Technical Sergeant Ivan Herrera, USAF, 150th Air National Guard, New Mexico, checks his "field of fire" of his Saco 7.62 mm M60 general purpose machine gun. He is using his HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) for support during his deployment at a base in the Persian Gulf in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Gaddis, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
27/10/2001
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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