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Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) sit on their packs as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

Marines prepare to move out in a convoy of M939 5-ton cargo trucks and an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) after stopping on a city street. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) relax as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

Marines sit atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle as they drive through the streets of the city. The Marines are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in soutehrn Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) are greeted by a pair of Iraqi children as they patrol the city's streets. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

Members of Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) move equipment with a crane mounted to the back of an M-814 5-ton cargo truck as they set up a water purification site on the outskirts of Zakhu. The Marines are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) gathers up his gear as his unit prepares to board buses bound for the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

Marines prepare to move out in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), foreground, and two M939 5-ton cargo trucks after stopping in the city during a patrol. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Marines sit in the back of a cargo truck traveling along the border between Turkey and Iraq. Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and MEU Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) are furnishing aid to the Kurdish refugees in the Zakhu Iraq, area as part of Operation Provide Comfort

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.

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Fifteen personel (all 15 not shown) assigned to the 823rd Red Horse Squadron from Hurlburt Field, Florida as part of Operation Sustain Hope put the fishing touches on a newly widened two-lane road leading to the flight line (flight line nto shown) increasing the speed of traffic and safety of those walking. Operation Sustain Hope is the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps for the refugees (not shown) fleeing from the Former Republic of Yugoslavia into Albania and Macedonia

US Marines service a 2 1/2-ton cargo truck as another Marine uses a rough terrain forklift truck to unload cargo. The Marines have been deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Lebanoni forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

Kurdish men wait to begin a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force ride in an M-939 5-ton cargo truck past an abandoned Iraqi MT-LB multipurpose tracked vehicle on the road to Kuwait City during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm

Medical ward, COMFORT - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

An Iraqi woman smiles as she carries a box of meals

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

US Army Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces pre-brief a search and rescue exercise conducted as part of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

Kitchens roll to Russia. The old army "rolling kitchen" has rolled all the way to Russia. The old slum wagon was not the most popular eating house in the army butis is one of the most popular in the overcrowded ports of the Black Sea. Thousands of refugees from inland towns gathered at the ports without shelters, food, or even funds. Hundreds were on the verge of starvation and the town's supplies were exhausted. The American Red Cross with the aid of six old army kitchens which had been sent out from France opened suoupkitchens where thousands were fed daily. This picture shows Lieutenant L.M. Foster of Chicago, dishing out soup to the refugees in Novorossisk three days before the fall of the city and the evacuation of the Red Cross mission

A U.S. Army M109A6 Paladin waits to be fired in support

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) Brian Olsen, Dentist, Health Services Detachment, Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 11 (MSSG-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), flosses 13-year old Muna Hamzas teeth during a Humanitarian Assistance Operation (HAO) in the village of Ash Shafiyah, Iraq. This HAO provided medical and dental treatments to more than 100 Iraqis during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A ground crewman directs a US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from its parking spot. The aircraft is beginning a mission over Turkey in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

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