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US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Nathan Lynn, Team Leader, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deep Reconnaissance Platoon (DRP), fire his KAC 5.56 Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4A1 Carbine at a target during live-fire training aboard the Wasp Class, Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2). The 31st MEU DRP is assigned to Amphibious Squadron Eleven (PHIBRON 11), which is in the Persian Gulf representing a force in readiness with Strike from the Sea capabilities in the Global War on Terrorism

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Nathan Lynn, Team Leader, 31st M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Willard J. Lathrop, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jeff Duncan, Assistant Breacher, and Corporal (CPL) Laurence Adams, Scout, both with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deep Reconnaissance Platoon (DRP), fire their KAC 5.56 Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4A1 Carbines at targets during live-fire training aboard the Wasp Class, Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2). The 31st MEU DRP is assigned to Amphibious Squadron Eleven (PHIBRON 11), which is in the Persian Gulf representing a force in readiness with Strike from the Sea capabilities in the Global War on Terrorism

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jeff Duncan, Assistant Br...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Willard J. Lathrop, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

Two US Army (USA) Soldiers from Bravo (B) Company (CO), 3rd Battalion (BN), 21st Infantry Regiment (INF REGT) (3-21), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), pull guard for a traffic control checkpoint (TCP) in Mosul, Iraq. The 3-21 run the TCP's to look for Anti-Iraqi Forces during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldiers are armed with Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifles with M203 40 mm grenade launchers

Two US Army (USA) Soldiers from Bravo (B) Company (CO), 3rd Battalion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3-21B Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Rene Mejia, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 2nd Squadron (SQDN), 11th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, inspects the identification card of an Iraqi male, as it is handed to him by his wife in Tunis, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Rene Mejia, Charlie Troop ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tunis State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Michael J. O'Brien, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) George Little, Red Mobile Assault Platoon, Mobile Assault Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (MAR REGT), looks through the scope of his KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 rifle for possible suspicious activity in the area while a patrol in Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) George Little, Red Mobile Assaul...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Kharma State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Matthew Hutchison, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 1ST Infantry Division (ID), stand tall in the streets on downtown Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), while suspected anti-coalition homes are searched during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldiers are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 1ST Infantry Division (ID), stand tall...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. John R. Quattrone (right), Commander, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, and his men, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and local Carabinieri, armed with Beretta Model 12S submachine guns, onboard U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, during joint helicopter deployment training on Sept. 26, 2004 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Bethann Caporaletti) (Released)

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. John R. Quattrone (right), Commander, 31st Sec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bethann Caporaletti, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) William Reese (standing) and USA SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) James Cooper, Headquarters Company (HHC) 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment (2-11), Fort Irwin, California (CA), demonstrate assault tactics to members of Delta and Charlie 507 Iraqi Army Soldiers for upcoming missions in search of insurgents at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Al Iskandariyah. The training on tactical assault techniques are taught daily before every mission with Iraqi Army and US Coalition Forces. SSG Reese is holding a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle and SPC Cooper is using a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle for the demonstration during Operation IRAQI...

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) William Reese (standing) and USA SP...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) William Reese (standing) and USA SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) James Cooper, Headquarters Com... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Hector Figueroa, 2nd Squad (SQD), 1ST Platoon (PLT), Fox Company (F CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 2nd Marines, stands in a doorway while the home is searched for weapons during Operation Trifecta under Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. LCPL Figueroa is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 rifle

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Hector Figueroa, 2nd Squa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Matthew Hutchison, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brewer, 436th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Dover Air Force Base (AFB), Delaware (DE), secures the perimeter with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 during a simulated attack while at Operation EAGLE FLAG, Lakehurst Naval Air Station (NAS). MSGT Brewer is in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture 3 (MOPP-3) and wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES). The exercise tests the ability to rapidly set up air operation in an austere location. NAS Lakehurst is used as the field operation area at remote airfields in the NJ Pine Barrens

