Life in Conflict Zones

Photographs documenting life and events in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, capturing interactions, local culture, and the impact of conflict on civilians.

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

030601-M-5882G-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030321-M-9792P-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

Benghazi: Public funeral for people who have died in combat in the East.

050821-A-6108G-189. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

050114-N-6817C-229. Base: Banda Aceh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: Tsunami disaster scene

070527-A-1906W-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

030328-M-477G-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Villagers look at the personal photos of U.S. Army Capt. Max Hanlin, Commander, Charile Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment that were passed around during a meet and greet being held outside a combat outpost, Rajankala, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. The U.S. Army operates from combat outposts to add flexibility to operations in their sectors

Army desert training at Fort Irwin

040513-M-8683D-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Surobi Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d BN 6th Mar

040612-M-5555L-041. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Oman, Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate, Nizwa. An Omani man in Nizwa souq checks the barrel of an old army rifle before making an offer to buy it.

030419-M-5607A-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070514-A-1906W-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

050729-A-9889G-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030108-A-8024C-029. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040422-M-8096M-023. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050718-A-9039F-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr Al Yusufiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BTL. 4TH BGD. 6TH IA DIV

FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019Le 4 et 5 Mai, dans la Creuse, le Teknival a eu lieu sous la neige.FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019On May 4 and 5, in the Creuse, Teknival took place under the snow.

030413-M-0175R-079. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Erik Grabowsky, 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG) Detachment Commander for the 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, presides as city administrator during restoration meetings until an Iraqi official can be appointed into his position, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031021-F-9429S-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

041201-M-6795S-009. State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Customs at the Jordan/Israel border, Israel.

041229-M-2353F-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Kosovo Security Forces soldier, attached to the Brigade Engineer Battalion Headquarters, takes a photo of a simulated bomb cache for bomb disposal training during Exercise Combined Resolve 17 (CbR 17) at Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 3, 2022. CbR 17 is a U.S. Army exercise consisting of 5,600 service members, Allies, and partners from more than 10 countries, and is designed to assess units abilities to conduct combat operations effectively in a multi-domain battle space.

070326-M-2819S-021. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Police, and Marines search Iraqi civilians that enter the Fallujah City Council on March 26, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 Personal Security Detail travels by convoy to the Fallujah City Council Meeting to discuss future operations on March 26, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) 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. Neill A. Sevelius) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 13, 2012) Ship's Serviceman Seaman Jamal H. Wilson, from Baltimore, portrays a mass casualty victim as the 9th Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System (ERSS) team performs a simulated surgery during a mass casualty drill aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS WInston S. Churchill (DDG 81). Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

030528-M-0367H-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 7th Marines

041209-M-6795S-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sperah Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051215-A-6524C-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NONE

040816-F-4441R-005. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040611-M-0706S-021. Base: Al Nasir Wa Al Slam State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

030419-M-5607A-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

070317-M-0994O-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-2

040607-M-0706S-048. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

A Marine from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), Camp Pendleton, California, helps students carry a school desk during the building of the new schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02 in Faza, Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

050809-A-9154J-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

041103-M-0036Y-040. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. and Philippine naval officers aboard the ammunition ship USS MOUNT HOOD (AE-29) discuss rescue operations for the survivors of the capsized Philippine destroyer DATU KALANTIAW (ex-USS BOOTH DE-170). Country: Philippine Sea

Ostalgie - Berlin 20 years after the fall of the wall

030615-M-0367H-009. Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., evacuates Haitian Americans from Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010. The C-17 crew is assigned to the the 729th Airlift Squadron, March ARB, Calif.

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

040619-M-5555L-003. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030121-F-7203T-027. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Aroki State: Kapisa Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DF-ST-89-01812. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

060405-A-3749Z-040. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040331-M-5753Q-022. Base: Barwana State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030323-M-9933D-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU (SOC)

050821-A-6108G-194. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Inmates in Liberian prison

Egyptians fleeing Libya board a 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, KC-130J Hercules, Djerba, Tunisia, March 5, 2011. 26th MEU was directed by the Department of Defense to help evacuate Egyptians, who fled to the Tunisian border from Libya, get back to Egypt.

