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A Facilities Protection Service (FPS) instructor reads the results of the exams to some of the first twenty-nine Iraqi women in Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources to be trained as FPS guards after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi woman listens to a question during the Facilities Protection Service (FPS) final exam.Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in IraqΘs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi woman holds the Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifle she will use during her security duties. Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male FPS guards in guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Reserves, STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Todd P. Finley, Facilities Protection Service (FPS) Advisor, A Company (CO), 489th Engineering Battalion, Hot Springs, Arkansas (AR), gives his remarks after the successful completion of FPS final exam. Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in IraqΘs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes...

US Army (USA) Reserves, STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Todd P. Finley, Facilities Protection Service (FPS) Advisor, A Company (CO), 489th Engineering Battalion, Hot Springs, Arkansas (AR), gives a Facilities Protection Service (FPS) patch and Identification card to an Iraqi woman during the graduation ceremony. Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding...

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

A Facilities Protection Service (FPS) instructor collects exam papers after the final exam. Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: Baghdad

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Iraqs, Fps, Protection Service

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Hooks, assigned to 8th Theater

A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest speaks

U.S Army Reserve Soldiers with the 79th Quartermaster

Two 143-square-meter health clinics are taking shape for the Iraqi Army at Taji Military Base in Iraq. The East Clinic is 75% complete with the crew there installing electrical lights and ceiling tiles. At the West Clinic, floor tiles are being set in place. At both clinics, final grade around the structures is being worked. The $3 million contract was awarded July 7, 2004, with an expected completion date of Aug. 25, 2005. A crew of about 35 Iraqis are working at both projects. Each health clinic will feature five exam rooms and one isolation room. (U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones) (Released)

Visit of delegation from Germany's [Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Development, led by State Secretary Rainer Bomba, to HUD headquarters for meeting with] Deputy Secretary Ron Sims [and other senior officials, and signing of] German-U.S. ["Joint Declaration of intent" on housing and sustainable urban development]

A U.S. Coast Guardsmen drops into waters during extraction

[Assignment: 48-DPA-10-26-07_SOI_K_GA_Ala] Meeting and press conference in Montgomery, Alabama [concerning inter-state water issues arising from the drought affecting the southeastern U.S.,] with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Alanama Governor Bob Riley, [Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and the Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, among other officials] [48-DPA-10-26-07_SOI_K_GA_Ala_IOD_5793.JPG]

Visit of delegation from Germany's [Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Development, led by State Secretary Rainer Bomba, to HUD headquarters for meeting with] Deputy Secretary Ron Sims [and other senior officials, and signing of] German-U.S. ["Joint Declaration of intent" on housing and sustainable urban development]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_TPIA_Jam_7-28-05] [Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting] Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, [Caroline County, Virginia] [48-DPA-N_TPIA_Jam_7-28-05_DOI_6564.JPG]

Visit of delegation from Germany's [Ministry of Transport, Building, and Urban Development, led by State Secretary Rainer Bomba, to HUD headquarters for meeting with] Deputy Secretary Ron Sims [and other senior officials, and signing of] German-U.S. ["Joint Declaration of intent" on housing and sustainable urban development]

[Assignment: 48-DPA-N_TPIA_Jam_7-28-05] [Department of Interior officials and staff joining counterparts from other agencies in explaining government programs, and promoting] Take Pride in America initiatives, at the Boy Scouts of America National Scout Jamboree, [Caroline County, Virginia] [48-DPA-N_TPIA_Jam_7-28-05_DOI_6586.JPG]

Capt. William Sray checks a patient's eyes during an exam at the Los Angeles surgical screening site.

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