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brewer, 436th Air Mobility ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Lakehurst State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Brian Dyjak, CIV, USAF Releas... More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Stephen Puccini, Squad Leader, Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), sits in a USA UH-60A Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter on the Quick Response Force (QRF) hot pad, waiting, along with another Blackhawk, to leave for a QRF Search and Seizure mission. USA SSG Puccini is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Stephen Puccini, Squad Leader, Alph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lsa Anaconda State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

California Army National Guard SGT. Donny Hultquist, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 185th Armor, 81st Armor Brigade, pulls security with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4, while on an area reconnaissance mission on Sept. 7, 2004 around Balad, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. The area recon denies anti-Iraqi forces the freedom to operate and move throughout the countryside. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Shane A. Cuomo) (Released)

California Army National Guard SGT. Donny Hultquist, Bravo Company, 1S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: I Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane A. Cuomo, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Berneil Mills, 940th Military Police (MP) Unit, Kentucky Army National Guard (KYARNG), Walton, Kentucky (KY), maintain watch near the south fence line of Forward Operation Base (FOB) Hotel near Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SPC Mills is armed with a M4A1 Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) weapon

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Bernei...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 240th MP Scene Camera Operator: PHC(Aw/Nac) Edward Martens, Usn Release Status: ... More

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Brandon Ashley, 940th Military Police (MP) Unit, Kentucky Army National Guard (KYARNG), Walton, Kentucky (KY), maintain watch near the south fence line of Forward Operation Base (FOB) Hotel near Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SPC Mills is armed with a M4A1 Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) weapon

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Brando...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 240th MP Scene Camera Operator: PHC(Aw/Nac) Edward Martens, Usn Release Status: ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Christopher Ahrens, 1ST Platoon (PN), Golf Company (G CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 2nd Marines, uses the scope on his KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 rifle to scan the horizon during a security patrol in downtown Kharma, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Christopher Ahrens, 1ST P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul S, Mancuso, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB BDE) post security as one of them ask questions, through an interpreter, of local Iraqi citizens during Operation BAYONET LIGHTING under Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. BAYONET LIGHTNING is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah. The Soldiers are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 with M203 40 mm grenade launchers attached

US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB BDE) post s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Suzanne M. Jenkins, USAF Release Status... More

US Army (USA) Rangers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), Caserma Ederle, Italy (ITA), prepare to enter a home in downtown Kirkuk, Iraq (IRQ), where locals claim anti-coalition factions congregated. The Rangers are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s. The mission carried out in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Rangers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), Caser...

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

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo takes a break from providing suppressive fire on Opposing Forces (OPFOR) to discuss the situation with a fellow member of the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). Security Forces at Malmstrom AFB are training to recapture a missile launch facility from hostile forces. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise they are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special...

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo takes a break fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo takes a break from providing suppressive fire on Opposing Forces (OPFOR) t... More

Led by US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Eric Stoutenberg, Platoon Leader, Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), exits a four-level underground bunker following a Search and Seizure Quick Response Force (QRF) mission. They are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Led by US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Eric Stoutenberg, Platoon ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jhonatan Enciso, Headquarters Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 327th Infantry Division (ID), 101st Airborne (ABN), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (KY), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security at a checkpoint on route Trans-Am near Ryiad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jhonatan Enciso, Headquarters Headquarter...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ryiad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Joe Linhart, Echo Troop (E TRP), 2nd Squadron (SQDN), 11th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 155th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security for fellow Soldiers. They are interrogating the driver of a truck, out of frame, stopped for suspicious activity in Iskandaryiah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Joe Linhart, Echo Troop (E TRP), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Michael J. O'Brien, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

