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Local civilians and military personnel travel near the Turkey/Iraq border. The U.S. servicemen are in the area in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Local civilians and military personnel travel near the Turkey/Iraq bor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

An Air Force master sergeant, right, and four Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) discuss plans to repair the bomb-damaged runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Air Force master sergeant, right, and four Seabees from Naval Mobil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a dental team from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), treat a Kurdish refugee child in a field facility. The men are providing dental care as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff and Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, a d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gary H. Potterfield Release Status: Released to P... More

Cameramen document the event as Kurdish refugees congregate to watch a United Nations representative raise the UN flag over their camp. The event is taking place during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Cameramen document the event as Kurdish refugees congregate to watch a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, left, and PETTY Officer 1ST Class Russ Leinbach, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), examine a motorized roller left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, left, and PETTY Officer 1ST Clas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Kurdish children gather around CMDR. Donald Thurston of Naval Environmental Preventive Medicine Unit 7 (NEPMU-7) as he passes out items from a Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) at a refugee camp near the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Kurdish children gather around CMDR. Donald Thurston of Naval Environm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Ireland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters from HM 264 Black Knights sit at the LZ inside Camp D.W. Sommers in Zakho, Iraq, during Operation PROVIDE COMFORT as part of the Kurdish relief effort near the end of Desert Storm. The helos would depart from this landing zone and make humanitarian relief drops of water and food to the hundreds of thousands of Kurdish refugees in the mountains of Northern Iraq and South-western Turkey

CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters from HM 264 Black Knights sit at the LZ ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Camp D.W. Sommers State: Dahuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT J. A. Sanders, Usmc Rel... More

General John R. Galvin, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), greets Kurdish displaced citizens, during Operation Provide Comfort at the Yekmal Camp

General John R. Galvin, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), gre...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Stephen B. Johns Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The town of Airoshky, in Dahuk City in northern Iraq, bombed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces after he subdued the Kurdish 1991 uprising (Unphal) after the Persian Gulf War

The town of Airoshky, in Dahuk City in northern Iraq, bombed by Iraqi ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Theodore J. Koniares Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

In the city of Arbil, a Kurdish woman and her child sort through a pan of seeds along side a pool of water. With the help of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), this part of the city will receive the funding necessary to build a better sewer drainage system

In the city of Arbil, a Kurdish woman and her child sort through a pan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

AIRMAN 1ST Class Thomas Crum (left) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Paul Wilbur play ping pong in the morale tent. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Thomas Crum (left) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Paul Wilbur p...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

Kurdish women prepare a meal outside their home. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

Kurdish women prepare a meal outside their home. This operation is a s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Souraqullat Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Paul Caron Release Status: Released ... More

Personnel deployed to the operation work out in the Tent City Gym. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

Personnel deployed to the operation work out in the Tent City Gym. Thi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies a mission over Turkey in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter flies a mission over...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

Kurdish refugees carries food supplies from the dining facility back to their temporary home at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. OPERATION PACIVIC HAVEN provides airlift for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. The refugees will be housed at Anderson AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Kurdish refugees carries food supplies from the dining facility back t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Co... More

A Kurdish woman passes time sewing while outside her temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A Kurdish woman passes time sewing while outside her temporary residen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Je... More

Evacuated Kurdish children play in the playground at their temporary housing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation Pacific Haven. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Evacuated Kurdish children play in the playground at their temporary h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Je... More

Lance CPL. William Kazy gets a low-five from a Kurdish evacuee while he and his partner Lance CPL. Derrell Cason walk their post during a Marine Joint Task Force operation

Lance CPL. William Kazy gets a low-five from a Kurdish evacuee while h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL. Marshall A. Paull... More

Major General Wayne E. Rollings, Commanding General, Third Marine Expeditonary Force, talks with officers and staff of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, during his visit to the housing area in Tiyan, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States

Major General Wayne E. Rollings, Commanding General, Third Marine Expe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Marshall A. P... More

