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An aerial view of erosion-control terraces on a hillside near Turkey's border with Iraq. U.S. forces are in the area to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees who have fled Iraqi government forces

An aerial view of erosion-control terraces on a hillside near Turkey's...

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

CPL Michael J. Knapp of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) washes his clothes in an ammunition can while assigned to the humanitarian services support base established for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

CPL Michael J. Knapp of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) ...

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

Kurdish refugees, assisted by U.S. military personnel, build a water tank foundation at their camp. 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

Kurdish refugees, assisted by U.S. military personnel, build a water t...

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 Marine crew chief controls the hoisting of fuel bladders from inside a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The tanks are being delivered to an airfield in Zakhu, Iraq 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 Marine crew chief controls the hoisting of fuel bladders from inside...

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

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 Kurdish boy smiles as he carries the bread and field rations that were given to him by British soldiers 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 boy smiles as he carries the bread and field rations that we...

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

Two U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopters take off from the landing zone at a humanitarian services support base set up to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Two U.S. Army CH-47D Chinook helicopters take off from the landing zon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey(TUR) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to ... 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

A carton of milk breaks as supplies for Kurdish refugees are unloaded from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. The material is being delivered 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 are approaching the helicopter for transportation to another area after completing a patrol of the region

A carton of milk breaks as supplies for Kurdish refugees are unloaded ...

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 video cameraman films Kurdish refugees as they organize supplies delivered to their camp by U.S. military personnel 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 video cameraman films Kurdish refugees as they organize supplies del...

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

An MD-3A tow tractor stands by in preparation for positioning a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7). Helicopters and other equipment are being readied for use during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An MD-3A tow tractor stands by in preparation for positioning a CH-46 ...

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

The Mark 7 jet blast deflector (JBD) remains in the raised position behind the No. 1 catapult as an F-14A Tomcat aircraft is launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

The Mark 7 jet blast deflector (JBD) remains in the raised position be...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A close-up view of the artwork painted on the side of an aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the northeastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A close-up view of the artwork painted on the side of an aircraft aboa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt(CVN 71) Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. ... 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

Flight deck personnel watch as an F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in to make an arrested landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the northeastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Flight deck personnel watch as an F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in to ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies in supplies to a newly established tent city near Zakhu. The supplies and construction of the tent city are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies in supplies to a newly established...

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

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VH-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for an arrested landing on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the northeastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VH-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft comes in for an ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to Pub... More

GEN John R. Galvin, supreme allied commander, Europe and commander-in-chief, U.S. European Forces, speaks during a press conference. The general is answering questions regarding Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

GEN John R. Galvin, supreme allied commander, Europe and commander-in-...

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

GEN. John R. Galvin, supreme allied commander, Europe, answers questions for the media regarding Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Galvin is visiting Silopi, site of Provide Comfort's Humanitarian Service Support Base staging area

GEN. John R. Galvin, supreme allied commander, Europe, answers questio...

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 refugees sit beside boxes of bottled water, part of a supply delivery to a newly established tent city near Zakhu. The supplies and construction of the tent city are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees sit beside boxes of bottled water, part of a supply d...

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

Marines ride atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle while on patrol in the city. They are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines ride atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle while on patrol in t...

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

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

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

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

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

An airman motions to Kurdish refugees as they approach a CH-53 Super S...

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

SGT Johann de Jong, section commander of Company 13, 1ST Allied Combat Group, Dutch marines, and CHIEF Boatswain's Mate Melvin R. Roundtree, assistant officer in charge of U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, discuss the placement of tents in a tent city being established near Zakhu. The camp is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

SGT Johann de Jong, section commander of Company 13, 1ST Allied Combat...

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 Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) A-6E Intruder aircraft comes in for an arrested landing aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The Roosevelt is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

An Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) A-6E Intruder aircraft comes in for an a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Keske Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Chaplain (LT.) William D. Devine, the Catholic chaplain for Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), looks out the window of his room in a former Iraqi army building during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Chaplain (LT.) William D. Devine, the Catholic chaplain for Battalion ...

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

SGT Robert A. Ford, left, and CPL Reginald E. Harper of Headquarters and Service Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24TH MEU), look out the window of a former Iraq army building during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

SGT Robert A. Ford, left, and CPL Reginald E. Harper of Headquarters a...

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 refugees board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transportation from their mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city 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

Kurdish refugees board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transp...

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

British airportable light vehicles and an M-939 5-ton cargo truck pass over the Turkey/Iraq border. Allied servicemen are in the area in support of Operation Provide Comfort efforts to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

British airportable light vehicles and an M-939 5-ton cargo truck pass...

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

LCPL Ed Misker of Co. H, 2nd Bn., 8th Marine Regiment stands watch in a wheat field near a deserted Iraqi training compound near Dahuk. Misker, armed with an M-16 rifle equipped with an M-209 grenade launcher, is part of U.S. military presence in the area during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

LCPL Ed Misker of Co. H, 2nd Bn., 8th Marine Regiment stands watch in ...

