Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division use a mine detector and shovel to search for possible weapons caches while a fellow Soldier provides security during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 25, 2006.  Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps.  (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

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Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division use a mine detector and shovel to search for possible weapons caches while a fellow Soldier provides security during Operation Swift Sword in the Al Sukariya area of Iraq on April 25, 2006. Operation Swift Sword was a mission to root out Anti-Iraqi Forces, weapons caches and possible training camps. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

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Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD

Base: Sukariya

State: Salah Ah Din

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles Gill, USA

Release Status: Released to Public
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25/04/2006
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