Lance CPL. S. L. Cooper, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2nd Marine Division plays with a young Kurdish boy during his interior patrol. Infantrymen assist the military police by providing interior and exterior security

Lance CPL. S. L. Cooper, Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, 2n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL William J. Re... More

US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III Loadmasters and a crew from the 86th Contingency Response Group Air Transportation (CRGAT) cell unload Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR) at Bashur Air Field (AF) in Kurdish controlled Northern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The HDR are a gift to the Iraqi people from the United States

US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III Loadmasters and a crew from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bashur Air Field Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Stephen Faulisi, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers enjoy a moment of down time at a site outside of Erbil, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers enjoy a moment of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group photograph at a site outside of Erbil, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group photograph at a site outside of Erbil, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldiers pose for a group ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and tent cities established by U.S. military personnel. Such facilities are being established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees travel by truck between their mountain campsites and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Two bowls of food on a table with a spoon. Food kurdish refugees.

Two bowls of food on a table with a spoon. Food kurdish refugees.

Three bowls of meatballs with a spoon in them / A bowl of meatballs and a black spoon / Public domain stock photo of a food.

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy Office for the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and members of the Syrian-Syria Forum discuss various topics in Ayn Issa, Syria, Feb. 14, 2019. The meeting is pa... More

Young Syrian teenagers herd a flock of sheep and guide

Young Syrian teenagers herd a flock of sheep and guide

Young Syrian teenagers herd a flock of sheep and guide them through the city of Ayn Issa, Syria, Feb. 1, 2019. Continued efforts of the Coalition and its partners maintain peace and stability in the region. (... More

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy

William V. Roebuck, Senior Advisor in the Special Envoy Office for the Coalition to Defeat ISIS, and members of the Syrian-Syria Forum discuss various topics in Ayn Issa, Syria, Feb. 14, 2019. The meeting is pa... More

Syrian children play in their backyard in Al-Hasakah

Syrian children play in their backyard in Al-Hasakah

Syrian children play in their backyard in Al-Hasakah Province, Syria, Feb. 12, 2019. Continued efforts of the Coalition and its partners maintain peace and stability in the region. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sg... More

Kurdish men wait to begin a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

Kurdish men wait to begin a tour of a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Bizara, a Kurdish refugee child, visits a well set up in a tent city near Zakhu. The site was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Bizara, a Kurdish refugee child, visits a well set up in a tent city n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Kurdish children sit in their family's tent at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish children sit in their family's tent at a refugee camp near the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Base: Iskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Releas... More

Kurdish refugee children gather by a stream as a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter flies over their tent city near Zakhu. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugee children gather by a stream as a CH-46 Sea Knight heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A Kurdish refugee child holds her brother as the two stand in a field near the tent city where they now live. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid those fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish refugee child holds her brother as the two stand in a field ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCDR Skip Burdon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A .50-caliber machine gun points from the doorway of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as the helicopter approaches a mountainside. The Super Stallion is enroute to a Kurdish refugee camp to deliver supplies. The supplies are being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A .50-caliber machine gun points from the doorway of a CH-53E Super St...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A Kurdish woman bathes her child at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Kurdish woman bathes her child at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Ira...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public... More

Kurds at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border wait in line near a German army CH-53G helicopter to receive an allotment of water. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurds at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border wait in line near ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public... More

Kurdish refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a tent city established by Allied forces. Such facilities are being established throughout the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees prepare to travel from their mountain campsites to a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Kurdish refugee children walk along a road near the first established tent city along the Turkey-Iraq border, under construction as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Allied forces are constructing the tent city in an effort to aid Kurds who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugee children walk along a road near the first established ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Gregg Snaza Release Status: Released to Publi... More

