US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division, use a up-armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), equipped with a 50 caliber M2HB machine gun mounted on top, to secure a road along Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda, near Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq. The area is being cleared of threats so Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) personnel can call in an air strike. The image is silhouetted against the setting sun
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Balad Air Base
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon II, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
26/04/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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