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U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron

Romanian soldiers with AKM assault rifles escort civilians out of a hostile area during Final Training Exercise (FTX) I, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. FTX I consists of Mine Field Operations as well as Mass Casualty Drills. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 ...

Sgt. Ed Middleton (right) and Lance Cpl. Benjamin Tong

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob R. Hansen, Marine Corps

GORUCK participants help a member up after completing

U.S. Navy CAPT. Ronald L. Schoonover, commanding officer

Lt. Col. Christopher Ward (right), commander of 2nd

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Thomas Crump, a chemical, biological,

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U.S. Army Soldiers, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry regiment (1-7 CAV), 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., bid farewell to their families as they deploy to Iraq on Jan. 21, 2003, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Lemke) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., board a civilian aircraft at the Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group (DAACG), Truscott Air Terminal, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., on Jan. 8, 2003, to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Lemke) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., relax at the Departure/Arrival Airfield Control Group (DAACG), Truscott Air Terminal, Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., on Jan. 8, 2003, while waiting to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Lemke) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers, Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, prepare for a joint patrol with Soldiers from 1ST Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, on Jan. 29, 2007, in their Stryker Light Armored Vehicles III (LAV III) at Camp Liberty, Baghdad Province, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Tierney P. Nowland) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., process through personnel at Caro Gymnasium on Jan. 8, 2003. The Soldiers are preparing to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Lemke) (Released)

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Modica, 3rd Infantry Division, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, Division Artillery, poses for a photograph with his family members after arriving at Fort Stewart, Georgia (GA), following a deployment to Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Division, and a U.S. Air Force TECH. SGT. take a break in front of an M3A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by STAFF Sergeant Michael Nasworthy) (Released)

A U.S. Army, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Division, M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, on the move to Fallujah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by STAFF Sergeant Michael Nasworthy) (Released)

The Honorable Sonny Perdue (GA-R), Governor of Georgia, address U.S. Army Soldiers from the 123rd Signal Battalion at Caro Gymnasium, Fort Stewart, Ga., on Jan. 7, 2003. The Soldiers are preparing to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Lemke) (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry regiment (1-7 CAV), 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., stand in formation as they bid farewell to their families as they deploy to Iraq on Jan. 21, 2003, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Michael Lemke) (Released)

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Base: Fort Stewart

State: Georgia (GA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Michael Lemke, CIV

Release Status: Released to Public

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Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.

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Four 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade soldiers were inducted

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U.S. Army Soldiers from 3-320th Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division conduct a dismounted patrol in Osha City,Tikrit on April 23, 2006. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S.. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

[Assignment: 48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1] Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to New Orleans, Louisiana, [where he opened, and announced high bid totals for,] the Minerals Management Service-sponsored federal sales of offshore oil and natural gas leases [in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 224) and the Central Gulf of Mexico (Lease Sale 206). The sales, attracting a record-setting $3.7 billion in high bids, inaugurated a program of enhanced revenue sharing with oil and gas producing Gulf states, along with higher royalty rates.] [48-DPA-03-20-08_SOI_K_Lease_1_IOD_2551.JPG]

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)

A US Army color guard, dressed in period uniforms presents the colors as US Army soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) stand at attention during the 226th Army Birthday Ceremony

Spur holders apply silver spurs to successful spur

Spc. Alfred Kollie, a petroleum supply specialist with

Some of the scouts of Troop 446 who meet in the community center of the Ida B. Wells Housing Project. Chicago, Illinois (Boy Scout meeting)

The 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat

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

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