U.S. soldiers approach a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for transportation to another area after completing a patrol of the region. The helicopter is unloading supplies for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. soldiers approach a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for transpor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A Kurdish child sits beside her mother at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Kurdish child sits beside her mother at a refugee camp near Turkey's...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A little Kurdish boy smiles for the camera as other children gather in the background at a tent city set up near Zakhu, Iraq. Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq are receiving assistance as part of the Allied Operation Provide Comfort

A little Kurdish boy smiles for the camera as other children gather in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) carrying U.S. military personnel enters Zakhu, part of convoy arriving to assist Kurdish refugees at a nerby tent city. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to assist refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) carrying U....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce Wallace Release Status: Released to Public C... More

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), mans an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun from his post atop an M-934 5-ton cargo truck as a convoy of Marines and Navy medical personnel enters Zakhu. The convoy has arrived to assist Kurdish refugees inhabiting a tent city set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), mans ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce J. Wallace Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A British soldier carrying an L85A1 rifle walks with a trio of Kurdish children while patrolling a road on the edge of the city. The soldier's unit is in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A British soldier carrying an L85A1 rifle walks with a trio of Kurdish...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein Release Status: Released to Public ... More

Kurdish refugees unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as Allied forces make a food delivery to the refugee camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort. The operation is an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees unload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Marjie Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

CPL Richard Berber of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) checks a sample of purified water. The Marines and sailors of MSSG-24 have set up a medical clinic and water purification station on the outskirts of the city to provide services to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

CPL Richard Berber of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city nea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

U.S. Marines armed with M-16A2 rifles patrol on the outskirts of a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. An encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

U.S. Marines armed with M-16A2 rifles patrol on the outskirts of a ten...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

A Kurdish man helps erect a military tent in a tent city being positioned near Zakhu. The camp is being erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A Kurdish man helps erect a military tent in a tent city being positio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) drives a self-propelled roller along a stretch of runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired by coalition engineer units so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) drive...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 J.D. Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public... More

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter brings a load of supplies to the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter brings a load of supplies to the Seab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A Kurdish guard armed with an AK-47 provides security at the airport in northern Iraq

A Kurdish guard armed with an AK-47 provides security at the airport i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A ground crewman directs a US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from its parking spot. The aircraft is beginning a mission over Turkey in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A ground crewman directs a US Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

The territory in Northern Iraq where Operation Provide Comfort is taking place is hilly with poor road infrastructure. Operation Provide Comfort is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of U.S., Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

The territory in Northern Iraq where Operation Provide Comfort is taki...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Paul Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon leaves the hangar as it begins a security mission over Iraq in support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon leaves the hangar as it begins a s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Paul Caron Release St... More

US Army Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces pre-brief a search and rescue exercise conducted as part of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

US Army Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces pre-brief a search a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: ... More

A Kurdish infant relaxes in his mother's lap as Kurdish evacuees from northern Iraq wind down from their long trip to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,400 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A Kurdish infant relaxes in his mother's lap as Kurdish evacuees from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Je... More

Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Kazy gets a low-five from a Kurdish evacuee while he and his partner LCPL Derrell Cason walk their post during Marine Joint Task Force Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States

Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Kazy gets a low-five from a Kurdish evac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Marshall A. P... More

A Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldier places his 5.45 mm AK-74 assault rifle on the ground to pose for a photograph at a river stream located in the countryside near Dohuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A Kurdish Army PDK Peshmurga "Special Forces" Soldier places his 5.45 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dohuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Gordon, CIV Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

An Iraqi security forces soldiers takes a break during

An Iraqi security forces soldiers takes a break during

An Iraqi security forces soldiers takes a break during cover and concealment training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2017. ISF soldiers attend training led by Coalition forces in support of Combined Joint Task Fo... More

An Australian army trainer demonstrates how to operate

An Australian army trainer demonstrates how to operate

An Australian army trainer demonstrates how to operate a T-5000 sniper rifle to Iraqi security forces soldiers during weapons training at Camp Taji, Iraq, March 4, 2017. Coalition forces teach ISF basic combat ... More

