COL Foster. From AIRMAN Magazine October 1995 article "Comfort Zone"

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zakhu Compound Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Rose S. Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi More

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1997 Title: Untitled Category: Directors Choice Place: 3rd Place Exact Date Shot Unknown Caption: 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Human Exploitation Team Interrogator Translator, Sergeant Billy Montgomery uses his secondary language, Arabic to speak with a Bedouin shepherd while conducting daily range sweeps during exercise Eager Mace 98-1 in Kuwait. Montgomery alert Kuwait locals of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps training taking place

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGER MACE 98-1 Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. Mike Wentzel Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi More

CAPT. John Keane, SENIOR Arabic Linguistic, Combat Service Support Detachment 37 holds a conversation with Kurdish evacuees during their festivities of Eid-af-altar. This is a Muslim tradition that celebrates the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting and gaining spiritual enlightenment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Marshall A. P More

Captain John Keane, SENIOR Arabic Linguistic, Combat Service Support Detachment 37, in support of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN, holds a conversation with Kurdish evacuees during their festivities of Eid-af-altar. This is a Muslim tradition that celebrates the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting and gaining spiritual enlightenment. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Marshall A. P More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Mike Cooper works with Qatar Air Traffic Controller Mohamed Al-Asmakh in the control tower at Doha, Qatar, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Both controllers learn from one another and have mutual respect for each other's job knowledge. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Major Command Shown: 4 AEW/VI CENTER/DOHA,QATAR Scene Camera Operator: More

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) traveled to Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on June 14, 1997, and was met by Minister of Defense and Aviation His Royal Highness, Prince Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (right)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jeddah Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Helene C. Stikkel, Civilian Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) traveled to the Royal Court, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on June 15, 1997, and met with First Deputy Prime Minister His Royal Highness Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jeddah Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Helene C. Stikkel, Civilian Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic More

Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (left) travels to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on June 17, 1997, and is met by His Highness Lieutenant General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (center), CHIEF of STAFF, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E.). United States Ambassador to U.A.E. the Honorable David Litt is at far right

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Abu Dhabi Country: United Arab Emerites (UAE) Scene Camera Operator: Helene C. Stikkel, Civilian Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More