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A U.S Army Soldier from Delta Company, Task Force 2-11, carries a 5.56 mm M16 rifle while looking for insurgents at Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, who launched mortar rounds at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Feb. 24, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

A U.S Army Soldier from Delta Company, Task Force 2-11, man his M240B machine gun from the turret of his High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) while his unit look for insurgents who launched mortar rounds at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Feb. 24, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

A U.S Army Soldier from Delta Company, Task Force 2-11, mans a M240B machine gun from the turret of his High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) while his unit look for insurgents at Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, who launched mortar rounds at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah on Feb. 24, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

A U.S. Army Soldier from Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 155th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad, pulls security while members of his unit conduct a sweep near a site where a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Device (VBIED) went off killing two Iraqi policeman and injuring one U.S Soldier at Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Feb. 26, 2005. He is armed with a 5.56 mm M4 carbine rifle. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers armed with Colt 5.56mm M4 carbine Rifles, from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, practice security protection with attached scopes, and search for insurgents in the small village of Hamoud, Iraq. The 82nd Airborne Division is participating in a massive operation geared toward eliminating the insurgent threat in the area. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. Armando Monroig) (Released)

U.S. Army soldiers armed with Colt 5.56mm M4 carbine Rifles, from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, catalogue a weapons cache found while searching for insurgents near the village of Hamoud, Iraq. The 82nd Airborne Division is participating in a massive operation geared toward eliminating the insurgent threat in the area. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. Armando Monroig) (Released)

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U.S. Army soldiers from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, maneuver from home to home, armed with Colt 5.56mm M4 carbine weapons, while searching for insurgents and weapons caches in the small village of Hamoud, Iraq. These Soldiers are participating in a massive operation geared toward eliminating the insurgent threat in the area. (U.S. Army PHOTO by SGT. Armando Monroig) (Released)

U.S. Army SPC. Ronny Graham from Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 155th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad, uses the scope on his 5.56 mm M4 carbine rifle to observe a group of people that may have fired a shot outside his fire base at Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Feb. 26, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

A U.S Army Soldier from Delta Company, Task Force 2-11, aims his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle while his unit look for insurgents who launched mortar rounds at Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, Al Iskandariyah, Iraq, on Feb. 24, 2005. The mortar rounds went off two hundred meters from a convoy conducting a daily patrol. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

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Base: Al Iskandariyah

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Kurt Gibbons III, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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