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U.S. Marines from Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine

U.S. Marines with Company G., 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine

Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) Class

Students in Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) Class

Students with the Marine Scout Sniper School, Advanced

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jimmy M Wining (right), Bravo Company, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), gives a class on the usage of mine detection equipment at Camp Coyote in Northern Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Fort McCoy Cold-Weather Operations Course (CWOC) Class

U.S. Soldiers with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment,

A U.S. Marine assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine

On Feb. 18, 2006 soldiers from 10th Mountain, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry conducted Operation Vigilant Warrior in the Village of Oswesat on the Euphrates River. The purpose of the Air Assault Operation was to capture suspected terrorist and capture and destroy large caches of ordnance to deter terrorist from conducting a planned raid on the Abu Ghraib Prison. Soldiers wait at the air field on Military Police Liberty to fly to there objective.(U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr.) (Released)

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Camp Liberty

State: Baghdad

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

Scene Camera Operator: SSG Kevin L. Moses Sr., USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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label_outline Explore Oswesat, Abu Ghraib Prison, Operation Vigilant Warrior

On March 27, 2006, U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, 463rd Military Police went to Khadi Miya Traffic Police Station check the on going progress of Iraqi Police. During the visit Iraqi Police's conducted Tactical Control Point's, vehicle search training, digital fingerprint scanning with voice identification and daily operations. U.S. Army spc. Patrick Hart operated the Digital Fingerpring Scanner.(U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr.) (Released)

A saw is used by Soldiers from the Scouts Platoon, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, to gain entry into stores along Market Street while searching for weapons caches in Siniya, Iraq on April 19, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

An M1A1 Abrams tank breaches a berm in the desert during maneuvers outside the Tactical Assembly Area Liberty.EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN

The Euphrates River, Iraq, near a steel bridge on Highway One, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

On March 26, 2006, U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta, 10th Mountain, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry went to the town of Sumelat to give citizens blankets to fight the early morning chill. Soldiers wanted to let citizens know they were being though of. U.S. Army SGT. Rafael Lovell gives an Iraq man a blanket.(U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr.) (Released)

On Dec. 23, 2005 soldiers from A Company 3/6 Field Artillery stationed at Camp Liberty, Iraq trained on Firing Points with the M119 Howitzer. The soldiers fired M913, 105MM projectiles from a fixed location. SPC Hunter loads a round in the chamber.(U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr) (Released)

Iraqi students at Al Meshreca Public School in the town of Al Meshreca, a province of Baghdad, Iraq were happy to welcome U.S. soldier's from 1-71 Cavalry Regiment as they delivered school supplies to all the children that attended. The princIraqi Policele of the school continued to get a count of how many more bags needed to be handed out. Children joyfully opened them after recieving them.(U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr.) (Released)

A US Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies close air support as a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifle, conducts a cordon search of the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan, looking for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

On March 17, 2006 soldiers from Bravo, 2-22 Infantry from Military Police Liberty and Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division located on Forward Operating Base Constitution held a MEDCAP for citizens of Bassam Village. The MEDCAP was held at Kardum Shihan School near Route Whalers. The purpose of the operation was to assist with humanitarian Iraqi Army needs and develop targetable intelligence. A group of people wait to enter the MEDCAP for treatment.(U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr.) (Released)

Several soldiers, from the 463rd Military Police Company, 376th Battalion, 49th Brigade, Multi National Corps Iraq and an interpreter screen some Iraqi Police recruits during a Iraqi Police Recruiting Drive in Abu Ghraib, Iraq on May 9, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Timothy W. Story) (Released)

Long aerial view of a Kuwait Army mechanized unit comprised of self propelled howitzers (tracked) and support vehicle during Operation VIGILANT WARRIOR in Kuwait

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), search Afghani men for weapons during a cordon search of the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan, as they look for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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soldiers mountain battalion infantry operation warrior village oswesat euphrates river euphrates river purpose air assault air assault operation caches ordnance raid abu ghraib prison abu ghraib prison field air field military police liberty military police liberty objective army army photo staff sgt kevin kevin l moses sr sergeant army infantry us army infantry united states military military police department of defense pentagon us army command dod us army iraq high resolution ultra high resolution operation vigilant warrior scene major command camp liberty ssg kevin iraqi freedom us national archives