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Foreign navy ships participate in a photo exercise with the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima during a bilateral exercise in the Persian Gulf. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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21/11/2008
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label_outline Explore Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group, Amphib, Iraqi Freedom

Port bow view of the US Army Vessel (USAV), Theater Support Vessel (TSV-1X), SPEARHEAD, underway in the Persian Gulf, while forwardly deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. TSV-1X is a 98-meter USAV, with an average speed of 40+ knots, and will be utilized on missions to maximize its speed and flexibility to transport troops and cargo

Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC, (right) and Lance Corporal Andres Almaguer, USMC, (left), make adjustments on the Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58

Iraqi soldiers assigned to the 71st Iraqi Army Brigade

The Dutch heavy lift ship SUPER SERVANT 4 lies tied up at Pier 12 North. The ship's deck aft of its bridge has been submerged to permit the unloading of three U.S. Navy ocean minesweepers. The minesweepers have returned to Norfolk after being deployed for 14 months in the Persian Gulf region in support of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

A UH-46 Sea Knight helicopter hovers over the deck of the combat stores ship USS NIAGARA FALLS (AFS 3) during underway replenishment operations with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70) in the Persian Gulf

One of two Ceremonial Arches, in the form of hands holding crossing swords, that stand at either end of the Baghdad Parade Grounds, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This site was built to honor Iraqs victory over Iran in the eight-year war. Photograph taken during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Crewmen in a small boat come alongside the partially submerged superstructure of the Dutch heavy lift ship Super Servant 3. A U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ship and three ocean minesweepers are being loaded aboard the Super Servant 3 for transportation to the Persian Gulf, where they will support U.S. forces sent to the region in reaction to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

After returning from a six-month deployment for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel (COL) Robert J. Knapp, (left), USMC, Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), 1ST Marine Division (1MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California, stops by HQ BN Armory and checks with STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) W. G. Quenga, USMC. SSGT Quenga was the SNCOIC on duty for Camp Guard Services, and is attached to Headquarters and Service Company (H & S Co), Substance Abuse Control Officer (SACO), HQ BN 1MARDIV. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

A port view of the Kuwaiti super tanker Bridgeton at anchor prior to reflagging by the United States

U.S. Navy supplies arrive in the hangar bay aboard

181226-N-PH222-1783 INDIAN OCEAN (Dec. 26, 2018) Landing

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