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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

Members of an air detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) use a loader equipped with a backhoe to clear a drainage area as they repair an Iraqi airfield. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Members of an air detachment from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion ...

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

A 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

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

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

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

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

CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter comes in for a landing at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired by coalition engineer units so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter comes in for a landing at an Iraqi ai...

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

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

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

An Air Force MSGT, center, and two Seabees from Naval Mobile Construct...

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

Kurdish 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

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

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

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

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

A US Air Force F-15 Eagle takes off for a mission over Iraq in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A US Air Force F-15 Eagle takes off for a mission over Iraq in support...

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

A fuel specialist rigs fuel tanks together for transport to an airfield in Zakhu, Iraq. The tanks, as seen through the floor opening of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, will be transported by the helicopter 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 fuel specialist rigs fuel tanks together for transport to an airfiel...

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

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

Servicemen wait with their gear after arriving at the humanitarian services support base established for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Servicemen wait with their gear after arriving at the humanitarian ser...

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 prepare to board a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for transportation from their mountain camp to a newly established 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(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dante DeAngelis takes a photograph from a UH-1 Iroquois helicopter passing over Iskenderun Bay. DeAngelis is one of the Navy photographers assigned to cover Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Dante DeAngelis takes a photograph from ...

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 U.S. Army military policeman mans an M-60 machine gun atop a vehicle while on patrol. U.S. military personnel 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

A U.S. Army military policeman mans an M-60 machine gun atop a vehicle...

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

Kurdish refugees put a woman on a litter into a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The woman, along with other refugees, is being transported from their mountain camp to a newly established tent city at 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 put a woman on a litter into a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinoo...

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

A Fleet Logistic Support (Carrier On-board Delivery) Squadron 50 (VRC-50) C-2A Greyhound aircraft lands at an airfield while operating in support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A Fleet Logistic Support (Carrier On-board Delivery) Squadron 50 (VRC-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... 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

Soldiers fill containers with purified water for Kurdish refugees on the outskirts of a tent city near Zakhu. Such necessities are being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Soldiers fill containers with purified water for Kurdish refugees on t...

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

A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS VIRGINIA (CGN-38) underway in the northeastern Mediterranean while operating in support Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A port quarter view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS ...

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

The amphibious transport dock USS AUSTIN (LPD-4), left, and the amphibious cargo ship USS CHARLESTON (LKA-113) lie tied up to a pier. The AUSTIN and the CHARLESTON are docked in Iskenderun to provide personnel and logistical support for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

The amphibious transport dock USS AUSTIN (LPD-4), left, and the amphib...

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

A U.S. serviceman is interviewed by representatives from Navy Broadcasting Service as he takes a break from loading supplies. Military personnel in the area as taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A U.S. serviceman is interviewed by representatives from Navy Broadcas...

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

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

Led by LT William Finn, left, their officer in charge, members from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) haul a hose up a dirt embankment to drain the water from a bomb crater in the runway at an Iraqi airfield. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Led by LT William Finn, left, their officer in charge, members from Na...

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

Kurdish children give the "thumbs up" to a photographer as they stand near a road sign on the edge of the city. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Kurdish children give the "thumbs up" to a photographer as they stand ...

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

An LCM-6 mechanized landing craft transports supplies ashore for use by Marines taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An LCM-6 mechanized landing craft transports supplies ashore for use b...

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

Maintenance crew members work on the tail rotor of a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter aboard the combat stores hip USS SAN DIEGO (AFS-6). The helicopter will be used during vertical replenishment operations between the SAN DIEGO and the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7). Supplies will later be transferred ashore for use by Marines taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Maintenance crew members work on the tail rotor of a Marine Medium Hel...

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

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter prepares to touch down on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) during vertical replenishment operations. The helicopter is delivering supplies and equipment to be used by Marines onshore during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-46E Sea Knight he...

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

All terrain vehicles are offloaded from the amphibious cargo ship USS CHARLESTON (LKA-113) for use during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussen in northern Iraq

All terrain vehicles are offloaded from the amphibious cargo ship USS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Iskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James Klein Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) SH-3H Sea King helicopter is given a preflight check 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.

A Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) SH-3H Sea King helicopte...

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

An aviation ordnanceman wears a face mask to protect him from the wind as he works on 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 aviation ordnanceman wears a face mask to protect him from the wind...

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

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

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

M-934 5-ton cargo trucks are parked on the outskirts of a camp established for Kurdish refugees after delivering U.S. military personnel and supplies to the tent city. Residents of the camp are stacking some of the boxes, delivered as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

M-934 5-ton cargo trucks are parked on the outskirts of a camp establi...

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

A 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

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

Members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 distribu...

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

CPL. Richard Berber of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) uses a comparator kit to check the chlorine level of some purified water. The Marines and sailors of MSSG-24 have set up a medical clinic and water purification station on the outskirts of the city to provide services to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

CPL. Richard Berber of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support...

