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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 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

Recognition smoke drifts across a landing zone near a CH-47 Chinook helicopter 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

Recognition smoke drifts across a landing zone near a CH-47 Chinook he...

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

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

Refugee children smile as a companion carries supplies delivered by U.S. military personnel during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

Refugee children smile as a companion carries supplies delivered by U....

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

A Marine Corps colonel, left, leads an Army major general, center, and other Army officers across a landing zone at a humanitarian services support base after their arrival aboard a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter. The officers have come to Silopi for meetings concerning the establishment of refugee camps as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Marine Corps colonel, left, leads an Army major general, center, and...

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

An Army major general talks with a Navy photojournalist after arriving at a humanitarian services support base for meetings concerning the establishment of refugee camps as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Army major general talks with a Navy photojournalist after arriving...

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

CAPT. Tony Grecio of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) relaxes beside his CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in the military compound beside a refugee camp during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

CAPT. Tony Grecio of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) r...

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

A UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter sits in a field beside the Allied military compound at a refugee camp. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Silopi as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

A UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter sits in a field beside the ...

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

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

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

Kurdish men listen to a briefing after arriving at 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 .50-caliber machine gun points from the doorway of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as the helicopter lifts off from the airfield enroute to a Kurdish refugee camp in northern Iraq with a supply delivery. 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

A .50-caliber machine gun points from the doorway of a CH-53E Super St...

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

A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. 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 camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplie...

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

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

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

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

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

A view of 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 Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

A view of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. The camp was set up as part...

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

A U.S. Army brigadier general, right, accompanies a group of Kurdish e...

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

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

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jesse R. Montez, U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit...

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

Kurdish 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 Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, left, and BGEN Richard W. Potter Jr., commanding general, Special Operations Command, U.S. European Command, tour a Kurdish refugee camp near Cukurca. The camp 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

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

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff, a dentist with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), prepares to treat a Kurdish refugee patient at a field facility. Ratliff is one of two dentists 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

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 put up concertina wire on the outskirts of a Kurdish refugee camp during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 put up concertina w...

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

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Jerry Walker of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) talks to several young Kurds at a refugee camp outside 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

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 Mil... More

CDR Donald Thurston of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) squats down beside two Kurdish children 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

CDR Donald Thurston of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 ...

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

CMDR Donald Thurston sprays an area with insecticide in an effort to combat mosquitoes and other insects. Thurston is part of a preventive medicine team inspecting refugee camps for unsanitary conditions which might promote disease. The team is in the area during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CMDR Donald Thurston sprays an area with insecticide in an effort to c...

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 Mili... More

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

Led by Marine STAFF SGT. T.J. Lewnes, a group of Kurdish men crosses a...

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

An aerial view of a Kurdish village 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 Kurdish refugee 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 a Kurdish village near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thous...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A hospital corpsman bandages the hand of a Kurdish refugee boy during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A hospital corpsman bandages the hand of a Kurdish refugee boy during ...

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

Kurdish men carry support poles across a field as they help to erect a...

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

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

Kurdish men sit in the grass to listen to a briefing at a refugee camp...

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

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

Kurdish men gather support poles to erect additional tents at a refuge...

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 refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. 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 camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplie...

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

Kurdish men at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border gather outsi...

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

A Kurdish refugee camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. 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 camp covers a mountainside in northern Iraq. Supplie...

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

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 use a 600-foot water well drilling system as they drill a 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

Kurdish women collect water from a stream 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

Kurdish women collect water from a stream at a refugee camp near Turke...

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

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, speaks with U.S. military personnel at a Kurdish refugee camp near Cukurca. The camp 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

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

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a dental team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), prepare to treat their next 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

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

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dante DeAngelis sits near the open door of a British Mark 2 Commando helicopter as he takes photographs of the area around 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

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dante DeAngelis sits near the open door ...

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

Tents cover the mountainside in the Kurdish refugee camp of Yekmel. Refugees are being transported from Yekmel to a newly established camp at Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Tents cover the mountainside in the Kurdish refugee camp of Yekmel. Re...

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

Kurdish refugee children enjoy a ride in a truck as they are transported from Yekmel Camp in the mountains to a newly established camp at Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugee children enjoy a ride in a truck as they are transport...

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

Members of a preventive medicine team pour an insecticide into a sprayer in an effort to combat mosquitoes and other insects. The team is inspecting refugee camps for unsanitary conditions which might promote disease. They are in the area during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of a preventive medicine team pour an insecticide into a spray...

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 Mili... 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

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 member of the U.S. military offers a sample of canned fruit to a refugee during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

A member of the U.S. military offers a sample of canned fruit to a ref...

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

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

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

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, travels to Kurdish refugee camps near Cukurca. The camps 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

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

BGEN Richard W. Potter Jr., left, commanding general, Special Operations Command, U.S. European Command, and RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations (J-3), U.S. European Command, visit a refugee camp during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

BGEN Richard W. Potter Jr., left, commanding general, Special Operatio...

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

Two Kurdish boys tend their sheep in a landing zone beside 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. Several British Mark 2 Commando helicopters are in the background

Two Kurdish boys tend their sheep in a landing zone beside a refugee c...

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

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

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

Lance CPL. Timothy D. Tinch of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) fills plastic jugs with purified water as other Marines distribute the water to Kurds waiting outside the fence. The Marines are working in the refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq, as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Lance CPL. Timothy D. Tinch of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service...

