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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), respond to a mortar attack on the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) compound in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines 1ST Platoon (PLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (1/5), Bravo Company (B Co), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), climb over a fence during a patrol after an attack on the Iraqi Police station in Al Kharma, Iraq. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines 1ST Platoon (PLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (1/5), Bravo Company (B Co), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), climb over a fence during a patrol after an attack on the Iraqi Police station in Al Kharma, Iraq. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) soldiers push further west in response to an attack on the Iraqi Police station in Al Kharma, Iraq. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Al Shahabi
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jordan F. Sherwood, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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