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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

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

Kurdish children gather around CMDR. Donald Thurston of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) as he passes out items from a Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) at a refugee camp near the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Kurdish children gather around CMDR. Donald Thurston of Naval Environm...

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

CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters from HM 264 Black Knights sit at the LZ inside Camp D.W. Sommers in Zakho, Iraq, during Operation PROVIDE COMFORT as part of the Kurdish relief effort near the end of Desert Storm. The helos would depart from this landing zone and make humanitarian relief drops of water and food to the hundreds of thousands of Kurdish refugees in the mountains of Northern Iraq and South-western Turkey

CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters from HM 264 Black Knights sit at the LZ ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Camp D.W. Sommers State: Dahuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT J. A. Sanders, Usmc Rel... More

General John R. Galvin, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), greets Kurdish displaced citizens, during Operation Provide Comfort at the Yekmal Camp

General John R. Galvin, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), gre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Stephen B. Johns Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The town of Airoshky, in Dahuk City in northern Iraq, bombed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces after he subdued the Kurdish 1991 uprising (Unphal) after the Persian Gulf War

The town of Airoshky, in Dahuk City in northern Iraq, bombed by Iraqi ...

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

In the city of Arbil, a Kurdish woman and her child sort through a pan of seeds along side a pool of water. With the help of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), this part of the city will receive the funding necessary to build a better sewer drainage system

In the city of Arbil, a Kurdish woman and her child sort through a pan...

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

AIRMAN 1ST Class Thomas Crum (left) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Paul Wilbur play ping pong in the morale tent. 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)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Thomas Crum (left) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Paul Wilbur p...

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 women prepare a meal outside their home. 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)

Kurdish women prepare a meal outside their home. This operation is a s...

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

Personnel deployed to the operation work out in the Tent City Gym. 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)

Personnel deployed to the operation work out in the Tent City Gym. Thi...

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

A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies a mission over Turkey in 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. 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 US Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies a mission over...

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 refugees carries food supplies from the dining facility back to their temporary home at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. OPERATION PACIVIC HAVEN provides airlift for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. The refugees will be housed at Anderson AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Kurdish refugees carries food supplies from the dining facility back 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: P02 Co... More

A Kurdish woman passes time sewing while outside her temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 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 passes time sewing while outside her temporary residen...

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

Evacuated Kurdish children play in the playground at their temporary housing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation Pacific Haven. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort 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

Evacuated Kurdish children play in the playground at their temporary h...

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

Lance CPL. William Kazy gets a low-five from a Kurdish evacuee while he and his partner Lance CPL. Derrell Cason walk their post during a Marine Joint Task Force operation

Lance CPL. William Kazy gets a low-five from a Kurdish evacuee while h...

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

Major General Wayne E. Rollings, Commanding General, Third Marine Expeditonary Force, talks with officers and staff of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, during his visit to the housing area in Tiyan, Guam, 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 General Wayne E. Rollings, Commanding General, Third Marine Expe...

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

Lance CPL. S. L. Cooper, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Marine Division plays with a young Kurdish boy during his interior patrol. Infantrymen assist the military police by providing interior and exterior security

Lance CPL. S. L. Cooper, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2n...

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 William J. Re... More

US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III Loadmasters and a crew from the 86th Contingency Response Group Air Transportation (CRGAT) cell unload Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) at Bashur Air Field (AF) in Kurdish controlled Northern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The HDR are a gift to the Iraqi people from the United States

US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III Loadmasters and a crew from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bashur Air Field Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Stephen Faulisi, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers enjoy a moment of down time at a site outside of Erbil, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers enjoy a moment of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group photograph at a site outside of Erbil, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group photograph at a site outside of Erbil, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and tent cities established by U.S. military personnel. Such facilities are being 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 refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and ...

