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)

030327-M-5882G-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041025-F-6871S-034. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050325-A-2611-031. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-24 INF

070319-M-7404B-010. Complete Scene Caption: An instructor with the 2nd Brigade 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team (MiTT 2-7) instructs an Iraqi army soldier while he fires a PKC machine gun from the turret of a high mobillity multi wheeled vehicle (HMWWV) during a live fire exercise at the fire and maneuver range on Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 9, 2007. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the 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 CPL. Sheila M. Brooks) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

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.

1st Lt. Kareem F. Hernandez, a New York and New Jersey resident and also 2nd Platoon Leader in Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), talks on the radio while village elders and a Afghan National Policeman walk down the mountain during a patrol to Omar in Kunar Province Afghanistan Jan. 11.

050609-A-1566H-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Charlie Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030410-M-5753Q-104. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Members of Bravo Company, 16th Signal Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas, take part in a chemical warfare class under the camouflaged netting of their unit's Command Post located at McGregor Base Camp, New Mexico. The 16th is operating out of McGregor Base during Roving Sands '96. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Mcgregor Base Camp State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030429-M-5607A-031. Base: An Nu' Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers from Crazy Horse Troop, 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment provide security for the Provincial Reconstruction Team and representatives of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization visiting the ancient city of Ashur, the site is now known as Qalat Shergat, Iraq, Nov. 21. Ashur is one of three areas in Iraq that is a World Heritage site.

060105-A-2777C-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

040528-M-0049F-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-M-2583M-035. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alessandro Olajide, platoon commander of Weapons Platoon, Echo Company, Ground Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, plots targets prior to a live-fire range during Exercise EFES 2022 (EFES22), near Izmir, Turkey, June 3, 2022. EFES22 is an international combined joint live-fire exercise focused on increasing force readiness, promoting stability and prosperity in the region, and interoperability between the U.S., Turkey, and allied nations.

Military men, paintball gun and game, competition or sports challenge for battle, fight and survival. Soldier, army or warrior people shooting paint weapon in war training for battlefield protection

041024-A-2912C-014. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Daychopan District State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060117-A-5745M-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

050910-A-8255A-090. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060125-A-5745M-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A UH-60 Black Hawk is being transported to get prepared to be transported throughout southwest asia on Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Oct. 8, 2022.

050823-A-3240S-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Afghan National Army Soldier With an AK47 in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

060101-A-5745M-065. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

060415-A-5745M-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

030311-M-0523L-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Hq Bn, 1ST Marine Division

051228-A-7969G-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 320FA,CA

060509-M-6795S-036. Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060329-A-5745M-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

French Army Private First Class Yannick Chevalier, carries binoculars, a two-way radio and a French sniping rifle, as he stands guard atop the Terme Hotel at the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters located in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

040720-F-5789F-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031231-F-1798W-021. Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070315-M-6500K-011. Complete Scene Caption: March 15, 2007, Riverine Squadron , Detachment 3, st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (RIVRON-), and Dam Security Unit 3, st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (DSU-3) prepare their Small Unit Riverine Crafts (SURC) for Operation Leyte Gulf. The operation consisted of extracting and inserting a platoon of Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines along the banks of the Euphrates River near Habbaniyah. The operation is to familiarize the arriving RIVRON- with the area that DSU-3 has been covering for the past six months. RIVRON- and DSU-3 are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the 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. Anbar province. (U.S. Marine Corps photo SGT. Micha

041202-M-2583M-033. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

January 10, 2007 - Iraqi Army soldiers aboard up-armored M1114 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) leave the city of Baghdad, Iraq.

SENIOR MASTER SGT. James Miles of the 4409th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, Myrtle Beach, S.C., examines the tail section of a Scud missile shot down in the desert by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

031025-F-5435R-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050326-A-4339E-012. Base: Fob Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Infantry Division

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

030409-M-5753Q-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Kuwaiti guards armed with M-16 rifles stand beside their nation's flag at a roadside checkpoint following the withdrawal of Iraqi forces. The troops were ousted from the country by U.S. and allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

050628-A-1566H-065. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

special forces soldiers team in urban environment making tactical assault action

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020227-N-3236B-064. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

041115-A-1067B-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Paintball, car jump or male in shooting game playing with speed or fast action on fun battlefield. Military mission, jumping or man running with weapons gear for survival in an outdoor competition

051226-A-7969G-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Local Iraqi civilians gather and watch as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to remove Iraqi fighting positions along the side of a building in Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Rifa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041117-M-2353F-027. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060422-A-5745M-069. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

An Afghan Security Forces Soldier on Patrol During a Combat Operation in the Foothills of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush Mountains

At one of the villages, Afghan children approach the Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). The Marines are conducting a mounted patrol using Light Armored Vehicles-25 (LAV-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

030404-M-0175R-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031103-F-1798W-001. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040606-M-4419R-026. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Improvised Explosive Device is detonated during a route clearance operation in Logar province, Afghanistan, Sep. 15. Route Clearance Platoons ensure roads remain unobstructed, so operational movement is not affected.

010926-F-3961R-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force

041209-M-0036Y-026. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041210-M-3658J-017. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1FSSG

051215-A-5745M-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD ID

US marine with assault rifle near the barrier at a checkpoint

Kandahar city, Southern Afghanistan. 2nd September 2021. The Taliban continued their victory celebrations with a military parade in the city of Kandahar. Kandahar is the spiritual city of the Taliban, and the group's capital during its 1996-2001 rule. Fighters waved white Taliban flags from Humvees and armored SUVs during the parade.

Several local Iraqi children gather and watch as a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) uses a Tractor Rubber-tired Articulated Steering Multi-purpose (TRAM) to cover and remove abandoned Iraqi fighting positions dug in between two building in Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Rifa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

New U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, stand in formation during a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 2, 2022. Graduation took place at the completion of the 12- week transformation including training for drill, marksminship, basic combat skills, and Marine Corps customs and traditions.

An Afghan man rides through the Nawa District bazaar during a security patrol by Afghan National Army soldiers and U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade -

The camera shoots past some Somalis from the village of Maleel as they watch a US Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion deliver a sling load of wheat donated by the people of Australia. Several Somali men and Australian Army Soldiers wait near the loading zone where the helicopter rotor wash is kicking up large amounts of red dirt. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Maleel Country: Somalia (SOM)

An Afghan man and boy travel the streets of Arghandab, Afghanistan, while U.S. Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division conduct a patrol Nov. 7, 2009. Charlie Company's mission is to support the overall NATO-led International Security Assistance Force's mission of assisting the government of Afghanistan in the establishment and maintenance of a safe and secure environment, thereby facilitating the nation's reconstruction and stability.

Afghan locals wait in line for medical treatment during a Medical Civil Action Program (MEDCAP) in the village of Aroki, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Polish military class cadets sit inside a U.S. Army M1A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during the 5th Annual Ogolnopolskie Mistrzostwa Klas Mundurowych Award ceremony, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, June 2, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces.

060125-A-2718K-203. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) sit under a coating of frost in front of the mosque at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The HMMWVs include two M1097s and one M1035 (center). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

DESERT STORM - Troops from Morocco, Kuwait, Niger and Senegal, along with a medical unit from China, gather for review by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. .

040317-F-3983J-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Moody Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Afghan National Army Soldier Holding an AK47 at a Combat Outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

050330-A-4783J-001. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070109-M-8299S-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BDE

040612-M-5555L-016. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Senior Airman Amir Eftekharmousavi, 378th Air Expeditionary Wing religious affairs, picks up 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.

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