070315-M-6500K-039. [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, scans the area aboard his assigned Small Unit Riverine Craft (SURC) while conducting Operation Gibraltar. 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


070315-M-6500K-039. [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, scans the area aboard his assigned Small Unit Riverine Craft (SURC) while conducting Operation Gibraltar. 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


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Keywords: 3, al, anbar, ar, dam, gibraltar, operation, ramadi, security, unit