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Soldiers, journalist and Kurds gather on a hillside for a briefing at 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

Soldiers, journalist and Kurds gather on a hillside for a briefing at ...

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 and military personnel unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees and military personnel unload supplies from a CH-53E ...

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

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

A Kurdish man flashes a victory sign as he holds up an American flag p...

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

A tent city spreads out over the fields outside Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort. The settlement is providing shelter for Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A tent city spreads out over the fields outside Zakhu during Operation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A Kurdish refugee camp spreads out over the fields during Operation Provide Comfort

A Kurdish refugee camp spreads out over the fields during Operation Pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Kurdish refugee children prepare to take containers to a well at their tent city near Zakhu. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugee children prepare to take containers to a well at their...

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

Kurdish refugee children play on a Soviet-built ZPU-4 anti-aircraft gun which was abandoned by Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. The children live in a nearby camp established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugee children play on a Soviet-built ZPU-4 anti-aircraft gu...

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

An aerial view of part of an Iraqi airfield being repaired by members of a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) air detachment. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT

An aerial view of part of an Iraqi airfield being repaired by members ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter flies past a group of Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24 MEU) as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

A Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 6 (HC-6) CH-46D Sea Knight helico...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Inskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Brett Bryan Release Status: Released to ... More

Kurdish women and children line the banks of a stream running through a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish women and children line the banks of a stream running through ...

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

Kurdish refugees watch a delivery of food supplies by Allied forces during Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees watch a delivery of food supplies by Allied forces du...

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 refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station set up by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification stat...

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

Marines shield themselves from flying debris as a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lands in a courtyard in the city. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Marines shield themselves from flying debris as a CH-53E Super Stallio...

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

Marines prepare to move out in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), foreground, and two M939 5-ton cargo trucks after stopping in the city during a patrol. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Marines prepare to move out in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Whee...

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

MAJ. David Bissell, commanding officer of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 10th Special Forces Group, talks to a U.S. Navy cameraman at a Kurdish 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

MAJ. David Bissell, commanding officer of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 10th Special...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORMPROVIDE COMFORT Base: Iskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hattonphan Release Status: Re... More

ENS Gary Underwood, left foreground, and PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) discuss plans to repair the bomb-damaged runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

ENS Gary Underwood, left foreground, and PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, left, and PETTY Officer 1ST Class Russ Leinbach, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), examine a motorized roller left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, left, and PETTY Officer 1ST Clas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), climbs onto a motor grader left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Const...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), stands on a motor grader left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Const...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Jerry Walker of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) helps Kurdish women fill jugs with purified water at a refugee camp outside the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. A British army Land Rover 4x4 ambulance is in the background

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Jerry Walker of Naval Environmental Preven...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A Kurdish woman makes bread in a tent city set up by Allied forces as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish woman makes bread in a tent city set up by Allied forces as ...

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

A Military Coordination Center vehicle leaves the Military Coordination Center compound. The Center is used by the four nation coalition in direct support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. The four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A Military Coordination Center vehicle leaves the Military Coordinatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Paul Caron Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Kurdish children proudly show off some of their new founded American friends. Toys have been generously donated from numerous organization affiliated with military bases and civilian programs in Guam. Operation PACIFIC HAVEN represents a series of airlifts designed to provide sanctuary for some 2,400 refugees fleeing Iraq. Many are considered traitors by the Iraqi Government for working with the CIA-funded Iraqi National Congress and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

Kurdish children proudly show off some of their new founded American f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Me... More

Kurdish evacuees relax outside a family housing complex used as their temporary lodging at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

Kurdish evacuees relax outside a family housing complex used as their ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Je... More

The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is given a basic pediatric examination by US Navy Lieutenant Joyce Siler. The 8 lb. 13 oz. girl was named Helan, which means "leaving" in arabic. Helan will avoid the immigration processing required for the other Kurdish evacuees of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN currently being housed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at ...

