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US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), use a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), mounted with a .50 caliber machine gun, to provide security during training exercises held near Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) Soldier assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 342 search one of many storage areas suspected of containing weapons caches located near the village of Kalay in the Orgun district of Afghanistan, as allied forces search for caches of weapons and Taliban and Al Qaeda forces, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A U.S. Army Soldier, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard (VAANG), provides security using an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) mounted atop a High_mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Aug. 25, 2004, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class Sandra Watkins-Keough) (Released)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) Security Battalion, equipped with a 7.62 mm M240G machine gun, patrols the perimeter near Al Asad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A U.S. Army Soldier, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard (VAANG), provides security using an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) mounted atop a High_mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Aug. 25, 2004, during Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class Sandra Watkins-Keough) (Released)

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Task Force Devil, 82nd Airborne Division, aboard a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), equipped with a 40mm MK-19 Mod 3 grenade machine gun, lead a convoy, delivering deliver medical assistance, tools, and school supplies, as the arrive in the town of Kakaran, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 5th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1-8 Cavalry Regiment, Iraqi Army Soldiers use a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), equipped with a roof mounted 7.62 mm M240G machine gun to provide security, as they prepare for civilians during a mass weapons turn-in, near the main power plant in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) use a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to provide security as a USAF C-17A Globemaster III aircraft takes off at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A member of 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 342, pulls security at the entrance to a cave complex discovered in the village of Mangara, Afghanistan. He is armed with a Colt 5.56 M-4A1 carbine fitted with a M203 40mm grenade launcher and Trijicon Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) 4x32 day optic. Strapped to his right leg is the Beretta 9mm M-9 semiautomatic pistol. The ODA was conducting a search of the village following reports of hidden weapons and munitions during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 342 use a specially modified High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), equipped with a 7.62mm M240G machine gun to pull security while other members of their team move into Mangara Village, located in the Orgun district of Afghanistan

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Mangara Village

State: Orgun

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: SFC Fred Gurwell, USA

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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