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A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter touches down behind another Super Stallion on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter touches down behind another Super S...

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 Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 9 (HS-9) SH-3H Sea King helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). The ROOSEVELT is on station in the eastern Mediterrean 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

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

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

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

Refugees gather near supplies delivered by U.S. military personnel during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

Refugees gather near supplies delivered by U.S. military personnel dur...

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

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

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

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

Kurdish men gather in a tailors' shop during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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

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

The pilot of a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft makes preparations for launch 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

The pilot of a Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) F-14A Tomcat aircraft makes...

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

Marines sit atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle as they drive through the streets of the city. The Marines are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in soutehrn Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines sit atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle as they drive through...

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

A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser USS...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: USS Virginia(CGN 38) Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg L. Snaza Rel... More

Two F/A-18 Hornet aircraft fly over the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) as the ship operates in the northeastern Mediterranean in support of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Two F/A-18 Hornet aircraft fly over the nuclear-powered aircraft carri...

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

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

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

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

A member of Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) relays information as he stands beside an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a camp under construction on the outskirts of Zakhu. The Marines are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

A member of Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) relays informati...

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

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

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

Members of a U.S. Navy Beachmaster unit erect military tents as they establish a tent city 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

Members of a U.S. Navy Beachmaster unit erect military tents as they e...

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 is given a final check as catapult crewmen prepare for its 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 in support of 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 is given a final ...

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

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) operates a forklift while helping to establish a base camp after his unit's arrival in Iraq for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. The Seabees were dispatched to Iraq from their base at U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain

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

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 Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) uses a forklift to unload a pallet of supplies from a truck following his unit's arrival in Zakhu. The Seabees were dispatched to Iraq from their base at U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain, for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LCPL Ed Misker of Headquarters and Service Co., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), looks out over a field while standing guard duty. 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. Misker is armed with an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

LCPL Ed Misker of Headquarters and Service Co., Battalion Landing Team...

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

Lance CPL. Clennon Roe of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) looks at 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 as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Lance CPL. Clennon Roe of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Supp...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CWO Michael P. Gerdin conducts a post-flight check of his CH-47 Chinook helicopter after returning from a mission. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Silopi as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

CWO Michael P. Gerdin conducts a post-flight check of his CH-47 Chinoo...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LCPL Dean Walker, left, and LCPL Kelly Lisciak of Headquarters and Service Co., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), finish eating lunch outside their position at 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 Dean Walker, left, and LCPL Kelly Lisciak of Headquarters and Ser...

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

CAPT. Tony Grecio of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) relaxes by his CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at the Allied military compound. Allied forces in the area are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort efforts to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

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

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

Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) unload ordnance from the back of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a demolition pit. The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Providel Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Mar...

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

A Marine from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) stacks mortor rounds and rocket-propelled grenades in 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

A Marine from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Ma...

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 Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) F-14A Tomcat aircraft, foreground, and a Strike Fighter Squadron 87 (VFA-87) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft, center, taxi near an Attack Squadron 36 (VA-36) A-6E Intruder 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.

A Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41) 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

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

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

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

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

Kurdish refugees carries food supplies from the dining facility back t...

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

US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 387th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), use an ATLAS (All Terrain Lifter Army System) at a forward deployed location to bring in pallets of Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) to a supply storage location. The HDR will be delivered to Iraqi refugees, as part of the United States Humanitarian efforts during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) personnel assigned to the 387th Air Expeditionary ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF Scene Camera Operator: MSGT David R. Wheeler, USAF Release ... More

Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and tent cities established by U.S. military personnel. Such facilities are being established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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