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Petty Officer 2nd Class Thierry Osungs, Riverine Squadron 1 (RIVRON-1), Detachment 3, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, takes cover and scans for the enemy firing on their position aboard his assigned Small Unit Riverine Craft (SURC). RIVRON-1 was getting ready to insert their second SURC into the water to conduct Operation Gibraltar when they were engaged at Riverine Launch Site 4 in Ar Ramadi. The operation consisted of inserting at Riverine Launch Site 4 in Ar Ramadi and extracting at the Al Taqaddum Riverine Launch Site. The operation is to familiarize the arriving RIVRON-1 with the area that Dam Security Unit 3 (DSU-3), 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force has been covering for the past six months. RIVRON-1 and DSU-3 are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Michael Kropiewnicki)
| Date Taken: | 03.15.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 03.26.2007 16:09 |
| Photo ID: | 39231 |
| VIRIN: | 070315-M-6500K-008 |
| Resolution: | 1800x1200 |
| Size: | 419.02 KB |
| Location: | RAMADI, IQ |
| Web Views: | 185 |
| Downloads: | 20 |
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