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A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, (ESB) 1ST Force Support Group, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, operate the Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Units (ROWPU) for the Tactical Water Distribution System (TWDS), containing three 50,000-gallon collapsible water tanks, at the Logistics Support Area, Camp Viper, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Tanks from 2nd Armored Brigade Ccombat Team, 1st Infantry

Airmen from the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron

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A view of one of fighting positions dug by Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. A Freightliner All Terrain Tow Vehicle (ATTV) in use in the background

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) load their Mercedes G IFAV (Interim Fast Attack Vehicle) in preparation to turnover their bivouac site to Army soldiers from the 101st Air Assault Division at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The remains of the tail of an Mi-17 (HIP H) Soviet helicopter is visable in the upper left

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) load their Mercedes G IFAV (Interim Fast Attack Vehicle) in preparation to turnover their bivouac site to Army soldiers from the 101st Air Assault Division at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background are the remains of an Mi-18 (HIP H) Soviet helicopter

A view of the Texas 17 air control tower, left, and the Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment camp as seen from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment camp as seen, with the guard tower prominent, from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Texas 17 air control tower as seen from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the roof of an M-923 5-ton cargo truck as the truck passes through the city. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

First Lieutenant Kraig Rouen, USMC, Platoon Commander, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) poses in the location where his Marines were bivouaced at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. This picture was taken as the Marines were being displaced by Army Soldiers with the 101st Air Assault Battalion. In the background are the remains of two Soviet Mi-17s (HIP H) and one of the towers used by Marine snipers guarding against infiltration

Marines from Alpha Company, 2d Light Armored Vehicle Company, attached to the Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), prepare their Light Armor Vehicle (LAV)-25 to conduct a patrol around Khandahar International Airport during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. One Marine at the ready manning the 7.62 mm machine gun atop the M242 25mm chain gun in the turret. In the background is the Khandahar control tower with "Texas 17," the Marine call sign for the area

A view of one of fighting positions dug by Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background are a Mi-17 (HIP H) (left), a tower used by Marine snipers (center), and a Freightliner All Terrain Tow Vehicle (ATTV) (right)

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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U.S. Navy Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and U.S. Marine engineers from the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, move a tree stump at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School during Balikatan 2015.

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

Combat engineers with Regimental Engineer Squadron,

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Members of the Anti-Taliban Forces (ATF) eat lunch at an observation post site where US Marines were dispatched to destroy unexploded munitions dropped by coalition air sorties near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) assigned to the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), head towards the shore in Central Command's Area of Responsibility during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) and US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel direct a High-Mobility Multi Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) equipped with a S-788/G Lightweight, Multipurpose Shelter (LMS), towing a portable trailer mounted generator, as equipment and supplies for Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), is offloaded from the well deck aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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