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 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

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Jerry Walker of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) crosses a field 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

Kurdish refugee children stand in front of a damaged mural of Saddam Hussein as they pose for a photograph near their tent city. Facilities are being established throughout 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

Kurdish refugee children stand in front of a damaged mural of Saddam H...

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

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

A Kurdish man sits in the grass after arriving at 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

CPL J.C. Rohrbough, left, CPL Denis M. Oliverio, center, and CPT Robert R. Obom of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) stand in front of their CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in a landing zone near a refugee camp in northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

CPL J.C. Rohrbough, left, CPL Denis M. Oliverio, center, and CPT Rober...

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

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dante DeAngelis sits in the open door of a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter to take photographs after arriving at a refugee camp. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Turkey as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dante DeAngelis sits in the open door of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey(TUR) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Two Kurdish women fill their water cans from a stream 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

Two Kurdish women fill their water cans from a stream at a refugee cam...

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

Television news crews accompany a group of Kurdish men as they arrive for a tour of 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 Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

Television news crews accompany a group of Kurdish men as they arrive ...

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 Corps AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopter passes over a group of Kurdish men as they arrive for a tour of 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 Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

A Marine Corps AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopter passes over a group of Kurdi...

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

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

The crew chief and another Marine direct a group of Kurdish men as the...

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 U.S. Army soldier leads a group of Kurdish men on a tour of 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 Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Army soldier leads a group of Kurdish men on a tour of a refuge...

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 U.S. Navy cameraman interviews MAJ. David Bissell, commanding officer of o. A, 1ST Bn., 10th Special Forces Group, 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

A U.S. Navy cameraman interviews MAJ. David Bissell, commanding office...

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 refugee women wait for their turn to be checked by Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a dental team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU). 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

Kurdish refugee women wait for their turn to be checked by Dr. (LT) Do...

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

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

A Kurdish refugee woman looks out the window of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chin...

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

STAFF SGT. Lee Tibbitts shares a snack with Kurdish refugee childen 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

STAFF SGT. Lee Tibbitts shares a snack with Kurdish refugee childen at...

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 ... More

Members of a preventive medicine team mix an insecticide to fight mosquitoes and other insects in a refugee camp during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. The team is inspecting camps for unsanitary conditions which might promote disease

Members of a preventive medicine team mix an insecticide to fight mosq...

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 Mili... More

Pallets of cargo await loading onto an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft resupplying Kurdish refugee camps along the Turkey-Iraq border during Operation Provide Comfort. By late April, Incirlik had shipped 22,500 short tons of food, water, clothing, shelter materials and support equipment to the Kurds

Pallets of cargo await loading onto an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT. Don Sutherland Release St... 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

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 uses a 600-foot water well drilling system as they drill a 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 uses a 600-foot wat...

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

Kurdish refugee children run toward a CH-53G helicopter of the German Army during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugee children run toward a CH-53G helicopter of the German ...

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 aerial view of one of the 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 the Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Ira...

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

A view of some of the tents used to house troops assigned to support 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 view of some of the tents used to house troops assigned to support a...

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

PO2 Gregory Milota of Navy Broadcasting Service films Kurdish refugee camps from a helicopter during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

PO2 Gregory Milota of Navy Broadcasting Service films Kurdish refugee ...

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

Tents fill a clearing along the base of a hill at one of the refugee camps 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

Tents fill a clearing along the base of a hill at one of the refugee c...

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 children bunch together to have their photograph taken while playing 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 bunch together to have their photograph taken while p...

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

A group of Kurdish elders tours the city to ascertain whether or not it is safe for their people to return to Zakhu and the refugee camp on its outskirts. The camp was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who left their homes to flee from Iraqi government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

A group of Kurdish elders tours the city to ascertain whether or not i...

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

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

Kurdish men sit with their families' belongings after arriving at a re...

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

Tents cover the mountainside in the Kurdish refugee camp of Yekmel. Refugees are being transported from Yekmel to a newly established camp at Zakhu during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Tents cover the mountainside in the Kurdish refugee camp of Yekmel. Re...

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 refugee child guards her ears against the noise as a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter transports her and others from a mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee child guards her ears against the noise as a U.S. Ar...

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

SGT Robert D. Holcomb, maintenance management chief for the CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, mans a .50-caliber machine gun in the helicopter's doorway as it approaches a Kurdish refugee camp on a supply delivery. The CH-53 is transporting material as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

SGT Robert D. Holcomb, maintenance management chief for the CH-53E Sup...

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 refugee children and and old man help U.S. military personnel dislodge a light vehicle from a rut. The U.S. forces are in the region 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 and and old man help U.S. military personnel ...

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 Kurdish refugee carries a container of purified water back to camp as others line up to receive their supply on the outskirts of their tent city near Zakhu. Such necessities are being proved as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee carries a container of purified water back to camp a...

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

A member of the U.S. military offers a sample of canned fruit to a refugee during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

A member of the U.S. military offers a sample of canned fruit to a ref...

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

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 put up concertina wire on the outskirts of a Kurdish refugee camp during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 put up concertina w...

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

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

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

Four Kurdish children pause for a photograph while tending their sheep in a landing zone beside 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. Several British Mark 2 Commando helicopters are in the background

Four Kurdish children pause for a photograph while tending their sheep...

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

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

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

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