The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is given a basic pediatric e... More

A Kurdish woman relaxes outside a family housing complex used as her temporary lodging at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A Kurdish woman relaxes outside a family housing complex used as her t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Je... More

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class (A1C) George Hildebrand, Yokota Air Base, Japan, administers immunization shots to a Kurdish woman at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class (A1C) George Hildebrand, Yokota Air Ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Je... More

Kurdish refugees stand on one side of a barbed wire fence as U.S. Marines construct the first tent city as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees stand on one side of a barbed wire fence as U.S. Mari...

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

Kurdish refugees walk on a mountainside near their camp after receiving a delivery of supplies by helicopter. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees walk on a mountainside near their camp after receivin...

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

Kurdish refugees await dental and medical treatment at a field facility. The treatment is being administered as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees await dental and medical treatment at a field facilit...

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

A U.S. Army soldier greets SGT John J. Tourish following the Marine's arrival at a landing zone by CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. Tourish is delivering supplies for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A U.S. Army soldier greets SGT John J. Tourish following the Marine's ...

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

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

A Kurdish man shades his face with a piece of cardboard as he sits in ...

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 help unload cases of rations from the back of a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Kurdish men help unload cases of rations from the back of a Marine Cor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 (Aw) J. D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public Combined... 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

A Marine leads a group of Kurdish men on a tour of a refugee camp near...

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 child runs to her parents after receiving a pair of sandals, part of a supply delivery by Allied forces during Operation Provide Comfort. The operation is an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish child runs to her parents after receiving a pair of sandals,...

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

A captain from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) talks to one of his men as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

A captain from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) talks to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Inskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Brett Bryan Release Status: Released to ... More

Kurdish children play along the banks of a stream at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camp is one of several that have been established by Kurds who left their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish children play along the banks of a stream at a refugee camp ne...

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

CPL Lee O. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, operates a forklift to stack supplies at a tent city set up for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPL Lee O. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, operates a forklift to ...

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

Kurdish men gather at the edge of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq, following a tour of its facilities. 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

Kurdish men gather at the edge of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq, fol...

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

A Marine CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter descends on a Kurdish village to deliver food supplies to refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. The food delivery is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees

A Marine CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter descends on a Kurdish village...

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

An M-939 5-ton cargo truck rolls into the city at the end of a convoy. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An M-939 5-ton cargo truck rolls into the city at the end of a convoy....

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

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) and Army engineers use a self-propelled roller, left, an M-916 20-ton tractor truck with a tanker trailer, center, and a motor grader as they work on the runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired by coalition engineer units so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) and Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public... More

As his assistant holds a flashlight, a U.S. Navy dentist examines a Kurdish woman's teeth at a field dental clinic near Zakhu, Iraq. The dentist and his assistant are attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and Southern Turkey

As his assistant holds a flashlight, a U.S. Navy dentist examines a Ku...

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

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) drives a self-propelled roller along a stretch of runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) drive...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public... More

Lieutenant General John M. Shalikashvili, Commander Joint Task Force, greets Kurdish citizens at Isikveren during Operation Provide Comfort

Lieutenant General John M. Shalikashvili, Commander Joint Task Force, ...

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

A 3/4 left front view of an EF-111 Raven as TECH. SGT. James Simons pulls chocks away as the aircraft begins a security mission over Iraq. This operation enforces the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A 3/4 left front view of an EF-111 Raven as TECH. SGT. James Simons pu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

Air traffic controllers from the US and Turkey work as a team in the control tower guiding aircraft for the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

Air traffic controllers from the US and Turkey work as a team in the c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Shawn Flynn uses a forklift to move a shipment of office furniture. Supplies for the operation are stored and shipped from this warehouse run by the 39th Supply Squadron. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

SENIOR AIRMAN Shawn Flynn uses a forklift to move a shipment of office...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

Kurdish children excitedly look through toys upon their arrival at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, following an almost 17 hour flight from Turkey. The toys were provided for the children through donations by the Salvation Army Guam Corps, the American Red Cross, the Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society, various religious charities and military and civilian private donors. Operation PACIFIC HAVEN represents a series of airlifts designed to provide sanctuary for some 2,400 refugees fleeing Iraq. Many are considered traitors by the Iraqi Government for working with the CIA-funded Iraqi National Congress and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they...