U.S. Army Soldiers of C Company, 1ST Battalion, 26th Infantry Division, provide security en route to an oil pumping station near Samarra, Iraq, on Sept. 25, 2004, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Soldiers are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Lee Harshman) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers of C Company, 1ST Battalion, 26th Infantry Division...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Harshman, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Kirby White, Commander, Alpha (A) Company (CO), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 155th Infantry Battalion (INF BN), Mississippi Army National Guard (MSARNG), McComb, Mississippi (MS), questions a local Iraqi found at the Latifiya Explosives and Ammo Plant Al Qa Qaa, an old chemical site active during Saddam's regime. The site was destroyed during the Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. CPT White is armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Kirby White, Commander, Alpha (A) Company ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yousefiya State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/155 ID of BCT Scene Camera Operator: SGT Styves Jean, USA Release Sta... More

Cradling a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4, a US Army (USA) Soldier, 82nd Airborne 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), takes advantage of some down time to sleep after setting up his living facilities onboard Naval Support Activity (NAS) New Orleans, Louisiana (LA). As part of Operation HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF, he and his comrades arrived in the area after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and the base leaving thousands homeless and without power. The Army along with the US Navy (USN), US Marine Corps (USMC), US Air Force (USAF), and US Coast Guard (USCG), mobilized as part of Joint Task Force (JTF) Katrina, a...

Cradling a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Ope...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Cradling a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4, a US Army (USA) Soldier,... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Louie O. Bedea, Bravo Company (B CO), 4th Squadron (SQDN), 14th Calvary (CAV), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security during a dismount of an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV), in Rawah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Louie O. Bedea, Bravo Comp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier from 7th Squadron (SQN), 10th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), Fort Hood, Texas (TX), searches a residence in Nubai, Iraq, during an air assault mission to search for insurgents and weapons caches during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldier is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

A US Army (USA) Soldier from 7th Squadron (SQN), 10th Cavalry Regiment...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nubai Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MC1(Aw) Michael Larson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment (1-66th AR), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), perform a long foot movement to search of weapons caches and to visit a small village to make friendly contact with its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldiers are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Army (USA) Soldiers, 1ST Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment (1-66th AR)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Mushahada State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MC1(Aw) Michael Larson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Bustos instructs on the proper way to execute search and clearing procedures of a building for new Iraqi recruits at the Iraqi Civil Defense Course (ICDC). SGT Bustos demonstrates the technique with a M4A1 SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification). The ICDC is conducted weekly in Baghdad, Iraq, to train new recruits on soldier skills and prepare them to work with coalition forces supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Bustos instructs on the proper way to exe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Robert Hargreaves Jr., USAF Release Status: Released to... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Bartholomew J. Harris, Communications CHIEF, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Deep Reconnaissance Platoon (DRP), fire his KAC 5.56 Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4A1 Carbine at a target during live-fire training aboard the Wasp Class, Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2). The 31st MEU DRP is assigned to Amphibious Squadron Eleven (PHIBRON 11), which is in the Persian Gulf representing a force in readiness with Strike from the Sea capabilities in the Global War on Terrorism

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Bartholomew J. Harris, Communica...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Willard J. Lathrop, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

California Army National Guard SGT. Donny Hultquist (rear) and SPC. Adam Wiltsey, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 185th Armor, 81st Armor Brigade, search for a suspected mortar tube during an area reconnaissance mission on Sept. 7, 2004 around Balad, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Both are carrying KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s. The area recon denies anti-Iraqi forces the freedom to operate and move throughout the countryside. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Shane A. Cuomo) (Released)

California Army National Guard SGT. Donny Hultquist (rear) and SPC. Ad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Shane A. Cuomo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kevin Keller, 18th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4, keeps an eye out for enemy forces during an Urban Warfare exercise. The 18th SFS is undergoing several scenarios involving clearing buildings with enemy forces encamped during the exercise

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kevin Keller, 18th Securi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jeremy Mcgiffin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Navy (USN) MASTER at Arms SEAMAN (MASN) Matthew Ramer (left) and MASN Abraham Lopez, Mobile Security Detachment 24, Norfolk, Virginia (VA), pose for a photo aboard the Henry J. Kaiser Class Underway Replenishment Oiler USNS WALTER S. DIEHL (T-AO 193) while conducting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) as the ship heads towards the Strait of Hormuz during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. MASN Ramer is armed with an M4A1 Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) and MASN Lopez carries a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher attached

