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An escort ship, left, pulls alongside the container ship MV Cape Ray in the Mediterranean Sea July 5, 2014, before the Cape Ray begins operations to neutralize specific chemical materials from Syria in accordance with guidelines of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for operations in international waters. The escort ship was part of an international task force assigned to protect the Cape Ray. The U.S. government-owned Cape Ray was modified and deployed to the eastern Mediterranean Sea to dispose of Syrian chemical agents in accordance with terms Syria agreed to in late 2013.
Syrian Army soldiers near Manbij, acting as peacekeepers to deter Turkey and the Syrian Democratic Forces from attacking each other.
Umm Qasr, Iraq (Mar. 28, 2003) -- Coalition forces aboard the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Landing Ship Logistic RFA Sir Galahad (L 3005), man the rails as the ship pulls into the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr. Sir Galahad, with a capability of carrying approximately 400 troops, with a beaching capacity of 3,440 tons, is the first ship to deliver coalition humanitarian supplies in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Operation Iraqi Freedom is the multi-national coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, and end the regime of Saddam Hussein. U.S. Navy photo Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Bob Houlihan.
Maj. Gen. Terrence J. McKenrick, US Army Central deputy commanding and Gen. Dhafer bin Ali Al-Shehri, Royal Saudi Land Forces northwest area commander, attend the Earnest Leader 17 closing ceremony held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on August 10, 2017. The purpose of the Earnest Leader 17 exercise was to enhance interoperability and strengthen U.S. and Royal Saudi Land Forces military-to-military relationships (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Mark Hanson)