A sunset backlights the vehicles of 1st Platoon, A Company, 106th Brigade Support Battalion, out of Magee, Miss., and attached to 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, headquartered in Senatobia, Miss., waiting in the Convoy Support Center of Forward Operating Base Sykes, Dec. 1. From left to right are three standard vehicles in convoy escort companies, the RG33 series Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected truck (left), the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, and a Caimen series of the MRAP truck mounted with the Self-Protection Adaptive Roller Kit, designed to absorb the damage of IEDs and shields the vehicle and crew. The Soldier are preparing for a return convoy security mission to Contingency Operating Location Q-West, marking their 34th mission since arriving in Iraq.
Date Taken: | 12.01.2009 |
Date Posted: | 12.10.2009 06:51 |
Photo ID: | 230313 |
VIRIN: | 091210-A-9999S-016 |
Resolution: | 1800x1078 |
Size: | 451.41 KB |
Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE Q-WEST, IQ |
Web Views: | 185 |
Downloads: | 48 |
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