Australian army Pvt. Mitchell James provides security

Australian army Pvt. Mitchell James provides security

Australian army Pvt. Mitchell James provides security during Iraqi security forces training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 30, 2017. Coalition troops train Iraqi security forces during an eight-week junior leader cou... More

A Syrian boy gestures a peace sign to a passing Coalition

A Syrian boy gestures a peace sign to a passing Coalition

A Syrian boy gestures a peace sign to a passing Coalition Forces convoy in Ayn Issa, Syria, Jan. 31, 2019. The Global Coalition stands firmly with Iraq and Syrian partners in the elimination of defeat Daesh to ... More

U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, Commander of the United

U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, Commander of the United

U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, Commander of the United States Central Command, discusses battle plans with Iraqi security forces at Qayyarah West, Iraq, Oct. 25, 2016. More than 60 coalition partners have committ... More

SSGT Lee Tibbits shares a snack with Kurdish refugee children at their tent city in Zakhu. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

SSGT Lee Tibbits shares a snack with Kurdish refugee children at their...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Kurdish refugees gather around a CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivering supplies to a camp site set up by Allied forces. Camp sites are being set up along the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish refugees gather around a CH-47 Chinook helicopter delivering s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Brett Ryan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on a supply delivery mission. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A military camp and a Kurdish refugee camp are situated side by side on the plain. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein northern Iraq

A military camp and a Kurdish refugee camp are situated side by side o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LTJG Don Savage Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A young Kurdish refugee tends a cooking fire outside her family's tent in northern Iraq. U.S. and coalition forces are setting up shelter and providing food to the refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A young Kurdish refugee tends a cooking fire outside her family's tent...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A U.S. soldier, armed with an M-16A2 rifle, helps Kurdish refugees moves supplies from a landing zone to a camp. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A U.S. soldier, armed with an M-16A2 rifle, helps Kurdish refugees mov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Kurdish men sit in the grass after arriving at a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

Kurdish men sit in the grass after arriving at a refugee camp near Zak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Seabees from a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) air detachment work on a section of damaged runway at an Iraqi airfield. The Seabees are repairing the airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT

Seabees from a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Dante Deangelis Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A U.S. Army soldier greets SGT John J. Tourish following the Marine's arrival at a landing zone by CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. Tourish is delivering supplies for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

A U.S. Army soldier greets SGT John J. Tourish following the Marine's ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on a supply delivery mission. The material will be delivered to Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPT John G. Worman, co-pilot, flies a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Kurdish families pass the time at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camp to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Kurdish families pass the time at a refugee camp near the Turkey-Iraq ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Base: Iskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Releas... More

Marines armed with M-249 squad automatic weapons move out on a patrol during Operation Provide Comfort, as Allied effort to assist Kurdish refugees fleeing the forces of Saddam Hussein in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm

Marines armed with M-249 squad automatic weapons move out on a patrol ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 J.R. Klein, USN Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A Kurdish family gathers for a meal at a refugee camp near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort

A Kurdish family gathers for a meal at a refugee camp near Turkey's bo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN April Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Marines prepare to cross a bridge as they proceed toward a tent city established for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Marines prepare to cross a bridge as they proceed toward a tent city e...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce Wallace Release Status: Released to Public C... More

CPL Lee O. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, operates a forklift to stack supplies at a tent city set up for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

CPL Lee O. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, operates a forklift to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce J. Wallace Release Status: Released to Publi... More

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), observes Kurdish refugees and their children as he mans an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun atop an M-934 5-ton cargo truck. U. S. military personnel are arriving in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), obser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Bruce J. Wallace Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A U.S. Army soldier leads a group of Kurdish men out of a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter in a landing zone adjacent to a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. U.S. and allied troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm

A U.S. Army soldier leads a group of Kurdish men out of a Marine Mediu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORTDESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Hatton Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

An airman guides a Kurdish refugee away from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter that has landed to deliver supplies to the refugee camp. The food delivery is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