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 Milit... More

Iraqi Ninevah police conduct a patrol during their

Iraqi Ninevah police conduct a patrol during their

Iraqi Ninevah police conduct a patrol during their training exercise at Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2017. The police were assessed on a variety of combat skills during their final portion of a four-week training ... More

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy Office for the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and members of the Syrian-Syria Forum discuss various topics in Ayn Issa, Syria, Feb. 14, 2019. The meeting is pa... More

Young Syrian teenagers herd a flock of sheep and guide

Young Syrian teenagers herd a flock of sheep and guide

Young Syrian teenagers herd a flock of sheep and guide them through the city of Ayn Issa, Syria, Feb. 1, 2019. Continued efforts of the Coalition and its partners maintain peace and stability in the region. (... More

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy Office for the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and members of the Syrian-Syria Forum discuss various topics in Ayn Issa, Syria, Feb. 14, 2019. The meeting is pa... More

Syrian children play in their backyard in Al-Hasakah

Syrian children play in their backyard in Al-Hasakah

Syrian children play in their backyard in Al-Hasakah Province, Syria, Feb. 12, 2019. Continued efforts of the Coalition and its partners maintain peace and stability in the region. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sg... 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

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, tours a Kurdish refugee camp near Cukurca. The camp was established as part of Operations Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Comm...

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

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

A Kurdish woman in the Semalka district in Zakhu in northern Iraq.(Exact date unknown)

A Kurdish woman in the Semalka district in Zakhu in northern Iraq.(Exa...

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

A Kurdish resident of Airoshky in northern Iraq walks through the destruction of the town after it was bombed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces

A Kurdish resident of Airoshky in northern Iraq walks through the dest...

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

A Kurdish fabrication worker welds steel and aluminum door 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

A Kurdish fabrication worker welds steel and aluminum door frames for ...

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

A Kurdish guard stands watch on a hill overlooking the city of Zakhu in northern Iraq

A Kurdish guard stands watch on a hill overlooking the city of Zakhu i...

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

GUNNERY SGT. C. S. Barnum, Tiyan Zone Liaison, Combat Service Support Detachment 37, interacts with a Kurdish baby while he makes his daily rounds to the evacuee community to ensure all of their needs are met

GUNNERY SGT. C. S. Barnum, Tiyan Zone Liaison, Combat Service Support ...

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

Mere minutes after gunfire interrupted a demonstration in downtown Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Douglas Vincent, Brigade Information Operations Officer, 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), Caserma Ederle, Italy (ITA), is interviewed by the local Iraqi media. The demonstration, carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is in protest over fears of Kurdish domination in the oil-rich city

Mere minutes after gunfire interrupted a demonstration in downtown Kir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USA Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldier loads his 5.45 AK74 assault rifle into a vehicle at a site outside of Erbil, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldier loads his 5.45 A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

U.S. Army Sgt. William Shmaltz (left), Charlie Battery,

U.S. Army Sgt. William Shmaltz (left), Charlie Battery,

U.S. Army Sgt. William Shmaltz (left), Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, uses a ramming staff to load a projectile into M777 A2 Ho... More

A British army explosive ordinance disposal soldier,

A British army explosive ordinance disposal soldier,

A British army explosive ordinance disposal soldier, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and assigned to 2nd Battalion, Duke of Lancaster Regiment, gives Iraqi security... More

Iraqi security forces soldiers enter and clear a building

Iraqi security forces soldiers enter and clear a building

Iraqi security forces soldiers enter and clear a building during urban assault night training at Camp Manion, Iraq, March 16, 2017. Coalition forces train ISF basic combat skills to increase success on the batt... More

An Iraqi security forces soldier searches underneath

An Iraqi security forces soldier searches underneath

An Iraqi security forces soldier searches underneath a vehicle for improvised explosive devices during training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2017. Coalition forces trained the ISF on the correct way to search p... More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Civil

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Civil

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineering Group level poured concrete into a trench during runway repairs at Qayyarah West airfield, Iraq, Oct. 8, 2017. The 1st ECEG been tasked with repai... More

A Kurdish girl watches through the concertina wire as U.S. Marines set up their tents on the outskirts of the city. 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 Kurdish girl watches through the concertina wire as U.S. Marines set...

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

Kurdish refugees carry RPG-7 portable rocket launchers as they prepare to move from their mountain encampment to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such facilities are being established throughout the are 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 carry RPG-7 portable rocket launchers as they prepare...

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 Milit... More

A cloud of smoke rises over a tent city for Kurdish refugees as explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team members detonate Iraqi ordnance found near the camp. U.S. military personnel in the area are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A cloud of smoke rises over a tent city for Kurdish refugees as explos...

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

Kurdish children pose for a picture after being given a Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) by an Army military policeman. 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

Kurdish children pose for a picture after being given a Meal, Ready-to...

