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[Complete] Scene Caption: March 5, 2007, SENIOR Airmen Michael Wilhelm attached to Dam Security Unit 3 (DSU-3), st 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). DSU-3 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 Ramadi. The operation consisted of inserting at Riverine Launch Site 4 in Ramadi and extracting at the Al Taqaddum Riverine Launch Site. The operation is to familiarize the arriving Riverine Squadron (RIVRON-), Detachment 3,st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force with the area that DSU-3 has been covering for the past six months. RIVRON- and DSU-3 are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the 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. Anbar province. (Official USMC photograph: SGT. Michael Kropiewnicki) (Released)
Subject Operation/Series: GIBRALTER
Base: Camp Ramadi
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: RIVERINE SQUADRON 1
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Michael Kropiewnicki, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
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