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  • initialism military, US High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

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Examples

  • Iraq, from injuries sustained on June 17 in Buritz, Iraq, when they were conducting a mounted patrol and their HMMWV was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades.

    Gulf War II 2005

  • Oshkosh, Wis., died July 27 in Al Taqaddum, Iraq, where his HMMWV was accidentally struck by another military vehicle.

    Gulf War II 2005

  • Wahiawa, Hawaii, died in Kirkuk, Iraq, on Dec. 24, of injuries sustained earlier that day in Al Hawijah, Iraq, when her HMMWV was attacked by enemy forces using rocket-propelled grenades.

    Gulf War II 2005

  • Knoxville, Tenn., died December 2 in Mosul, Iraq, when his HMMWV was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire.

    Gulf War II 2004

  • 5 Humvee—the preferred way of calling HMMWV: high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, a military jeep.

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • 5 Humvee—the preferred way of calling HMMWV: high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, a military jeep.

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • HMMWV during combat patrol operations in Al Hillah, Iraq.

    Gulf War II 2009

  • Rockville, Md., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 11, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat patrol operations.

    Gulf War II 2009

  • May 25, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their HMMWV during combat operations.

    Gulf War II 2009

  • Ill., died of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 13, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his HMMWV during combat operations.

    Gulf War II 2009

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