Troops in Combat Training

Groups of armed soldiers in tactical gear conducting operations and patrols in a desert environment, illustrating active military engagement and readiness.

US Marine Corps Combat Patrol in Haditha, Iraq

Marine Combat Patrol in Haditha, Iraq

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 299th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division installs a perimeter of barbed wire during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 5, 2022.

040411-M-5440-023. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040704-F-5789F-003. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050630-A-9930K-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Samarra Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD CO. 3 BN 1 BDE 5 DIV

040602-M-8096M-039. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

050402-F-7787L-002. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060416-A-6365W-114. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Truck In Canada's Dart (Disaster Assistance Response Team) Camp After The 8 October 2005 Earthquake, Garhi Dopatta, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan

060114-A-5745M-068. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

With an Afghan interpreter onboard their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25), Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) enter a village as they conduct a mounted patrol near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

030408-M-4419R-075. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

SPC. Chris Laury (left) and PFC. Earl Walker, Delta Battery 3rd Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery, are Entry Control Point Guards standing ready with their weapons. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030409-M-5753Q-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

050626-A-1566H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BRIGADE, 4TH IRAQI ARMY

980101-F-1740G-067. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Afghan National Army Soldier Aims a U.S. Supplied M16 That He Has Adorned With Children's Colorful Stickers

050630-A-9930K-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joseph Brockbank (middle), platoon leader for 1st platoon, Troop P (Palehorse), 4th Squadron, Combined Task Force Dragoon, walks back to his vehicle with a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police after engaging with local village elders Dec. 16, 2013, at Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The two units conducted a series of partner missions at various security checkpoints throughout the province.

050728-A-2098S-002. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

040812-M-2306K-070. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060326-A-5745M-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

060208-A-1211S-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

040416-F-2902B-007. Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040607-M-0706S-029. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

021206-F-6701P-030. Base: Vasiani Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

030407-M-0175R-125. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Leopoldo Bejarano Jr. serving with the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division watches an Aghan National Army (ANA) soldier adjust aim on Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2013. Bejarano is training ANA soldiers operate the D-30 howitzer.

040812-M-0095Z-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lance CPL. Hunter of the 2nd Marine Division mans a fighting hole as part of a drill at the division combat operations center (COC) during Operation Desert Storm. Hunter is armed with an M-16A2 rifle.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

031208-M-6237R-030. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DESERT SHIELD - Colin Powell in fatigues in Saudi Arabia.

060420-A-5043I-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

LEST, Slovakia - Adam Lindovsky, a soldier from the Czech Army provides suppressive fire during Slovak Shield 22, part of the multinational exercise DEFENDER-Europe 22, at Lest Training Area, Slovakia, May 20, 2022. DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within U.S. European Command's Large Global Scale Exercise construct taking place in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates V Corps ability to command and control large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy under the direction of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.

050607-A-1566H-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Charlie Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060109-A-1211S-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

U.S. Army Pfc. Eric Guzman, from Fresno, Calif., serving with 1st Platoon, Comanche Company, Team Hatchet, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, provides security alongside Afghan Border Police officers while patrolling a village in Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2012. U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces worked together to surprise and corner insurgents with air assault missions in the villages near the Pakistani border.

060313-A-5043I-086. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

A US Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, California, struggles against the wind while he sets up his personal desert tent at Camp Coyote in northern Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

In foreground SGT Steven Santos takes a final look at his Stinger missile firing checklist. In background SRA Cliff Sowder holds the Stinger missile while he talks with SSGT Baxter McPhaul about firing procedures. Stinger Missile Team personnel are from the 8th Security Police Squadron, Kunsan Air Base. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Beneath the streetlights of northwest Baghdad's Hurriya neighborhood Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment grab hold of concertina wire. Soldiers plan to gather up as much concertina wire as they can and use safety cones in its palce whenever possible in an effort to beautify Hurriya.

