US Army (USA) Soldiers with Troop I (Iron Troop), 3rd Squadron (SQD), 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment (ACR), Fort Pope, Louisiana (LA), maintain a defensive posture around their convoy, as a fellow soldier makes emergency repairs to an up armored M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The HMMWV broke down during a Civil Affairs mission to Marmoud Darneesh School in West Abu Ghurayb, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John L. Houghton Jr., USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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Date
10/11/2003
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