DF-ST-88-02948. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030405-M-4779G-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT

Hundreds of people take part in a pro-Palestine demonstration in Frankfurt am Main on 23 December 2023. The demonstration is accompanied by a massive police presence. Since a terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel on 7 October 2023 and Israel's subsequent intervention in the Gaza Strip, there have been numerous pro-Palestinian demonstrations throughout Germany, Goetheplatz, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

030502-F-7203T-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

061113-N-2416B-004. Base: Persian Gulf

030418-M-0715G-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051015-A-2140D-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

051015-A-2098S-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

011008-F-0193C-002. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: Egyptian Military Media Center Country: Egypt (EGY)

070315-M-0460B-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ferris State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

AGADEZ, Niger - U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Barrett, 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron commander, thanks Magagi Maman Dada, the Governor of the Agadez Region, for inviting him to his office in Niger, Sept. 30, 2022. Barrett and the Governor discussed ways to streamline processes in order to improve the lines of communication between the U.S. military and Agadez leadership, and ways to improve the quality of life of individuals that reside in the region while positively impacting the economy.

980224-F-7910D-004. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041201-M-6795S-003. State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030322-M-8658H-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: I MEF

040924-A-2912C-004. Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050704-A-1906W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

Men ride on the top of truck in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Maggie Stokes, enlisted aide to the commanding general, 1st Infantry Division (1 ID) , carries gifts into the Dom Dziecka P.W. Sw. Jozefa Zgromadzenia Sióstr Elżbietanek, the Orphanage of St. Joseph of the Congregation of the Elizabethan Sister, in Bolesławiec, Poland, Dec. 1, 2022. The gifts were donated to children living at the orphanage by Soldiers assigned to the 1 ID who are working in communities of NATO allies and regional security partners while providing combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

Tattoo on the Parade of the Breda Castle (Royal Military Academy).

030609-M-5366H-003. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

050821-A-6108G-247. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030610-M-5266H-001. Base: Ash Shatrah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

030519-A-4962B-051. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Policharki State: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

220515-N-XN177-1033 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 15, 2022) - Senior Chief Aviation Electricians Mate Carlos Ramos, center, from Bloomfield, New York, receives his new collar devices during a frocking ceremony in the hangar bay aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 15, 2022. Tripoli is conducting routine operations in U.S. 7th Fleet.

Israeli intelligence corps officer using target acquisition tech on laptop to detect enemy location. Mossad secret service agent isolated over Israel flag using satellite device

040619-M-5555L-012. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

With traditional head covering young grade school girls watch as Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), Camp Pendleton, California, assist in the construction of a new schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02 in Faza, Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

040405-F-0762P-006. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Emina Bacevac, an interpreter contracted by the USM government to translate the Serbian language, hands out Humanitarian Aid (HA) items in Kosovo. The HA items are donated by families back in the United States and consisted of clothing, school supplies and toys. The HA items are being distributed by the 315th Tactical Psychological Operations (PYSOPS) Company (not shown) out of Upland, California. State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)

Members of the Malawian Maritime Force apply a tourniquet to simulated wounds during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Monkey Bay, Malawi, June 22, 2022. JCETS enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

DF-ST-88-02952. Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040612-M-5555L-083. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030418-M-1112H-417. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041211-M-2583M-013. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050918-A-5679R-025. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Zhari State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

AGADEZ, Niger - Members of the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion speak to Magagi Maman Dada, Governor of the Agadez Region, Niger, on Sept. 30, 2022. The CA team discusses various projects the team is trying to implement throughout the Agadez Region.

051215-A-7359K-099. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

041116-M-4855P-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Habbaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A close up shot of photographs taken of Asian migrants temporarily detained at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, during Operation MARATHON. The photos help identify those in charge and those who assisted in the smuggling operation. Operation MARATHON is a US Atlantic Command operation provided to process and identify migrants involved in the illegal smuggling of migrants by ship into the United States. Subject Operation/Series: MARATHON Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

030709-F-5586B-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

MOROCCO, Rabat: Moroccan Army Guards outside of the Mausoleum of Mohammed V NR

DF-ST-84-08125. Base: Hellenikon Air Base Country: Greece (GRC)

050821-A-6108G-110. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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