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

A 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

A convoy of two M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) and an M939 5-ton cargo truck stops briefly while patrolling the streets of the city. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A convoy of two M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMW...

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

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft approaches the refueling drogue trailing behind an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft approaches the ref...

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

Two Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft stand by as Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) Tomcat receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.

Two Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft stand by as Figh...

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

Marines sit in the back of a cargo truck traveling along the border between Turkey and Iraq. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu Iraq, area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Marines sit in the back of a cargo truck traveling along the border be...

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

Three Iraqi children stand on the side of a road to greet passing American servicemen. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Three Iraqi children stand on the side of a road to greet passing Amer...

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

Trucks loaded with supplies and flying United Nations flags drive across the border from Turkey into Iraq. United Nations personnel are coming into Iraq to work with units taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Trucks loaded with supplies and flying United Nations flags drive acro...

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

Kurdish refugees help erect military tents 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

Kurdish refugees help erect military tents during the establishment of...

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

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

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

A plane captain signals to the crew of an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124 (VAW-124) as the aircraft is taken through its pre-launch routine on 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 plane captain signals to the crew of an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from C...

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

An aerial view of the camp and some of the equipment of members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133. The Seabees are repairing the area's runway as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An aerial view of the camp and some of the equipment of members of Nav...

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

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

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

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

The United Nations flag flies over a tent city established for Kurdish refugees. The camp was created as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

The United Nations flag flies over a tent city established for Kurdish...

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

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff, a dentist with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), treats a Kurdish woman in a field facility as her little boy watches. Ratliff and his assistant, Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, comprise one of two dental teams from the 24th MEU providing dental care as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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

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

An aerial view of the airstrip being repaired by members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An aerial view of the airstrip being repaired by members of Naval Mobi...

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

VADM William A. Owens, commander, Sixth Fleet, speaks during an interview while on an 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, commander, Sixth Fleet, speaks during an interv...

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

LCPL Clennon Roe of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) makes a sketch from a vandalized mural of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein 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 Clennon Roe of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Gr...

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

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, foreground, and a Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft are prepared for launch 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.

A Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, foreground, and a...

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

Discarded Iraqi weapons are displayed near a bunker at an abandoned Iraqi army camp on the outskirts of the city. The weapons were found by Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), who are in Zakhu for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. The weapons include a ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun, left, a ZPU-1 anti-aircraft machine gun, left foreground, and two M-40 106mm recoilless rifles, right

Discarded Iraqi weapons are displayed near a bunker at an abandoned Ir...

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

An Air Anti-submarine Squadron 24 (VS-24) S-3B Viking aircraft stands by for launch 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.

An Air Anti-submarine Squadron 24 (VS-24) S-3B Viking aircraft stands ...

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

Local residents watch 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 watch Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD...

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

A U.S. Air Force HC-130P Hercules aircraft is framed in the cockpit window of a Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HC-4) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as the two aircraft prepare to conduct an in-flight refueling. The aircraft are operating over Turkey in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A U.S. Air Force HC-130P Hercules aircraft is framed in the cockpit wi...

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

CH-46E Sea Knight, UH-1N Huey helicopters from HM 264 Black Knights sit at the Landing Zone (LZ) inside Camp D. W. Sommers in Zakho, Iraq with civilian news teams in foreground during Operation PROVIDE COMFORT as part of the Kurdish relief effort near the end of Desert Storm. The helos would depart from this landing zone and make humanitarian relief drops of water and food to the hundreds of thousands of Kurdish refugees in the mountains of Northern Iraq and South-western Turkey

CH-46E Sea Knight, UH-1N Huey helicopters from HM 264 Black Knights si...

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

A young girl rests at an Iraqi Federal Police patrol

A young girl rests at an Iraqi Federal Police patrol

A young girl rests at an Iraqi Federal Police patrol base after her rescue from ISIS held territory in Mosul, Iraq, June 29, 2017. The Iraqi security forces, supported by Combined Joint Task Force – Operation I... More

Journalist 1ST Class J.D. DiMattio of Navy Broadcasting Service videotapes a scene in front of the 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

Journalist 1ST Class J.D. DiMattio of Navy Broadcasting Service videot...

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 combat photographer focuses on the surrounding countryside as Kurdish refugees gather to speak with a passerby on a road near Zakhu. The refugees are en route to a tent city established by Allied forces as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A combat photographer focuses on the surrounding countryside as Kurdis...

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 view of the compound of the U.S. Air Force's 36th Civil Engineering Squadron 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

A view of the compound of the U.S. Air Force's 36th Civil Engineering ...

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

Supplies are unloaded at a U.S. military camp in Zakhu. Military personnel 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

Supplies are unloaded at a U.S. military camp in Zakhu. Military perso...

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

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