US Navy (USN) MASTER at Arms SEAMAN (MASN) Matthew Ramer (left) and MA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Usns Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) Scene Major Command Shown: USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Sw) Aaron Ansarov, Usn Rele... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marines Regiment (MAR REGT) (3/8), Kilo Company (K CO), 2nd Platoon (PLT), 3rd Squad (SQD), stand in a 7-ton medium armored MTVR (Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement) truck bed during a security halt during Operation Scimitar. The Marines with 3/8, 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), among their many duties conduct counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces during Operation Scimitar, part of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. These Marines are armed with two KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s with M203 40 mm grenade...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marines Re...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marines Regiment (MAR REGT) (3/8), Kilo Company (K CO), 2nd Platoon ... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Nick Faneuff, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 4th Battalion (BN), 14th Cavalry (CAV), 2nd Platoon (PLT), Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK), provides an over watch while USA Soldiers and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines are searching for weapons caches and insurgents east of the Syrian (SYR) border near the Euphrates River inside Iraq (IRQ) in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. At his side is a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Nick Faneuff, Charlie Troo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Dennis Howard, 6th Civil Affairs Group (CAG), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 rifle, takes a knee to interact with some children at the displaced persons compound, during Operation Steel Curtain, part of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Dennis Howard, 6th Civil Affairs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Husaybah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Michael R. Mcmaugh, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier from 7th Squadron (SQN), 10th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), Fort Hood, Texas (TX), searches a residence in Nubai, Iraq, during an air assault mission to search for insurgents and weapons caches during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldier is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

A US Army (USA) Soldier from 7th Squadron (SQN), 10th Cavalry Regiment...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nubai Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MC1(Aw) Michael Larson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jason Jackson, Squad Leader, Bravo Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), moves quickly across an open area during a Quick Response Force (QRF) weapons interdiction mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander. SGT Jackson is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jason Jackson, Squad Leader, Bravo Sectio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

On board a US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter, USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Stephen Puccini, Squad Leader, Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), scans the village below for signs of hostile activity during a Quick Response Force (QRF), Search and Seizure mission. USA SSG Puccini is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

On board a US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) helicopter, USA ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Rifles high, US Army (USA) Soldiers with the 1ST Squadron (SQD), 7th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 5th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1ST Cavalry Division (CD), are ready for anything as they clear a house of a suspected arms dealer in the Al Rashid district of Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldiers are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s. (SUBSTANDARD)

Rifles high, US Army (USA) Soldiers with the 1ST Squadron (SQD), 7th C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Stephen Faulisi, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Harris, 2nd Battalion (BN), 70th Armored Regiment (AR REGT) (2/70), 1ST Armored Division, Fort Riley, Kansas (KS), uses an explosive ordnance detection kit on Iraqis suspected of making explosive devices in Mamadia, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US forces were hit with an explosive device in the area earlier. SPC Harris is armed with 5.56 mm SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 Carbine

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Harris, 2nd Battalion (BN)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mamadia Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Ronald Shaw Jr., USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Kevin Burke, Charlie (C) Company (CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), talks to two teenage boys in front of the police station in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. CPT Burke is armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Kevin Burke, Charlie (C) Company (CO), 1ST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-5 (SBCT) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier from Bravo (B) Company (CO), 3rd Battalion (BN), 21st Infantry Regiment (INF REGT) (3-21), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), pulls guard, in front of a small shop, for a traffic control checkpoint (TCP), Mosul, Iraq. The 3-21 runs the TCP's to look for Anti-Iraqi Forces during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldier is armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle with M203 40 mm grenade launcher

A US Army (USA) Soldier from Bravo (B) Company (CO), 3rd Battalion (BN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3-21B Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Tulen Nena, armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, stands guard on the flight line as equipment is off-loaded from a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft in Gode, Ethiopia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SPC Nena is deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) from the 1ST Battalion (BN), 294th Infantry (INF), Guam

