The vehicle is crewed by US Air Force personnel from the 886th Expeditionary Security Force. The M113 REV2 was the outcome of this ‘need’.ĮM113REV2 Vehicle A without its bulldozer blade at Camp Bucca, Iraq. Rather than tackle the inherent problem of the camps it was decided that there was, instead, a need for armed intervention inside these camps in order to maintain order. With thousands of men interned in these camps, little to do, and poor conditions, inevitably there were fights and a significant problem with large scale disorder. This occupying force had to face the challenge of both fighting an insurgency as well as to carry out policing duties, including the management of thousands of men housed in an internment known as ‘TIF’ – Theater Internment Camp. ![]() The Coalition invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in 2003 led to a US military stabilization force remaining in the country for over a decade.
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