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An Iraqi woman listens to a question during the Facilities Protection Service (FPS) final exam.Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in IraqΘs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Facilities Protection Service (FPS) instructor reads the results of the exams to some of the first twenty-nine Iraqi women in Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources to be trained as FPS guards after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Facilities Protection Service (FPS) instructor collects exam papers after the final exam. Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male counterparts guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos, carry their 7.62 mm Tabuk assault rifles, as they back crawl through a barbed wire obstacle course, while conducting training outside Camp Hurricane Point near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, is engaged in Training ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos, carry their 7.62 mm Tabuk assault rifles, as they back crawl through a barbed wire obstacle course, while conducting training outside Camp Hurricane Point near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, is engaged in Training ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldiers and Iraqi Police (IP) Officers, armed with 5.56 mm Tabuk assault rifles, gather to listen to an After Action Report, following the practice house raid, conducted near Camp Hurricane Point, located on the outskirts of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. US Army (USA) Soldiers attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), are engaged in Training Iraqi Police while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi Police (IP) Officer armed with 5.56 mm Tabuk assault rifle, clears a room while practicing to conduct a house raid, during training conducted near Camp Hurricane Point, located on the outskirts of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), is engaged in Training Iraqi Police while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldiers, armed with 5.56 mm Tabuk assault rifles, rush towards their objective after dismounting from their lightweight utility vehicle, to practice conducting a house raid, during training conducted near Camp Hurricane Point, located on the outskirts of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), is engaged in Training ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldiers and Iraqi Police (IP) Officers, armed with 5.56 mm Tabuk assault rifles, gather to listen to an After Action Report, given by Iraqi Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Salah, Police CHIEF for the Al Horeiya Iraqi Police Station, following the practice house raid, conducted near Camp Hurricane Point, located on the outskirts of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. US Army (USA) Soldiers attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), are engaged in Training Iraqi Police while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi woman holds the Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifle she will use during her security duties. Twenty-nine Iraqi women became the first female Facilities Protection Service (FPS) guards in Iraqs Ministry of Water Resources, after completing a three-day training course taught by Iraqi FPS officers. Their training included sessions on ethics, standards of professionalism, search and seizure, and weapons familiarization. The women will serve alongside male FPS guards in guarding buildings, dams, and other ministry facilities. The classes are taking place during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: Baghdad

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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