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Tulen Nena, armed with a K...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Gode Country: Ethiopia (ETH) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stephen Schester, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 weapons, in training for the upcoming Defender Challenge competition. The Airmen will represent the Air Mobility Command (AMC) at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), against other Air Force and international teams

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon Syst...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Kevi... More

US Army (USA) members, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s with M203 40 mm grenade launchers attached, of the 173rd Airborne Brigade (AB BDE) pull security on the streets of Al Hawijah as part of Operation Bayonet Lightning during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Bayonet Lightning is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah

US Army (USA) members, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeffrey A. Wolfe, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A US Army Soldier (left) from Charley (C) Company (CO), 3rd Battalion (BN), 21st Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), pulls guard while fellow Soldiers load in to the Stryker APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The guard is armed with a FNMI 7.62 mm M240B machine gun, the others are armed with Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifles. The Stryker has a Slat Armor cage, which detonates anti-tank shaped charges away from the vehicle

A US Army Soldier (left) from Charley (C) Company (CO), 3rd Battalion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3-21B Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

An Iraqi Colonel (right) commanding the 3rd Brigade (BDE), 5th Iraqi Army, walks with US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Daniel Christian (center), 18th Airborne Corps, Military Transition Team (MITT), while over viewing the Iraqi Soldiers conduct during Operation PENINSULA under Operation IRAQI FREEDOM in the Wasit Province of Iraq. LTC Christian is armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle

An Iraqi Colonel (right) commanding the 3rd Brigade (BDE), 5th Iraqi A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Arthur Hamilton, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Adrian West, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), Ft. Wainwright, Alaska (AK), looks through his aim point site of his KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 at a possible threat during house to house search in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Adrian West, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James L. Harper Jr., USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) John Maninga, 1ST Battalion (BN), 187th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), 3rd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 101st Airborne Division (AD), scans down Route Tampa with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, while conducting a foot patrol in Bayji, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) John Maninga, 1ST Battalion (BN), 187th I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 14th Infantry (INF) (2-14th), 2nd Brigade (BDE), 10th Mountain Infantry Division (ID), Fort Drum, New York (NY), provides security during a town meeting with the local leadership in Medina Wasl (a mock town in the Fort Irwin, California (CA), training area) as the civilians on the battlefield (COBs) play cards. The Soldier is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. The unit is at the National Training Center (NTC), Ft Irwin, CA, to hone and enhance their war fighting skills for future deployments. Duplicate image, see also 040608-A-1067B-003 or DA-SD-06-11881)

A US Army (USA) Soldier from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 14th I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSG Johancharles Van Boers, USA Release Status:... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Nicholas Fate, 1ST Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment (1-66th AR), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), takes a knee in a rural field for perimeter security after a long on foot movement to search for weapons caches near Al Mushahada, Iraq (IRQ). USA SGT Fate is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. USA SGT Fate and his unit deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Nicholas Fate, 1ST Battalion, 66th Armor ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Mushahada State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MC1(Aw) Michael Larson, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT), engage members of the opposing force during training to recapture a missile launch facility. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise they are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo cross levels (sharing so they both have equal amounts of) ammunition with another member of the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG) during a training exercise to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise they are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo cross levels (sh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo, 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), engages members of the Opposing Force (OPFOR) during a training exercise to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise SRA Caliendo is wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo, 341st Security ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Donald Leinhert, Radioman, Bravo Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), moves carefully through a field with a wire ceiling during a Quick Response Force (QRF) weapons interdiction mission during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander. PFC Leinhert is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Donald Leinhert, Radioman, Bra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. John R. Quattrone, Commander, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, and his men, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and local Carabinieri, armed with Beretta Model 12S submachine guns, rush on board a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, during joint helicopter deployment training on Sept. 26, 2004 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Bethann Caporaletti) (Released)

