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U.S. Army Lt Col. Jim Fitzgerald commander of 7th Battalion,

A Maldivian Marine takes aim with his AK-47 service

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga., center) listens to members

An Afghan National Army sergeant (right), assigned

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Dax Verdia, Special-Purpose

From left, Danish army Gen. Knud Bartels, the chairman

U.S. Army Sgt. Duran Hepburn, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry

A member of the Dominican Navy fires a .50-caliber

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Peter Corey, deputy commanding

A right side profile of US Army GEN John Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of STAFF, left, as he talks to a female US Army troop that stands in formation at the right. Other US Army officers and senior enlisted are looking on. The General was at Sword Base where he spoke with Soldiers from the 364th Supply and Service Company during a stop on the Christmas tour of UNOSOM II operation in Mogadishu. UNOSOM II is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

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Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II

Base: Sword Base, Mogadishu

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT L. Mcqueen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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19/12/1993
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US Army SPECIALIST Michael Boguth, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, demonstrates one of the four firing positions of a AT-4 (Anti-tank Variation Four); the sitting position. The others are standing, kneeling and another sitting position. The class was given at Range #6 just outside of Mogadishu Airport. Straight on shot of an abandoned and dilapidated building with overturned Soviet trucks inside. The building is located at an abandoned Soviet Base north of Sword Base and is being prepared for destruction. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Gen John M. Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, greets British Lieutenant General Rose, commander of UN forces in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina during his visit to the former Republic of Yugoslavia in support of Operation Provide Promise

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Crouch, Operation

Practice Inaugural Parade. An officer from the US Army Reserve Company marches down 3rd street with her unit during the Inaugural Parade practice

Soldiers from 2/14th Infantry Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, rest in the shade while waiting to go to the airport. The battalion recently departed Somalia after being there in support of UNOSOM II

After returning from a six-month deployment for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel (COL) Robert J. Knapp, (left), USMC, Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), 1ST Marine Division (1MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California, stops by HQ BN Armory and checks with STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) W. G. Quenga, USMC. SSGT Quenga was the SNCOIC on duty for Camp Guard Services, and is attached to Headquarters and Service Company (H & S Co), Substance Abuse Control Officer (SACO), HQ BN 1MARDIV. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

US Army (USA) High-ranking Officer visit the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Military Academy training site located near Kabul, Afghanistan, where USA Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) are helping to train new recruits in the ANA. Pictured are USA Brigadier General (BGEN) John H. Kern (bottom left), ander, 352nd Civil Affairs and (CFC); (USA) National Guard BGEN Dean A. Youngman, Kentucky (KT) Adjutant General; USA Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) McDonnell; USA Lieutenant General (LGEN) Bryan D. Brown, ander, USA Special Operation and (SOC); also USA Major General (MGEN) Geoffrey C. Lambert (upper right), anding General, USA Special Forces...

Pictured during the Change of Command Ceremony for the US Army Park Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, CA. (Left to right) Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Kevin P, Edwards; Outgoing Commander Lieutenant Colonel (LTC), John W. Randolph; Reviewing Officer, LTC Michael R. Staszak; Incoming Commander, LTC DawnLee DeYoung; Chaplain, LTC Richard Beach; and Ms. Dani Lorta, (Aide to Congresswoman Ellen Taucher)

U.S. Marines, with Headquarters and Service Battalion

The Honorable Walter B. Slocombe (ont the left), Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), is greets several members of the 16th Airborne Battalion Headquarters North Poland Brigade (NORDPOL), which includes Polish soldiers, a US Army Liaison Officer, and Norwegian Army Security CHIEF. Mr. Slocombe is on a two-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to meet with IFOR personnel and various Bosnian civic leaders

A Mine Clearing Line Charge, or MICLIC, is fired on a range during a training session. The MICLIC is a rocket propelled line charged capable of breaching obstacles, walls, or minefields. The MICLIC has a 350 foot line charge secured by a 205 foot arresting cable. The line charge contains 1840 pounds of C-4 explosives

U.S. Marine Cpl. James Flynn, a motor transportation

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