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US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Heriberto Santiago, 554th Military Police (MP) Company (CO), attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade helps provides perimeter security with an FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), during a meeting between an American commander and a local sheik outside of Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Timothy Juneman, Charlie (C) Company (CO), 3rd Battalion (BN), 21st Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), 1ST Brigade (BDE), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), pulls security from an over watch position, providing cover with an MK48 Light Machine Gun in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Stephan Bach (foreground), armed with a 9mm service pistol and USA Specialists (SPC) Christopher Lortz, armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbine, both assigned to the 411th Military Police (MP) Company, 720th MP Battalion, take up a defensive position during a house search in a village near Tikrit, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Louie O. Bedea, Bravo Company (B CO), 4th Squadron (SQDN), 14th Calvary (CAV), armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) Special Operation Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) M4, provides security during a dismount of an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV), in Rawah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) John Anderson, Bravo Company (B CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Infantry Regiment (INF REGT), Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK), armed with a Mk 48 light machine gun, provides rear security during a civil affairs mission, giving medical assistance, passing out candy and soccer balls in Reehana, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Stephan Bach (foreground), armed with a 9mm service pistol and USA Specialists (SPC) Christopher Lortz, armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbine, both assigned to the 411th Military Police (MP) Company, 720th MP Battalion, conduct a corridor search in a village near Tikrit, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Christopher V. Rosal, C Company (C CO), 1ST Engineer Battalion (1ST Engineers), Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), 1ST Infantry Division (1ST ID), Fort Riley, Kansas (KS), mans the turret of a Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), after returning from a weapons cache raid, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Gerard Solinap, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (BCT), Fort Wainwright, Alaska (AK), onboard an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV), mans a FN M249 Special Purpose Weapon (SPW) machine gun on an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) on a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Vance Crawford, Alpha Company (A Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 320th Field Artillery Regiment (3/320th FAR), 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 506th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), stands next to fused 105 mm Howitzer rounds listening to a technical review briefing about the M119A2 Light Howitzer while participating in a live-fire training exercise at Forward Operation Base (FOB) Warrior, in Kirkuk, At Ta Mim, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Krystal Darcey, 554th Military Police (MP) Company (CO), attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), provides perimeter security with an MK 19 Mod 3 40 mm grenade machine gun system, during a meeting between an American commander and a local sheik outside of Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Kirkuk Air Base

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James A. Williams, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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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