051003-A-7186W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070324-M-6412C-034. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, C Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion use a metal detector to search for weapons caches used by Anti Iraqi Forces in the Zaidon area during Operation Zaidon II on March 23, 2007. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is conducting Operation Zaidon II in Zaidon, Iraq to clear the city of Anti Iraqi Forces and deny them further use of the area in the future. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq to develop 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 CPL. Samuel D. Corum) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: ZAIDON Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

Maj. Christoph Hänsel, Deputy Senior National Representative for Germany, turns over a platoon to Lt. Col. Alfred Grethe, the Senior National Representative for Germany, during a German Armed Forces Badge of Marksmanship awards ceremony at Union III forward operating base in Baghdad, Iraq, April 14, 2022. The German Armed Forces Badge of Marksmanship is awarded to soldiers proficient in marksmanship and is an official military award authorized for wear by enlisted service members.

030327-M-2306K-060. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramaylah Oil Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, respond to a simulated alarm call during a bunker dive exercise, Nov. 3, 2022 at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Bunker dive exercises are conducted to evaluate the overall readiness of base personnel and facilities during simulated alarm scenarios.

060403-A-5745M-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

070322-M-6412C-004. Complete Scene Caption: A U.S. Marine with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines provides security while other Marines search a house in Zaidon, Iraq for weapons and suspicious activity on March 22nd, 2007. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is conducting Operation Zaidon II in Zaidon, Iraq to clear the city of Anti Iraqi Forces and deny them further use of the area in the future. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq to develop 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 CPL. Samuel D. Corum) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: ZAIDON Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

060324-A-7969G-004. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

011016-F-7203T-009. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY)

030320-M-9124R-097. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030317-M-3692C-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041002-F-0524H-117. Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

LEE TERGESEN, ALEXANDER SKARSGARD and JON HUERTAS in GENERATION KILL-TV (2008), directed by SIMON CELLAN JONES.

A 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine guard armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle at the entrance to Camp Fort Apache, a Forward Area Supply Point (FASP), checks vehicles and personal identifications in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Fort Apache Country: Kuwait (KWT)

An Afghan National Army soldier posts security during a patrol through Marjah, Afghanistan, March 27, 2010. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, have partnered with and mentored ANA soldiers through training, joint patrolling and counterinsurgency operations.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, participate in a live-fire training exercise at Fort Bliss, Tx, Aug. 8. Currently the unit is conducting mobilization training for an overseas deployment to the Horn of Africa later this summer.

041202-M-2583M-053. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

CAMP TITIN, Jordan - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) conduct a live fire squad attack range during Exercise Eager Lion 22 at Camp Titin, Jordan, September 7, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

Members of the 14th Infantry Division converse as they walk near their camp during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

040331-M-5753Q-002. Base: Barwana State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060313-A-5043I-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

Two Marines walk along the runway toward a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter -365 (HMM-365) (Reinforced) located at Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Just off the runway sits a large collection of destroyed Soviet equipment. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

041207-M-2583M-019. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marine Corps LT. GEN. John F. Sattler (second from the rear), Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and U.S. Army LT. GEN. Thomas F. Metz (third from the rear), Commanding General, Multi-National Corps Iraq, tour the area at the 4th Civil Affairs Groups Civil Military Operations Center in Fallujah, Iraq, on December 7, 2004. The Generals are making a visit to Jolan Park where there will be a humanitarian aid station set up for the citizens of Fallujah, as they are allowed to return to their homes. The city was heavily damaged in a battle between the Multi-National Forces and the insurgents that once ruled the city. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released) Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF) soldier practices firing an M-4 carbine during African Lion 22 in Dodji, Senegal, June 24, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Commands largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6-30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

030823-M-7837W-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970628-N-6999T-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: A CO 2nd PLATOON

050630-A-9930K-049. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

050910-A-0575B-063. Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

040606-M-4419R-044. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division wear their M-17A1 protective masks while conducting training during Operation Desert Shield. Several M-551 Sheridan light tanks are in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Afghan Fighter with RPG-7 and Disposable Camera

With interperers onboard Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) approach a village as they conduct a mounted patrol in their LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Airmen and Soldiers stationed at Prince Sultan Air Base begin combing the area for trash during "Operation Clean Sweep" at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 28, 2023. The base beautification effort brought Airmen and Soldiers together to help clean-up unwanted material and trash located throughout the installation. The event gave joint forces an opportunity to work together and take pride in the cleaniness of their surroundings.

