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New York Army National Guard Sgt. Mitchell Stogel,

U.S. Army Sgt. Austin Berner, paratrooper, participates

Spc. Joshua Comer, from Queensbury, N.Y., with the

An Afghan National Army commando with 1st Company,

A Nepalese soldier from the Royal Gurkha Rifles regiment

Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Harvey, 96th Security Forces

Spc. Joshua McDowell plots a point during the daytime

U.S. Army Cpt. Andrew Tillman, with The National Guard

U.S. Marines with 2d Marine Logistics Group greet Mr.

A Marine with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) rests, keeping a hand on his Barrett M82A1 Rifle, in the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, before leaving on a mission in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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16/01/2002
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label_outline Explore Marine Company, Barrett, Capt Charles

Brig. Gen. Bryan Wampler, commanding general, 143rd

Cpl. Michael Sheets, machine gun leader, 4th platoon,

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) David Johnson (left), GUNNER, and Sergeant (SGT) Justin Javar (right), Assistant GUNNER, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 17th Infantry Regiment (1/17th), 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), fire illumination flares from inside their Stryker Mortar Carrier Vehicle (MCV) 120 mm mortar cannon, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, in order to light-up the night sky over Mosul, Ninawa Province, Iraq (IRQ), in order to deny Iraqi insurgents the opportunity to place improvised explosive devices (IEDs) under the cover of darkness

US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Vern Clark, CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO), visits with wounded US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jaime Prieto, Charlie Company (C Co.), 23rd Marines, 1 Marine Division (MARDIV), in the medical facility on the base in Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) tugs a trailer in a convoy of vehicles manned by US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 1, at a dispersal area prior to crossing as a convoy into Iraq in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Lance Cpl. Jeremy Phares, rifleman, left, rides in

Villagers from Nojoy, outside Kandahar International Airport, follow the members of the US Army's Tactical Psychological Operations Team (TPT) 913, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as they walk toward their vehicles after discussing local issues with the elders during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The team is armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) conduct Quick Reaction Force (QRF) perimeter security training at Camp Stonewall, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, while deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Gen. James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps,

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to India/Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (India 3/7) stand in line preparing to board a transport aircraft at Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marines are redeploying home after completing a tour of duty in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Matthew Grant with

US Marine Corps First Lieutnants Bossie and Galvin, Headquarters Company 3rd Marine Regiment, along with US Marine Corps Captain Boyd plan logistical support for the Marines in the field during a Hawaiian Combined Arms Operation (HCAO) in the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii

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