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 children play near an Army M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as it patrols the streets of the city. 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

Kurdish children play near an Army M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wh...

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 aerial view of one of th Kurdish refugee camps 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 are working at the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An aerial view of one of th Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Iraq...

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

Kurdish children follow a U.S. soldier as he moves supplies from a helicopter landing zone to a refugee 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 children follow a U.S. soldier as he moves supplies from a hel...

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 UH-1N Iroquois, UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter stand in line at a helicopter landing area near a Kurdish refugee camp. The helicopters are being used during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A UH-1N Iroquois, UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-53E Super Stallion helicopte...

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

U.S. soldiers approach a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for transportation to another area following a patrol of the region. The helicopter is unloading 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

U.S. soldiers approach a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for transpor...

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 converse in a field beside a tent city on the outskirts of Zakhu as an UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter delivers supplies in the background. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees converse in a field beside a tent city on the outskir...

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

Kurdish refugees watch a U.S. Navy photographer's mate as she prepares to set up for her next shot in their camp. Public affairs personnel are in camp covering Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees watch a U.S. Navy photographer's mate as she prepares...

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 Kurdish child eats some food as he sits with members of his family in a tent 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

A Kurdish child eats some food as he sits with members of his family i...

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

A Kurdish refugee sits atop a stack of supplies on the outskirts of the tent city where he resides. Supplies are being delivered to the camp 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 Kurdish refugee sits atop a stack of supplies on the outskirts of th...

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 soldier distributes food to Kurdish refugee children as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in Northern Iraq

A soldier distributes food to Kurdish refugee children as part of Oper...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) sit on their packs 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

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) sit on thei...

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 refugees wave at the photographer as their picture is taken in a camp during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

Kurdish refugees wave at the photographer as their picture is taken in...

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

An M-997 maxi ambulance enters Zakhu as Navy medical personnel arrive in the area to assist Kurdish refugees. A tent city, located on the outskirts of Zakhu, has been established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An M-997 maxi ambulance enters Zakhu as Navy medical personnel arrive ...

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

Kurdish refugees gather outside the fence at a medical clinic and water purification station set up on the outskirts of the city by members of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is providing services to the refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish refugees gather outside the fence at a medical clinic and wate...

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

Kurdish refugees gather at a health clinic and water purification station to receive food supplies from Members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24. The clinic, water station, and food supplies are 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 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 Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Kurdish refugees gather outside a medical clinic and water purification station set up on the outskirts of the city by Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish refugees gather outside a medical clinic and water purificatio...

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

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) use the arm of a front loader to construct an earth dam to contain water being pumped from a bomb crater 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 to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

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

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 patient 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 1ST Class Russ Leinbach, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), talks with the occupants of a British army Bedford MJP 4x4 cargo truck on the road leading to 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

PETTY Officer 1ST Class Russ Leinbach, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Cons...

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

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) uses a front loader to pile earth around a drainage pond as his unit repairs 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 by coalition engineer units 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) uses ...

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

A gunner in a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mans a .50-caliber machine gun in support of Operation Provide Comfort efforts to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A gunner in a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter mans a .50-caliber ma...

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

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)

Supplies for the operation are stored and shipped from this warehouse ...

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

A member of the US contingent assigned to the operation relaxes in front of the morale tent. 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)

A member of the US contingent assigned to the operation relaxes in fro...

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

A Tomahawk Cruise Missile launches from the bow of the US Navy's Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS RUSSELL (DDG 59) in the Persian Gulf, during the initial hours of Operation DESERT STRIKE. The operation called for the tactical bombing of military targets in response to Iraqi aggression in Kurdish controlled Northern Iraq. Russell is part of the battle group assigned to the aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON ( CVN 70) (not shown) Task Group

A Tomahawk Cruise Missile launches from the bow of the US Navy's Arlei...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STRIKE Base: USS Russell (DDG 59) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

US Navy Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Cordell greets the first group of Kurdish children arriving on board Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, during evacuation of refugees from Northern Iraq. 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 go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

US Navy Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Cordell greets the first group o...

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

The first Kurdish evacuee to become an American due to her birth on US soil at Naval Hospital Guam is measured by US Navy Lieutenant Joyce Siler as the infant's grandmother keeps an eye on the procedure. 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 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies...

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 measured by US Navy Lieut... More

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