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| A Special Forces Soldier mans a .50
caliber machine gun while driving in a convoy through downtown Baghdad
in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 18, 2003. (Air
Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock) Click for high-resolution photo... |
A Special Forces team moves through west
Baghdad on April 12, 2003. SF Soldiers were patrolling the outer
perimeter of
the city to provide security for a local hospital in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy T.
Lock) Click for high-resolution
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| A Soldier from the 10th
Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colo., congratulates one
of his top squads for completing a full day of manuvers without
error on Oct. 23, 2002. In the third phase of the Georgia Train
and Equip Program the Georgian Army will learn airmobile operations,
basic and advanced rifle marksmanship,
and tactical movement. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Edward D.
Holzapfel) Click for
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A Soldier from the 7th
Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C., prepares to make a
high-altitude, low-opening parachute jump on Oct. 25, 2002, during a
deployment to South America for Cabanas 2002, an annual
multinational training exercise designed to increase joint military
cooperation in the Americas. (U.S. Army photo) Click for high-resolution photo...
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| A Special Forces Soldier pulls security
for his team during operations in Orgun-e, Afghanistan, in December
2002
while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Orgun-e is a village
located in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan, only 20 miles away
from
the country's border with Pakistan. (Photo by Sgt. Steven M.
Boone) Click for high-resolution
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A Special Forces Soldier conducts
Security Assistance Training for members of the Armed Forces Philippine
on M arch 20, 2003. This field training was held
on the Zamboanga Peninsula of the Philippine Islands with the Joint
Special Operations Task Force - Philippines
as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. The training was designed
to
assist and advise Philippine forces in order to refine their
counter-terrorism capabilities. (Navy photo by Petty Officer
First Class Edward G. Martens) Click
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| A Special Forces sniper team takes aim
while an MH-6 Little Bird helicopter carrying a Ranger team hovers in
the background during a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C.
(Photo by Pvt. Jennifer J. Eidson) Click
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A Special Forces Soldier searches the
belongings of two Iraqi soldiers who surrendered to the Soldiers
of the 101st Airborne Division near An Najaf, Iraq on March 29, 2003.
Special operations teams worked closely with regular Army units in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle
Davis) Click for high-resolution
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| Special Forces combat divers from the 7th
Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., fast rope from an
MH-60
Black Hawk helicopter while linking up with a Navy submarine in
the
U.S. Southern Command area of operations. (Department of Defense
photo) Click for high-resolution photo... |
A Special Forces Soldier prepares to
breach an entryway while training in close quarters battle tactics at
Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army Special Operations Command photo) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| A trainee from the 1st Battalion of the
Afghan
National Army gets his AK47 cleared by a U.S. Army Special Forces
Soldier
at a firing range after squad live fire training excercises in Kabul,
Afghanistan,
on July 14, 2002. The purpose of this training is to establish
the
core of the new Afghan National Army, which will foster a safe, secure
and
stable environment in Afghanistan and help to prevent the re-emergence
of
terrorist forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bethann
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A Special Forces Soldier mans the M-2
machine gun of his Ground Mobility Vehicle Nov. 15, 2002, as he looks
ahead. (Photo by Cpl. Kyle J. Cosner, USASOC PAO)
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| A U.S. Marine fires a Soviet AK-47 assault rifle Dec. 14 at Fort Bragg, N.C., as his instructor, a Special Forces soldier. observes his target. The Marines were at Fort Bragg Dec. 11 to 14 to receive foreign weapons training for their upcoming mission with the Republic of Georgia Train and Equip Program. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Kyle J. Cosner, USASOC PAO) | Sgt. 1st Class Michael O. Perkins examines the eyes of a elder male from the Kuchi Tribe Aug. 23 near Gardez, Afghanistan. Perkins, a medical specialist assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), provides medical care to Afghan tribesmen in support of the Combined Joint Civil Military Task Force. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Larry E. Johns, 55th Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| Special operations Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the Republic of Korea prepare an HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter to participate in fast rope training recently on the USAV Joint Venture high speed vessel in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations. 