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

Chaplain (CMDR.) Skip E. Blancett, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) Protestant chaplain, stands outside coalition forces headquarters during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Chaplain (CMDR.) Skip E. Blancett, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24t...

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

U.S. military personnel in an M-939 5-ton cargo truck pass over the Turkey/Iraq border. The U.S. servicemen are in the area in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. military personnel in an M-939 5-ton cargo truck pass over the Tu...

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

The ship's aircraft transport officer (ATO) watches as a Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) SH-3H Sea King helicopter takes off from the nuclear-powered aircraft USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

The ship's aircraft transport officer (ATO) watches as a Helicopter An...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... 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

Local residents survey bomb damage in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. Allied forces in the area are now assisting refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid those who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Local residents survey bomb damage in the aftermath of Operation Deser...

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

An Air Mobility Command, C-141 Starlifter from the 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, California on the ramp at Addis Ababa international Airport in support of multinational aid to Rwandan refugees

An Air Mobility Command, C-141 Starlifter from the 22nd Airlift Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Mark Borosch Release Status: Released to P... More

A water tank and a line of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) stand on an airfield. Equipment is being delivered to an airfield 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 water tank and a line of M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Veh...

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

Two members of the Army's 284th Military Police Company search for unexploded ordnance along a dirt road. 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

Two members of the Army's 284th Military Police Company search for une...

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

Bizara, a Kurdish refugee child, visits a well set up in a tent city near Zakhu. The site 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

Bizara, a Kurdish refugee child, visits a well set up in a tent city n...

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

Kurdish children sit in their family's 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

Kurdish children sit in their family's tent at a refugee camp near the...

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 .50-caliber machine gun points from the doorway of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as the helicopter approaches a mountainside. The Super Stallion is enroute to a Kurdish refugee camp to deliver supplies. The supplies are 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 .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 Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter prepares to land as other Black Hawks stand by during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Silopi is functioning Provide Comfort's Humanitarian Service Support Base staging area

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter prepares to land as other Blac...

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

CHIEF Journalist Potterfield rides on a bus as it passes through the city. Potterfield is one of the Navy journalists assigned to cover Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

CHIEF Journalist Potterfield rides on a bus as it passes through the c...

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

A Kurdish woman bathes her child 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 woman bathes her child at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Ira...

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

Kurds at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border wait in line near a German army CH-53G helicopter to receive an allotment of water. 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

Kurds at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border wait in line near ...

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

Kurdish refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such 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 refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a ...

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

Rose bushes grow along a roadway at U.S. Marine headquarters camp. Marines in the area are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Rose bushes grow along a roadway at U.S. Marine headquarters camp. Mar...

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 after completing 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

A Kurdish child sits beside her mother 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 child sits beside her mother at a refugee camp near Turkey's...

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

A view of one of the refugee camps in the hills 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 view of one of the refugee camps in the hills near Turkey's border w...

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

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), mans an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun from his post atop an M-934 5-ton cargo truck as a convoy of Marines and Navy medical personnel enters Zakhu. The convoy has arrived to assist Kurdish refugees inhabiting a tent city set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

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

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 Iraqi BRDM-2 scout car lies on its side in a ditch outside the city. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

An Iraqi BRDM-2 scout car lies on its side in a ditch outside the city...

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

A British soldier carrying an L85A1 rifle walks with a trio of Kurdish children while patrolling a road on the edge of the city. The soldier's unit is in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A British soldier carrying an L85A1 rifle walks with a trio of Kurdish...

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

Children come out to see members of Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) arrive in an M-934 5-ton cargo truck, part of a convoy entering Zakhu. The Marines will be assisting the inhabitants of a tent city set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Alled effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

Children come out to see members of Marine Service Support Group 24 (M...

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

Kurdish refugees unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as Allied forces make a food delivery to the refugee camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort. The operation is an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopt...

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

A pilot from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) is assisted by his plane captain as he straps into the cockpit of his F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A pilot from Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) is assisted by his plane capt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft takes to the air as it is launched from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft takes to...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

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

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

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

U.S. Marines armed with M-16A2 rifles patrol on the outskirts of a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. An encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. Marines armed with M-16A2 rifles patrol on the outskirts of a ten...

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

A Kurdish man helps erect a military tent in a tent city being positioned near Zakhu. The camp is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish man helps erect a military tent in a tent city being positio...

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

Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Jesse R. Montez, U.S. Navy Beachmaster Unit 2, Beach Party Team B3, coordinates the placement of tents in a tent city being positioned near Zakhu. The encampment is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees 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 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters patrol over a recently established tent city during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. The tent city, located near Zakhu, is situated on the Turkey-Iraq border and the blue tents were donated by Japan

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopters patrol over a recen...

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

High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M997 Maxi ambulances arrive at a U.S. Marine camp near Zakhu. The Marines assited in setting up a nearby tent city on the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M997 Maxi ambulance...

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

LCPL Brian Quinn, left, and LCPL Giacomo DiGiacomo of Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), sit under the Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher mounted on an M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) parked in a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

LCPL Brian Quinn, left, and LCPL Giacomo DiGiacomo of Battalion Landin...

