US Navy (USN) Equipment Operator Constructionman (EOCN) Sean McCartney (foreground) uses a shovel to load a wheel barrel with asphalt while USN Builder Third Class (BU3) Darin Errington uses a jackhammer to break the asphalt apart during a road construction project at Fallujah, Iraq (IRQ). Both USN Seabees are members of the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB-40). NMCB personnel are providing support to multinational forces throughout Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Fallujah
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John P. Curtis, USN
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
20/05/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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