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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...

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

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

US Army (USA) Sergeant Major (SGM) Richard Fischer, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC), Iraqi Civil Defense Course (ICDC), and USA Brigadier General (BGEN) Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver), 1ST Armored Division (AD), review the new Iraqi Civil Defense Force troops at their graduation ceremony. The ICDC conducted weekly in Baghdad, Iraq, to train new Iraqi recruits on soldier skills and to prepare them to work with coalition forces supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Marine Corps STAFF SGT. Aslan Altan, the chief advisor to the Iraqi Soldier instructors, talks to the instructors before training begins at the School of Infantry (SOI) at Camp Yasser on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 2007. SOI is ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to p the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the pment of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the...

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

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Platoon Commander, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, MASTER SGT. Timothy Swanson (left), instructs Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program aboard 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 ent of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the...

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Matt Evans of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division instructs Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division while they fire a PKC machine gun at a qualification range at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Robert Leak of Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division instructs Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division at a qualification range at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 24, 2006. The purpose of such training is to teach Iraqi Soldiers the fundamentals of firing a weapon before getting into more advanced techniques. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

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...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: 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 are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

Base: Baghdad

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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)

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[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_5775.JPG]

[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_6597.JPG]

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army usa reserves sergeant staff sergeant ssg todd todd p finley facilities service facilities protection service fps advisor company battalion hot springs hot springs arkansas remarks completion exam twenty nine women guards iraqθs ministry iraqθs ministry water resources water resources course iraqi officers iraqi fps officers sessions ethics standards professionalism search seizure weapons familiarization weapons familiarization counterparts buildings dams ministry facilities classes army officer us army officer us air force us army operation iraqi freedom iraq high resolution twenty nine iraqi women protection service us national archives