1st SFG and ROK Soldiers fast roped onto the deck of the vessel while practicing ship-seizing procedures. (Photo by Spc. Eric E. Hughes, 55th Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... | Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Torii Station, Japan, perform a high altitude, low opening jump out of a CH-46E Sea Knight assigned to the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan. (Photo by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kaitlyn R. Vargo) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| Staff Sgt. Julio Colon, a food service operations noncommissioned officer with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C., prepares hamburgers at the 528th Special Operations Support Battalion (Airborne) Consolidated Dining Facility Aug. 18 before the lunch crowd arrives. (Photo by Gillian M. Albro, USASOC PAO) Click for high-resolution photo... | A gunner's view of an M-240B machine gun mounted in the back of a Special Forces Ground Mobility Vehicle, or GMV, as the vehicle moved from a mountain top helicopter-landing zone to a point near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Dec. 15. The mountainous terrain of this region provides many hiding places for enemies of Afghanistan, including groups like Al-Qaida and the Taliban. U.S. troops aiding in reconstruction efforts have recently come under attack while operating in this region. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joe Belcher, 982nd Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| Members of the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) drive a Ground Mobility Vehicle, or GMV, through a river on their way to Afghanistan's Daychopan region Dec. 20. (Photo by Sgt. Horace Murray, 982nd Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... | Sgt. 1st Class David Forsyth, a parachute rigger from Provo, Utah, wears a fire-resistant suit while he cuts the receiver of a confiscated machine gun on Jan. 2. Members of the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) were busy rendering a pile of confiscated weapons useless with an oxy-acetylene cutting torch outside the arms room at Camp Vance, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (Photo by Sgt. Horace Murray, 982nd Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| Sgt. 1st Class Michael McCarthy, a Special Forces medical sergeant with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Lewis, Wash., greets Afghan children on a visit to Jangadam, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the Base Defense Operations Center at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, gave winter clothing donated by the Healing Hands International organization to the people of Jangadam. (Photo by Sgt. Martin K. Newton, 982nd Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... | Army Special Forces Soldiers along with Marines maintain security for a medical evacuation June 25 after receiving enemy contact south of Camp Blessing, Afghanistan. (Photo my Marine Lance Cpl. Justin M. Mason) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| A Special Forces medic cleans and bandages an Iraqi man's thumb during a cordon and knock mission in the village of Al-Ma'ejeel, Iraq July 31. The medic dispensed antibiotics to the man, who burned his thumb last week. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Chuck Joseph, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) Click for high-resolution photo... | A Soldier from the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) reviews the capabilities of the Valon 3 metal detector with Staff Sgt. Elias Kaycsar, Lebanese Army Engineering Regiment, during a field training exercise in Hammana, Lebanon. U.S. military personnel under the operational control of Special Operations Command Europe are conducting humanitarian mine action training to expand the Lebanese manual demining capacity and emergency ordinance disposal capability at the request of the Lebanese government. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| Master Sgt. Daniel Olivas, an operations sergeant with Special Forces Operations Detachment 144, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, Fort Lewis, Wash., departs an UH-60 Blackhawk during High Altitude Low Opening training June 12, during exercise Northern Edge 2004 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Northern Edge is Alaska's annual joint training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among the services by and honing joint service techniques and procedures. (Photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang, 354th Communications Squadron) Click for high-resolution photo... | A Soldier from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) mans an M-60 machine gun in the turret of a Humvee while another Soldier changes a truck tire during a recent convoy in the U.S. Central Command area of operations. (Photo by Sgt. Horace Murray, 982nd Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... |
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| A Soldier from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) helps an Afghan boy try on a new pair of shoes during a trip to the Egyptian Hospital to pass out humanitarian aid at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 7. Soldiers from Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan at Camp Vance were at the Egyptian Hospital on a humanitarian aid visit . (Photo by Sgt. Horace Murray, 982nd Signal Company) Click for high-resolution photo... | Special Forces Soldiers in and alongside a Ground Mobility Vehicle approach a target during a capabilities demonstration March 22 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Photo by Spc. Jennifer J. Eidson, USASOC PAO) Click for high-resolution photo... |