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. John R. Quattrone, Commander, 31st Security Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bethann Caporaletti, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A US Army (USA) Soldier from A Troop, 2nd Squadron (SQD), 14th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), pulls security, armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle, performs a dismounted patrol on a street in Mosul, Iraq. Accompanying the Soldier is a Stryker APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) with Slat Armor cage during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The cage detonates anti-tank shaped charges away from the vehicle

A US Army (USA) Soldier from A Troop, 2nd Squadron (SQD), 14th Cavalry...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-14(SBCT) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Publ... More

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Justin Drake, 1ST Battalion (BN), 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) (1/501), Fort Richardson, Alaska (AK), dismounts and stands guard by a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), during Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005. USA PFC Drake is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. The Australian Defense Force (ADF) and US forces are participating in four weeks of intensive training at Shoalwater Bay, Rockhampton, Townsville and the Coral Sea during Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2005. More than 6,000 Australian and 11,000 US personnel from the US Navy (USN), USA, US Air Force...

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Justin Drake, 1ST Battalion (B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Justin Drake, 1ST Battalion (BN), 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) (1/501), Fort ... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Christopher Fullbright, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment (IR) (1/17th Infantry), TAC, 172nd Stryker Brigade (BDE), Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK), pulls security on a street corner during a foot patrol looking for a vehicle involved in a gun fight with US troops on the streets of Mosul, Iraq (IRQ). USA SGT Fullbright is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4. USA SGT Fullbright and his unit deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Christopher Fullbright, 1ST Battalion, 17...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jeremy Lock, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman, 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, secures a landing zone near a hardened shelter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. He keeps his 5.56 mm M4A1 SOPMOD (Special Operations Peculiar Modification) ready as he communicates via radio with other team members

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman, 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon Ii, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo peeks out from cover while participating in a training exercise by the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG) to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT). The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise SRA Caliendo is wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo peeks out from c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ronnie Thompson, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), contacts helicopters for an extraction at an alternate location after the original location came under attack with mortars and small arms fire shortly after his team was infiltrated. SFC Thompson is a member of the Quick Response Force (QRF) mission that responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SFC Thompson is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ronnie Thompson, Platoon Serg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lsa Anaconda State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers of Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Troop (BRT), search an abandoned house during a Quick Response Force (QRF) Search and Seizure mission. They are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s. The QRF responds to immediate action situations directed by the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) commander during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers of Alpha Section, 2nd Brigade Reconnaissance Tr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Scott Reed, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. John R. Quattrone, Commander, 31st Security Forces Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, and his men, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and local Carabinieri, armed with Beretta Model 12S submachine guns, rush out of a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron, Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, during joint helicopter deployment training on Sept. 26, 2004 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF Sergeant Bethann Caporaletti) (Released)

U.S. Air Force LT. COL. John R. Quattrone, Commander, 31st Security Fo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bethann Caporaletti, USAF Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Alpha (A) Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 24th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), armed with 5.56 mm SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 Carbines, search a house for anti-Iraqi forces and weapons in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Alpha (A) Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 24t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

US Army (USA) Private (PVT) Brian Curl, 2nd Platoon (PLT), Bravo (B) Company (CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Infantry (INF), 25th Infantry Division (ID) (Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT)), trailed by an Iraqi child, conducts a dismounted patrol in an area near Mosul, Iraq. PVT Curl is armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifle. The SBCT is assigned to Task Force Freedom supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private (PVT) Brian Curl, 2nd Platoon (PLT), Bravo (B) C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Mike Buytas, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jon Wills, 2nd Platoon (PLT), Alpha Company (A CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 327th Infantry (INF), 101st Airborne (ABN), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (KY), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security while his platoon conducts a traffic control point (TCP) checking random vehicles outside Namla village, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Jon Wills, 2nd Platoon (PLT), Alpha Compa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Namia Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Pho... More

