A close-up view of the MP-5K submachine gun carried by a boarding team member aboard the French destroyer FS Jean de Vienne (D-643). The Jean de Vienne is one of the ships of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), which was formed during Operation Desert Shield to enforce U.S. trade sanctions against Iraq.

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A close-up view of the MP-5K submachine gun carried by a boarding team member aboard the French destroyer FS Jean de Vienne (D-643). The Jean de Vienne is one of the ships of the Maritime Interdiction Force (MIF), which was formed during Operation Desert Shield to enforce U.S. trade sanctions against Iraq.

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Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD

Country: Red Sea

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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Date

01/02/1991
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The U.S. National Archives
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