Army soldiers strengthen force protection measures, laying more rows of concertina wire, around the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. All Army personel are carrying M16s and one has a M-240B SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), while they unload the M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

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Army soldiers strengthen force protection measures, laying more rows of concertina wire, around the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. All Army personel are carrying M16s and one has a M-240B SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), while they unload the M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

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

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17/01/2002
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