US Army (USA) Military Police (MP) and members of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) provide security for a United States Congressional Delegation that is touring various facilities and meeting with personnel deployed to Baghdad in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The individual is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 and a Caliber.45, Model 1911 Automatic Pistol

US Army (USA) Military Police (MP) and members of the Criminal Investi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Army SP Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lisa M. Zunzanyika, USAF Releas... More

Thirteen US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, armed with M4A1 SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) weapons, in training for the upcoming Defender Challenge competition. The Airmen will represent the Air Mobility Command (AMC) at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), against other Air Force and international teams

Thirteen US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, armed with M4A1 SOPMOD (Special O...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: Char... More

Thirteen US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 weapons, pose for a group shot during training for the upcoming Defender Challenge competition. The Airmen will represent the Air Mobility Command (AMC) at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas (TX), against other Air Force and international teams

Thirteen US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular We...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kevin J. Tosh, CIV, USAF Release St... More

A group of 60th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Brigade (BDE) recruits run in formation led by their assistant instructor US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Tommy C. Hawkins, Golf Company (G CO), 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (7th Marines) (2/7), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Twentynine Palms, California (CA). The recruits are in Commando training at Camp Ali, 60th ICDC BDE training camp, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. USMC LCPL Hawkins is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4

A group of 60th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Brigade (BDE) recruit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Kessler breaks from cover and moves up to support fellow members of the 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT), as they train to recapture a missile launch facility at Malmstrom AFB. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise A1C Kessler and his team are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Mike Kessler breaks from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo covers the USAF SRA Pat Thomas, 341st Security Forces Group (SFG), Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT), as he moves forward to clear an opposing force (OPFOR) position. Security Forces at Malmstrom AFB are training to recapture a missile launch facility from hostile forces. The 341st SFG is responsible for protecting and securing the Minuteman III missile facilities of the 341st Space Wing (SW) located throughout central Montana (MT). For the exercise they are wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) and armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4s

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Mike Caliendo covers the USAF ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Roger Dey, CIV, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Myron Verett and USAF SSGT Joseph Trumbull of Task Force (TF) 1041 conduct a dismounted patrol near Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). TF 1041 is comprised primarily of Airmen from the 820th Security Forces Group (SFG), Moody Air Force Base (AFB), Georgia (GA), and supports DESERT SAFESIDE during IRAQI FREEDOM, by performing patrols, searches, and engaging Anti-Iraqi Forces, these missions are traditionally performed by US Army (USA) units. This is the first time USAF Security Forces (SF) personnel performed such missions since the Vietnam War. Both are armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special...

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Myron Verett and USAF SSGT J...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Myron Verett and USAF SSGT Joseph Trumbull of Task Force (TF) 1041 conduct a dismounte... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Alpha (A) Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 24th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), Fort Lewis, Washington (WA), armed with 5.56 mm SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 Carbines, search a house for anti-Iraqi forces and weapons in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Alpha (A) Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 24t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-24 INF Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Public... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Charlie (C) Company (CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), stand watch from just outside a police station, in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Soldiers are armed with a Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4 rifles and the Police are armed with a Tabuk 7.62 mm short assault rifle

US Army (USA) Soldiers from Charlie (C) Company (CO), 1ST Battalion (B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-5 (SBCT) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Jory C. Randall, USA Release Status: Released to Publ... More

US Army Private (PVT) Kueth Dolvony, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 4th Battalion (BN), 14th Cavalry (CAV), 2nd Platoon (PLT), provides security with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4, at the backside of a house outside Rawah, Iraq (IRQ), during a search for weapons caches during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army Private (PVT) Kueth Dolvony, Charlie Troop (C TRP), 4th Battal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

US Army Private (PVT) Joseph Pineda, Alpha Company (A CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 327th Infantry Division (ID), 101st Airborne (ABN), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides rear security as soldiers look for a weapons cache near Hawijah-owlya, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army Private (PVT) Joseph Pineda, Alpha Company (A CO), 1ST Battali...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hawijah-Owlya Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Andy Dunaway, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

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