Kurdish children excitedly look through toys upon their arrival at And...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Kurdish children excitedly look through toys upon their arrival at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, following an almost 17 hour f... 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

Captain John Keane, SENIOR Arabic Linguistic, Combat Service Support D...

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

SSGT Lee Tibbits shares a snack with Kurdish refugee children at their tent city in Zakhu. The camp 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

SSGT Lee Tibbits shares a snack with Kurdish refugee children at their...

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

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on a supply delivery mission. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadro...

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

A military camp and a Kurdish refugee camp are situated side by side on the plain. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein northern Iraq

A military camp and a Kurdish refugee camp are situated side by side o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LTJG Don Savage Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A young Kurdish refugee tends a cooking fire outside her family's tent in northern Iraq. U.S. and coalition forces are setting up shelter and providing food to the refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A young Kurdish refugee tends a cooking fire outside her family's tent...

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

A U.S. soldier, armed with an M-16A2 rifle, helps Kurdish refugees moves supplies from a landing zone to a camp. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A U.S. soldier, armed with an M-16A2 rifle, helps Kurdish refugees mov...

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

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

Kurdish men sit in the grass after arriving at a refugee camp near Zak...

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

Seabees from a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) air detachment work on a section of damaged runway at an Iraqi airfield. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT

Seabees from a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A U.S. Army soldier greets SGT John J. Tourish following the Marine's arrival at a landing zone by CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. Tourish is delivering supplies for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A U.S. Army soldier greets SGT John J. Tourish following the Marine's ...

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

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

Kurdish families pass the time at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq ...

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 refugees gather around a CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivering supplies to 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

Kurdish refugees gather around a CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivering s...

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

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on a supply delivery mission. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadro...

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

Marines armed with M-249 squad automatic weapons move out on a patrol during Operation Provide Comfort, as Allied effort to assist Kurdish refugees fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

Marines armed with M-249 squad automatic weapons move out on a patrol ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J.R. Klein, USN Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A Kurdish family gathers for a meal at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Kurdish family gathers for a meal at a refugee camp near Turkey's bo...

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

Marines prepare to cross a bridge as they proceed toward a tent city established for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Marines prepare to cross a bridge as they proceed toward a tent city e...

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

CPL Lee O. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, operates a forklift to stack supplies at a tent city set up for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPL Lee O. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, operates a forklift to ...

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

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), observes Kurdish refugees and their children as he mans an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun atop an M-934 5-ton cargo truck. U. S. military personnel are arriving in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), obser...

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

A U.S. Army soldier leads a group of Kurdish men out of a Marine Mediu...

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 television news crew from Cable News Network (CNN) films a group of Kurdish men in a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. 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 Iraq government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

A television news crew from Cable News Network (CNN) films a group of ...

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

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, seated left, holds a child as LT Ronald Buckley, center, speaks through an interpreter to the child's parents in a medical tent set up on the outskirts of the city. Alva and Buckley are Navy medical personnel attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is providing service for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, seated left, holds a child a...

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

An airman guides a Kurdish refugee away from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that has landed to deliver supplies to the refugee camp. The food delivery is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An airman guides a Kurdish refugee away from a CH-53E Super Stallion h...

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

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff, a dentist with the 24th Marine Expeditiona...

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

An Army engineer, foreground, drives a motor grader while a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) operates a self-propelled roller as they work on the runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired by coalition engineer units so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Army engineer, foreground, drives a motor grader while a Seabee fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), examines a motor grader left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Const...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Kurdish children play in a field near their camp during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish children play in a field near their camp during Operation Prov...

