040818-F-4441R-036 (Aug. 18, 2004)US Navy (USN) PETTY Office 3rd Class Bran Trent, Builder Course Instructor, Iraqi Construction Apprentice Program (ICAP), in Ar-Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ), walks through a damaged building that his students are rebuilding as part of the ICAP program during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. USN PO3 Trent is a Seabee assign to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 14 (NMCB-14), Jacksonville, Florida (FL). U.S. Air Force PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Jorge A. Rodriguez (RELEASED)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Ar Ramadi
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jorge A. Rodriguez, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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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
18/08/2004
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