Iraqi Freedom Operations

Soldiers engaged in combat and security operations in Iraq, reflecting the challenges and realities of military service in conflict zones.

040605-M-4419R-067. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers of Co. 3, 502nd Inf. Regt. 101st Abn. Div., take part in an urban warfare training exercise staged in an abandoned town during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

030404-M-5753Q-123. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

011016-F-7203T-004. Complete Scene Caption: A French sharp shooter explains the capabilities of his FR F2 sniper rifle to a fellow Greek sharp shooter. Military snipers from six countries gathered at the small arms firing range just outside of Mubarak Military City, Egypt, to learn about and shoot each others weapons as part of coalition training for BRIGHT STAR 01-02. BRIGHT STAR 01-02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY)

070308-M-5865P-131. Complete Scene Caption: March 8, 2007, Iraqi Army Soldiers march in formation after graduating from the School of Infantry (SOI) on Camp Yasser, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (fwd) is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. Andrew D. Pendracki) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

060101-A-7359K-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

031102-F-7234P-004. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 315th Psychological Operations C

051212-A-6365W-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 ID

070101-A-4746A-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Echo Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040616-F-4441R-034. Base: Taji Military Base State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050918-A-7186W-005. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Two US Marines face the camera with weapons drawn. The Marine at left holds his 9mm pistol in his right hand and points into the air. The Marine at the right points his M16A1 rifle into the air. They stay alert for snipers in the Bakara Market as they sweep the crowded Mogadishu market for arms and ammunition. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

050614-A-1566H-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Qadysia Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970505-M-8731B-010. Complete Scene Caption: Marines from Fox Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, tactically patrol through their objective at range 400, during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. Range 400 is a reinforced company level training range, consisting of an initial breech (simulated mine field), overhead live firing from "Machine-Gun Hill", and a platoon traversing through a canyon to reach the objective. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97 Base: Mcag

Airmen from the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron disassemble tents as part of a base renovation project at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 27, 2023. The tents have been packed to make way for Containerized Housing Units (CHU), that provide harden shelter living arragements for deployed personal. Prince Sultan Air Base is looking to transition most of the base populace to CHUs in the near future.

051021-A-8255A-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Security forces at Pantha chowk in the outskirts of Srinagar. Three militants and one policeman were killed in an encounter between the two groups. Srinagr, India. (Photo by: Basit Zargar/Majority World/UIG)

A US Air Force member of the 363rd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron waves a vehicle through an entry control point at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on October 23rd, 2000. The 363rd is part of the coalition force here to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Members of the 24th Infantry Division fill sandbags at a defensive position during Operation Desert Shield. Members of the 24th Infantry Division fill sandbags at a defensive position during Operation Desert Shield.

060307-A-1211S-076. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

040726-A-5702C-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Samarra Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST ID

041207-M-2583M-038. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020819-A-5452G-107. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mangara Village State: Orgun Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: USSOC

030224-M-8539K-021. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

050602-A-8255A-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041209-M-0036Y-009. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-M-2583M-006. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041227-M-2353F-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070323-M-6412C-015. Complete Scene Caption: A U.S. Marine with 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines stands next to an Iraqi girl during a search of the surrounding area for Anti Iraqi Force activity 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

Member of Navy SEAL Team with weapons in action.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Attack Company 1/32 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division engage with the local populace in Syria on June. 21, 2022. Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve continues to advise, assist, and enable partner forces in designated areas of Syria to set conditions for long-term security.

970628-M-2111R-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army soldiers strengthen force protection measures, laying more rows of concertina wire, around the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. All Army personel are carrying M16s and one has a M-240B SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon), while they unload the M1097 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030413-F-8362B-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060102-A-5886H-085. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baqubah State: Diyaka Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND

060403-A-7969G-022. Base: Bojariy State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

During the afternoon patrol along the perimeter of Camp Babylon, Polish Soldiers pull over a Volkswagen and closely question two Iraqi civilians. The two are suspected of having illegal weapons. US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nathan Germann, Videographer, Hill Air Force Base (AFB), Utah (UT), documents the event during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030222-M-5150A-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Private Andrew Schnaubelt, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, digs a fighting position for his M-60 machine gun. American and Canadian forces seized the airfield earlier today. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Belet Uen Country: Somalia (SOM)

030410-M-5753Q-098. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers along with Royal Moroccan Special Operations conduct fast rope training during exercise African Lion 2022 at Tifnit Morocco, Africa, on June 22, 2022. AL22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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.