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

A Kurdish man watches the arrival of Allied military personnel at the ...

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

The Military Coordination Center compound is used by the four nation coalition in direct support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. The four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

The Military Coordination Center compound is used by the four nation c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Paul Caron Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Two temporary structures are used as Mosques to meet the needs of Kurdish evacuees at Anderson AFB, Guam. The U.S. Navy Sea Bees of Construction Battalion One built the structures during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN

Two temporary structures are used as Mosques to meet the needs of Kurd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Ke... More

Major Steve Andrews, Officer in Charge of the Civil Affairs office, Tiyan, Guam, is interviewed by a local television station concerning the Guam Department of Educations donation of desks, chairs, and classroom materials to the school on Tiyan for the Kurdish evacuee children during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. 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

Major Steve Andrews, Officer in Charge of the Civil Affairs office, Ti...

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

U.S. military personnel coordinate the day's activities in their base camp, situated near a Kurdish refugee camp at Silopi. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. military personnel coordinate the day's activities in their base ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey(TUR) Scene Camera Operator: LT J.G. Don Savage Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 works with drilling equipment near a Kurdish refugee tent city. A well is being drilled as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 works with drillin...

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

Kurdish refugees gather a U.S. soldier as they move supplies from a landing zone to a camp. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather a U.S. soldier as they move supplies from a la...

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

Kurdish children play as their mothers tend cooking fires 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

Kurdish children play as their mothers tend cooking fires at a refugee...

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

Two members of an air detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) set up a gasoline-powered pump to drain the water from a bomb crater in the runway at an Iraqi airfield. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Two members of an air detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 use a 600-foot water well drilling system as they drill as well near a Kurdish refugee tent city. The work is being done as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 use a 600-foot wate...

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

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) wait for tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Inskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Brett Bryan Release Status: Released to ... More

The tents of Kurdish refugees line a valley near Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The tents of Kurdish refugees line a valley near Zakhu during Operatio...

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

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

Kurdish men gather in a tailors' shop during Operation Provide Comfort...

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

Marines armed with M-16A2 rifles and a member of a Naval construction battalion proceed toward a tent city to assist Kurdish refugees in the newly established encampment. The tent city was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Marines armed with M-16A2 rifles and a member of a Naval construction ...

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

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, left, holds a child as LT. Ronald Buckley listens to the child's heart in a medical tent set up on the outskirts of the city. Alva and Buckley are Navy medical personnel attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is providing services for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, left, holds a child as LT. R...

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

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station set up by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification stat...

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

Kurdish men disembark from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HM...

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 UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city nea...

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

ENS Gary Underwood, a Seabee of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), takes down some notes while speaking with an Army major general and his escorts at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

ENS Gary Underwood, a Seabee of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 13...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

As his assistant stands by, a U.S. Navy dentist examines a Kurdish man's teeth at a field dental clinic near Zakhu, Iraq. The dentist and his assistant are attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and Southern Turkey

As his assistant stands by, a U.S. Navy dentist examines a Kurdish man...

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

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies over a building complex while on a mission in support of Operation Provide Comfort efforts to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies over a building complex while on a...

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

Local civilians and military personnel travel near the Turkey/Iraq border. The U.S. servicemen are in the area in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Local civilians and military personnel travel near the Turkey/Iraq bor...

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

An Air Force master sergeant, right, and four Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) discuss plans to repair the bomb-damaged runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Air Force master sergeant, right, and four Seabees from Naval Mobil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a dental team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), treat a Kurdish refugee child in a field facility. The men are 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

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a d...

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

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), stands on a motor grader left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Const...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Cameramen document the event as Kurdish refugees congregate to watch a United Nations representative raise the UN flag over their camp. The event is taking place during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Cameramen document the event as Kurdish refugees congregate to watch a...

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

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