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

VADM William A. Owens, left, commander, Sixth Fleet, is interviewed by a crew from the Navy Broadcasting Service during his inspection tour 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

VADM William A. Owens, left, commander, Sixth Fleet, is interviewed by...

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

Local residents gather to watch as Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) as they load ordnance into the back of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Local residents gather to watch as Marines from an explosive ordnance ...

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

SGT. Mark Gasoway, left, and SGT. D.C. Peterlinz stand by at the Marine command post near a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter prior to flying a mission in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Both men are crew chiefs with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

SGT. Mark Gasoway, left, and SGT. D.C. Peterlinz stand by at the Marin...

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

An aerial view of a U.S. military encampment, with OH-58 Kiowa and AH-64 Apache helicopters parked throughout the camp. Allied forces are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An aerial view of a U.S. military encampment, with OH-58 Kiowa and AH-...

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

Squadron personnel wheel a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) pod into position beneath the wing of a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Squadron personnel wheel a Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TAR...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Squadron personnel perform maintenance on a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, center, on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Squadron personnel perform maintenance on a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Denis Keske Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

The guided missile cruiser USS RICHMOND K. TURNER (CG-20) steams alongside the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) during an underway replenishment. The ships are on station in the eastern Mediterranean to support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

The guided missile cruiser USS RICHMOND K. TURNER (CG-20) steams along...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James Klein Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

Somali refugees are fed at an aid station set up during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts

Somali refugees are fed at an aid station set up during Operation Rest...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bardera Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 (Sw) Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to ... More

US Air Force AIRMAN Allen Key (left) from the 637th Air Generation Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, stows gear in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as USAF AIRMAN Jenny N. Breidert from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston AFB, SC helps. Team Charleston will provide personnel and airlift on the multinational mission, Operation GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE, to aid starving refugees in Zaire

US Air Force AIRMAN Allen Key (left) from the 637th Air Generation Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN ASSISTANCE Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

Mrs. Gloria Leonarduzzi (right), 31st Supply Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, distributes money to Bosnian Refugees at Camp Kozina, Slovenia. Mrs. Leonarduzzi is a members of H.E.A.R.T., Humanitarian Essential Aid Relief Team. H.E.A.R.T. aids Eastern European refugees and other displaced persons, through assessment of needs and collection and distribution of resources

Mrs. Gloria Leonarduzzi (right), 31st Supply Squadron, Aviano Air Base...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Kozina Country: Slovenia (SVN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A.Castillo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servic... More

Kurdish refugees prepare to board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transportation from their mountain camp to a tent city near Zakhu. The tent city 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

Kurdish refugees prepare to board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter...

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

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft conducts an aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-135E Stratotanker aircraft over southeastern Turkey. The aircraft are operating in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft conducts an aerial...

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

A forklift positions stacks of supplies for loading aboard helicopters. 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 forklift positions stacks of supplies for loading aboard helicopters...

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

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

Kurdish children standing behind concertina wire watch as Marines set up a tent city. Allied forces are setting up the camp site, the first to be constructed, as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish children standing behind concertina wire watch as Marines set ...

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

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

Marines armed with M-16 rifles man a checkpoint during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Marines armed with M-16 rifles man a checkpoint during Operation Provi...

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 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 sign at a U.S. military base camp indicates the distances between the camp and various other locations. 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

A sign at a U.S. military base camp indicates the distances between th...

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 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 refugees travel between campsites during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees travel between campsites during Operation Provide Com...

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

U.S. military personnel and Kurdish refugees unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. 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 and Kurdish refugees unload supplies from a CH...

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

Flight crew members stand by in case of emergency as a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is readied for start up on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7). Helicopters and other equipment are being readied for use during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Flight crew members stand by in case of emergency as a CH-46 Sea Knigh...

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

A Marine stands by an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) following its offloading from a US Navy ship. Equipment is being offloaded for use during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Marine stands by an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ...

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

An aerial view of a bomb-damaged airfield in northern Iraq. The airfield, which had been under construction at the start of Operation Desert Storm, is being repaired by coalition engineer units to allow relief flights to land in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

An aerial view of a bomb-damaged airfield in northern Iraq. The airfie...

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

GEN John R. Galvin, supreme allied commander, Europe and commander-in-chief, U.S. European Forces, listens to a question posed by a member of the media during a press conference. The general is answering questions regarding Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

GEN John R. Galvin, supreme allied commander, Europe and commander-in-...

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

U.S. military personnel disembark from M-934 5-ton cargo trucks as they arrive at a tent city set up for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. military personnel disembark from M-934 5-ton cargo trucks as the...

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

A crewmen stands in a hatch aboard a Marine Corps LAV-25 light armored vehicle while on patrol in the city. Marines are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort , a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A crewmen stands in a hatch aboard a Marine Corps LAV-25 light armored...

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

An aerial view of the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) as flight operations are conducted in support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

An aerial view of the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to Pub... More

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

Airmen and Kurdish refugees unload food supplies from a CH-53E Super S...

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

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

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

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

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