040411-M-5440-017. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A machine gunner wears an M-17 gas mask as he mans an M-249 squad automatic weapon during a nuclear-biological-chemical warfare exercise, part of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

050115-A-6748E-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: FORCECOM

060420-A-5043I-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

030409-M-5753Q-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030324-M-5150A-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030321-M-9792P-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Toubou rebels in the Tibesti Mountains, Chad

041202-M-2583M-002. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060227-A-7969G-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

040612-M-5555L-070. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

1st Platoon Commander 1st Lt. Patrick O'Shea, from C Co., 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, speaks to a local farmer during a patrol here Aug. 25, 2009.

041115-M-2353F-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041025-M-5121S-006. Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060430-A-6365W-253. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040305-F-2828D-199. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

041229M-3988H-004. Base: Fob Al Waleed State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060127-A-0527A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030315-A-XXXXX-050. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM. Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A member of a combat pictorial team videotapes an M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) as it arrives at an encampment during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Solider watching wildfire, Indonesia

040411-M-5440-022. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030405-M-3022S-002. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Afghan day laborers pick up trash right outside Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Helmand province, Afghanstan, as part of their work duties, July 14, 2010.

051215-A-1211S-051. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

030418-M-4419R-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

050823-A-3240S-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060103-A-6365W-168. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040931-M-0173F-004. Base: Al Habbaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040424-F-2902B-008. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050319-A-2662K-014. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd ID

U.S. Air Force Col. Kevin Lee, 409th Air Expeditionary Group commander, briefs Maj. Gen. Derek France, Third Air Force commander, Brig. Gen. George Dietrich III, director of U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africas Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, and Col. Matthew Bartlett, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander, on the perimeter fence at Air Base 201, Niger, Aug. 26, 2022. Leaders from USAFE-AFAF and 3rd AF visited Air Base 101 and 201 to get a "boots-on-ground" perspective of the current operating conditions and the USAF mission in West Africa.

030218-M-4419R-016. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

030424-F-2034C-017. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Royal Saudi Land Force soldiers, and U.S. Soldiers assigned to Task Force Hurricane from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, move in line during a platoon immersion in Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 12, 2022. The immersion was a training event meant to build interoperability between the U.S Army and RSLF at the platoon level while enhancing both U.S. and partner nation skillsets.

030410-M-5753Q-103. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

110402-F-XM360-234CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (April 2, 2011) Marines assigned to the Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 364 run in formation during the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Memorial 5K run. The run was organized by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11, deployed to Camp Lemonnier to raise awareness for the EOD Memorial Foundation, a non-profit organization established on behalf of wounded or deceased EOD technicians and their families.

040708-F-5789F-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040410-A-2262B-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030411-F-8362B-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040606-M-5555L-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Israeli soldiers in Hebron

050403-A-1566H-014. Base: Camp Echo State: Qadisiyah Ad Diwahniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CIMIC

As the sun crests the horizon, 1st Lt. Erik Rekedal, a platoon leader with A Troop, 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division-Center, and a White Bear Lake, Minn., native, guides Soldiers in a Humvee along a congested road while on a reconnaissance mission in Iraq, May 18, 2011. Members of the Iraqi Security Forces and U.S. forces have built strong relationships with many in the area, which has lead to aid in tracking down insurgent activity.

040411-M-5440-025. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment provide security during a meeting with the district subgovernor at the district center in Sabari, Afghanistan, March 6, 2007.

040323-A-6414T-040. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Uruzgan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DM-SC-87-12141. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

030109-M-7514K-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Members of Navy SEAL Team with weapons in action.

030610-M-5266H-008. Base: Ash Shatrah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

050908-A-0527A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030409-M-4419R-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Anthony Schwendner, assigned to the 168th Wing, carries empty sandbags to fill and reinforce the Koyuk Native Store warehouse for Operation Merbok Response in Koyuk, Alaska, Sept. 28, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

020521-F-2902B-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

031211-M-9362G-025. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3/7, India 1 plt, 1 squad

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