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US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Adrian Jenkins (standing), Paratrooper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), moves out from the landing zone (LZ) after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Matthew Anderson (front), Paratrooper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), sets-up a perimeter defense after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Brandon Kearns, Paratrooper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), flies onboard a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Spencer Kostaus, Paratrooper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), flies onboard a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Josh Taylor (right) and Sergeant (SGT) Andrew Seiler, Paratroopers, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), check their equipment as they prepare for the current mission while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Ryan Lee, Military Police Company (MP Co), 1ST Brigade, 1ST Armored Division (AD), rides aboard a USA Task Force (TF) No Mercy (TFNM), Bravo Company (B Co), 1ST Battalion (BN), 207th Aviation Regiment (1/207th AVN), 101st Airborne Division (ABN) UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter as he participates in an air assault combat patrol in Tall Afar, Ninawa Province (Al-Jazeera Desert area), Iraq (IRQ), conducted during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Samuel Arbuckle (right), USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Barry Demby (center) and USAF SSGT Barry Webster (left), firefighters with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), observe US Army (USA) Warrant Officer (WO1) Jayson Ayres, Pilot, simulate shutting down the engines on a USA H-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq (IRQ). The firefighters are participating in an exercise to familiarize themselves with emergency procedures for the Black Hawk helicopter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Jason Palmer (left), UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter Crew CHIEF, Alpha Company (A Co), 5th Battalion (BN), 101st Aviation Regiment (5/101st), prepares his crew and USA Soldiers, 3rd BN, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (3/320th FAR), prior to taking off from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Remagen, Salah Ad Din Province, Iraq (IRQ), to participate in Operation SAVAGE STRIKE, which is an air assault by USA and Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers conducted against insurgent positions during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jon Harrison (foreground), 786th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), waits as a Pararescueman with the 56th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), is hoisted aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a Alternate Insertion Extraction training exercise at Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently deployed at Sierra Leone to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Teams (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Teams (FAST) in Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Adrian Jenkins (back, prone), Paratrooper, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1/505th), 82nd Airborne Division (ABN), lies prone in a defensive position after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter while participating in a 14-day field training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA), in preparation for his units deployment to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: Fort Polk

State: Louisiana (LA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Cherie Thurlby, USAF

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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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