Sgt. Victor Haskins, 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, mans a Mark 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher as he and Senior Airman Thomas Anderson guard a flight line during Operation Desert Storm. A 401st TFW F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft taxis on the runway in the background.

An Afghan National Army Soldier Holding an M16 Rifle, Outside the City of Marjah, in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Lance Cpl. Orlando Tovar, a squad automatic rifleman with Company Charlie, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, Task Force Belleau Wood, patrols the streets of Zaranj during a visit from Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general of Regional Command Southwest, June 4. Toolan met with the Nimroz provincial governor, Abdul Karim Brahawi, to participate in the opening ceremony of the citys new hospital emergency room.

020524-F-9085B-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fob 31 Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Capt. Tim Black (left), an intelligence officer from Van Ward, Ohio, helps provide security Oct. 17 while Afghan and coalition security force leaders speak with village elders from the Sahak Triangle area of Zormat district.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Matthew Clark, the executive officer of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, briefs Marines and Sailors during a rehearsal of concept walk during a movement to contact range as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 7, 2024. The range is designed to enhance infantry small unit tactics and procedures when taking an enemys defensive line. The purpose of SLTE 2-24 is to simulate combat conditions, improve rapid decision-making cycles and strengthen the Marine Air-Ground Task Forces ability to adapt and accomplish missions across the full range of military operations. Marine Corps

Marines remove ammunition from a M-47 medium tank confiscated during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

Marines with Engineer Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Supply Battalion Reinforced, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), sort captured enemy weapons at the Taji National Maintenance Depot aboard Camp Taji, Iraq, July 28. The depot is responsible for destroying unserviceable weapons and turning over serviceable weapons to the Iraqi government to support the Iraqi army.

030407-M-0175R-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Afghan fighter during a combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

United States Marines assemble an Aerovironment RQ-11 Raven-B unmanned aerial vehicle at a forward operating base in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Rebels take heavy fire during an airstrike on March 8, 2011

LT. GEN. Gary Luck, commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, accompanies GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, as he inspects an Iraqi MIL Mi-24 Hind helicopter captured during Operation Desert Storm. The helicopter is on the airfield at the XVIII airborne Corps base of operations at Rahfa Airport.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

060119-A-1327A-023. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

A convoy from the Khowst Provincial Reconstruction Team visits a district center in the Spera District of Khowst Province, Afghanistan, May 17, 2007. The team members visited Spera to assess the areaís security situation.

GEN. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, tours the 726th Tactical Control Squadron facilities during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 161st Cavalry Regiment patrol the area in support of Afghan elections after encountering small-arms fire Sept. 18, 2010, in the Khogyani district of the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.

030404-M-5753Q-135. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

060320-A-5745M-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

030324-A-XXXXX-301. Base: Camp Udairi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

DA-ST-87-13011. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Pyong Taek Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A reinforced squad of soldiers armed with 5.45 mm AK-74 assault rifles moves across open terrain during exercise Central Asian Peackeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ) Wednesday 15 September2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the 82nd ABN Div and 5th Special Forces Group, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and approximately 300 .... Complete Scene Caption: A reinforced squad of soldiers armed with 5.45 mm AK-74 assault rifles moves across open terrain during exercise Central Asian Peackeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ) Wednesday 15 September2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spi

Bin Jawad: heavy artillery shelling and machine gun shooting in Bin Jawad. 28 wounded and an unknown number of deaths.

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