An airman guides a Kurdish refugee away from a CH-53E Super Stallion h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Shaw Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A television news crew from Cable News Network (CNN) films a group of Kurdish men in a refugee camp near Zakhu, Iraq. The camp was set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the thousands of Kurds who left their homes to flee from Iraq government forces following the fighting that broke out in that country after Operation Desert Storm

A television news crew from Cable News Network (CNN) films a group of ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 James R. Klein Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, seated left, holds a child as LT Ronald Buckley, center, speaks through an interpreter to the child's parents in a medical tent set up on the outskirts of the city. Alva and Buckley are Navy medical personnel attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), which is providing service for Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

Hospital Corpsman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, seated left, holds a child a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff, a dentist with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), prepares to treat a Kurdish refugee patient in a field facility. He and his assistant, Hospitalman 1ST Class Charlie Alva, comprise one of two dental teams from the 24th MEU providing dental care as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Dr. (LT) Donald R. Ratliff, a dentist with the 24th Marine Expeditiona...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JOC Gary H. Potterfield Release Status: Released to P... More

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Command, tours a Kurdish refugee camp near Cukurca. The camp was established as part of Operations Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

RADM Leighton W. Smith Jr., director of operations, U.S. European Comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An Army engineer, foreground, drives a motor grader while a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) operates a self-propelled roller as they work on the runway at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired by coalition engineer units so relief supplies can be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

An Army engineer, foreground, drives a motor grader while a Seabee fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Dimattio Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), examines a motor grader left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Const...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Jerry Ireland Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Kurdish children play in a field near their camp during Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Kurdish children play in a field near their camp during Operation Prov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A Kurdish man watches the arrival of Allied military personnel at the refugee camp in which he is staying. Military units from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A Kurdish man watches the arrival of Allied military personnel at the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to P... More

A Kurdish woman in the Semalka district in Zakhu in northern Iraq.(Exact date unknown)

A Kurdish woman in the Semalka district in Zakhu in northern Iraq.(Exa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Theodore J. Koniares Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A Kurdish resident of Airoshky in northern Iraq walks through the destruction of the town after it was bombed by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's forces

A Kurdish resident of Airoshky in northern Iraq walks through the dest...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Theodore J. Koniares Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A Kurdish fabrication worker welds steel and aluminum door frames for distribution to local villages and collectives throughout the Kurdish occupied security zone in northern Iraq. The project is funded by the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistants, (OFDA) a US government agency

A Kurdish fabrication worker welds steel and aluminum door frames for ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A Kurdish guard stands watch on a hill overlooking the city of Zakhu in northern Iraq

A Kurdish guard stands watch on a hill overlooking the city of Zakhu i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Efrain Gonzalez Release Status: Released to Pub... More

The Military Coordination Center compound is used by the four nation coalition in direct support of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. The four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

The Military Coordination Center compound is used by the four nation c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Paul Caron Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Two temporary structures are used as Mosques to meet the needs of Kurdish evacuees at Anderson AFB, Guam. The U.S. Navy Sea Bees of Construction Battalion One built the structures during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN

Two temporary structures are used as Mosques to meet the needs of Kurd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Ke... More

Major Steve Andrews, Officer in Charge of the Civil Affairs office, Tiyan, Guam, is interviewed by a local television station concerning the Guam Department of Educations donation of desks, chairs, and classroom materials to the school on Tiyan for the Kurdish evacuee children during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States

Major Steve Andrews, Officer in Charge of the Civil Affairs office, Ti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Marshall A. P... More

GUNNERY SGT. C. S. Barnum, Tiyan Zone Liaison, Combat Service Support Detachment 37, interacts with a Kurdish baby while he makes his daily rounds to the evacuee community to ensure all of their needs are met

GUNNERY SGT. C. S. Barnum, Tiyan Zone Liaison, Combat Service Support ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Tiyan State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Marshall A. P... More

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