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    Camp Fallujah Set to Close Four Years After Two Major Battles [Image 4 of 7]

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    Four U.S. Marines in desert camouflage uniforms are conducting a military colors ceremony, handling a red flag with gold fringe consistent with a Marine Corps unit guidon or colors. The scene takes place in front of a door bearing an 'MNF-I Operation Iraqi Freedom' emblem, indicating this is set in Iraq. One Marine holds a flagstaff while others fold or unfurl the red flag, with additional streamers/battle streamers visible on a separate staff.

    FALLUJAH, IRAQ

    11.14.2008

    Photo by Master Sgt. Willie Ellerbrock 

    I Marine Expeditionary Force

    Maj. Gen. John F. Kelly (right), commanding general, Multi-National Force-West, and Sgt. Maj. Neil O'Connell, sergeant major, MNF-West, cases the colors signifying the transfer of MNF-West's headquarters to Al Asad Air Base. Kelly has ordered Camp Fallujah to close and handed back to the Iraqis in the next few months. More than 8,000 Marines from the camp have been relocated throughout the Anbar province or sent home.

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    Date Taken: 11.14.2008
    Date Posted: 11.16.2008 05:39
    Photo ID: 128929
    VIRIN: 081114-M-2258E-001
    Resolution: 2100x1500
    Size: 801.51 KB
    Location: FALLUJAH, IQ
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    Three U.S. Marine Corps personnel in desert MARPAT camouflage uniforms are participating in a formal military ceremony involving the folding of an American flag. The central figure, an older senior Marine, is carefully handling the flag with focused attention. Military color guard flags and streamers are visible in the background, indicating a formal ceremonial setting.
    Two U.S. Marine Corps personnel in desert MARPAT camouflage uniforms are handling an American flag and what appears to be a canvas carrying case during a formal military ceremony. A Marine Corps colors/guidon is visible in the background, held by a third Marine. The setting appears to be an indoor or covered outdoor military facility, consistent with a deployment or redeployment ceremony.
    Four U.S. Marines in desert MARPAT camouflage uniforms are participating in what appears to be a formal military ceremony, likely a decoration or award pinning. A senior Marine officer is pinning something onto the uniform of another Marine while a third Marine observes closely. A fourth Marine stands at attention holding a unit guidon/colors in the background.
    Four U.S. Marines in desert camouflage uniforms are conducting a military colors ceremony, handling a red flag with gold fringe consistent with a Marine Corps unit guidon or colors. The scene takes place in front of a door bearing an 'MNF-I Operation Iraqi Freedom' emblem, indicating this is set in Iraq. One Marine holds a flagstaff while others fold or unfurl the red flag, with additional streamers/battle streamers visible on a separate staff.
    Three U.S. Marines in desert MARPAT camouflage uniforms are casing (folding/rolling) a red unit guidon or colors during what appears to be a formal military ceremony. The red flag bears the text 'IMET' and features gold fringe along its edges, along with streamers attached to the staff. This type of ceremony typically marks the inactivation, redeployment, or transfer of a military unit.
    A group of military personnel in desert camouflage uniforms are assembled on a gravel landing zone with gear and duffel bags, apparently preparing to board or having disembarked from a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft visible in the background. The setting appears to be an arid, desert environment consistent with Middle Eastern or Central Asian operational theaters. Personnel are equipped with body armor, helmets, and tactical gear.
    A U.S. Marine in desert MARPAT camouflage uniform and tactical vest is exiting or standing near a military aircraft on a tarmac in an arid environment. He is carrying a rifle and wearing full combat gear. At least one additional armed Marine is visible in the background near the aircraft.

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