Military Engagements in Iraq

Images of military personnel interacting with local civilians in various settings in Iraq. Captures the complexity of military operations and community relations.

051226-A-5567G-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040530-M-5505M-001. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030401-M-477G-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050628-A-1566H-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD C, 2BN,1 BDE, 4 DIV

050628-A-1566H-004. Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050818-A-5447B-067. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051226-A-5567G-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050816-A-0575B-074. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

040828-F-8946M-002. Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041211-M-0036Y-024. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040113-F-1894K-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND

030501-F-2034C-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070308-M-5865P-069. Complete Scene Caption: March 8, 2007, LT. COL. Glen S. Williams, Officer in Charge of Military Transition Team 2d Brigade 7th Iraqi Army Division (MiTT 2-7), returns the salue of an Iraqi Army Soldier before he hands him his certificate during first graduation of Iraqi Army Soldiers 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. MiTT 2-7 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 Cou

040622-F-4884R-001. Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060308-A-5745M-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

041014-A-9531S-154. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jegdalek Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030501-M-5882-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020723-A-5790R-027. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040328-M-5753Q-101. Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041119-M-2583M-077. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060319-A-7969G-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Afghan National Police officers practice clearing a room while U.S. Army Soldiers observe at Forward Operating Base Kalagush in the Nuristan province of Afghanistan June 12, 2007. The Soldiers are from 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 66th Military Police Company.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Stephan P. Karabin II, left, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, meets with British soldiers with Alpha Squadron, Cavalry Regiment; local Afghan leaders and Afghan National Policemen, near Marjah, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2010. Their units are working to improve security and stability in Helmand province.

040712-M-5505M-011. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060123-A-1211S-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Members of an Iraqi Concerned Citizens group discuss a checkpoint with coalition forces in Haswa, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2007.

050319-A-2098S-004. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-14/CA

041002-F-2034C-007. Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060215-A-0527A-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051226-A-7969G-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041229-M-2353F-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Condolences.Baghdad ó Col. Ted Martin, commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division ñ Baghdad, offers his condolences to local community leaders Sept. 26 during a funeral conducted in the Aamel community of the Rashid district in southern Baghdad. Martin, a Jacksonville Beach, Fla.-native, attended this event to pay his respects to the families and friends of Iraqi Lt. Col. Raíad Sahaar Moyan Juda al-Hussaini, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Mechanized National Police Brigade, who was killed during an enemy ambush in the Diyala province.

040113-F-1894K-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND

At a vehicle checkpoint just outside the city of Al Kut, Iraq, Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) question passengers found with AK-47 automatic rifles in a vehicle. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040422-M-8096M-014. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Local Militia Members Talk with A U.S. Marine Officer During a Combat Operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Mr. Richard Jones, meets with Kazakhstan Officials prior to an international mass jump. Paratroopers from Kazakhstan, the United States and Turkey are descending into Kazakhstan to prepare for the the start of CENTRASBAT 2000. The Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion exercise CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by U.S. CENTCOM and hosted by the former the Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U.S. troops including personnel from U.S. CENTCOM, from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces .... Complete Scene Caption: United States Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Mr. Richard Jones, meets with Kazakhstan Officials prior to an international mass jump. Paratroopers from Kazakhstan, the United States and Turkey are descending into Kazakhstan to prepare for the the start of CENTRASBAT 2000. The Centr

1st Lt. Marcos Ruvalcava, rifle platoon commander for 1st platoon, Lima Co., 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, talks to village elders on the western side of the Helmand River in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, June 14, to see what needs they may have, make their presence known and stop any Taliban rat lines. Ruvalcava, 33, is from Fillmore, Calif.

051121-A-5567G-006. Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A 490TH CA

040612-M-0706S-018. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060126-A-1211S-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

060216-A-2718K-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

040925-F-0524H-014. State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

101230-A-1182G-042 U.S. Army Sgt. Adam Dean (right), a combat engineer with 2nd Platoon, 832nd Engineer Company, attached to 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, speaks to a couple of young Afghan boys from the village of Qalah-ye Boland in Parwan province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 30, 2010. U.S. soldiers of 832nd Engineer Company visited the village to assess the area and to attend a key leader engagement with the Malik.

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers speak with a village elder during a Convoy Reconnaissance Patrol at Badamak, in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, May 23, 2011. The purpose of the patrol is to build relationships and trust with local citizens and assess safety, security, and insurgent threats in the area.

060126-A-1211S-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

060117-A-5745M-086. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 4 Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division pass out fugitive information handbills to local children while participating in Operation Iron H1018 in Muhallah 741, Al Amin, eastern Baghdad,on Oct. 28, 2008.

060308-A-5745M-058. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

030404-M-6538A-034. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Army Cpl. Jeff Baker, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, talks with local citizens of Qalat City while on a recent patrol. As a civil affairs specialist, gathering direct atmospherics from the population is a key part of his role within the provincial reconstruction team.

041228-M-5585B-002. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060430-A-6365W-180. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment conduct a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, June 12, 2007.

060506-N-8252B-066. Base: Abu Shemsi Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Bill Schalck, with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, examines an Afghan man's knee during a combined medical engagement in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on Dec. 18, 2009. Schalck and the other medics provide medical care for anyone who comes to the engagement.

U.S. Army Pfc. Nicholas Querzoli, left, and Pfc. Myles Gaudet talk with a group of Afghan National Police during a quality assurance, quality control visit to the Shahr-e Safa Community Center on Nov. 14, 2010. Privates Querzoli and Gaudet are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force. PRT Zabul is comprised of Air Force, Army, Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel who work with the government of Afghanistan to improve governance, stability, and development throughout the province.

020715-F-0201H-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol an area outside of Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 4, 2008.

Corpsmen work with Dr. Abdul Bari to help treat a young Afghan boy during a medical engagement at the Aynak School in Afghanistan, July 24, 2010. Corpsmen and Marines partnered with Bari to treat more than 60 local Afghans during the three-hour event.

070308-M-5865P-062. Complete Scene Caption: March 8, 2007, Iraqi Army Brig. GEN. Bassim shakes the hand of an Iraqi Army Soldier as he hands him his certificate during first graduation of Iraqi Army Soldiers 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

An Iraqi civilian who works for a local radio station talks with U.S. Army Maj. Dixon, of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, about the function of the radio station in the city of Wadia, Iraq, on Oct. 28, 2008.

020723-A-3497H-023. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040708-A-7629B-033. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION ENDURING Base: Aroki State: Kapisa Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030520-M-5266H-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 25-Feb

040609-M-5555L-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060118-A-3283V-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Diwaniyah State: Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, hand out water to local children during a patrol of the village of Kace Satar, Afghanistan, Nov. 11.

060208-N-8252B-059. Base: Haswah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B CO, 2ND BN, 8TH INF REG

060315-A-2718K-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ginni Stolaas stands guard outside a medical clinic in Saqlawiyah, Iraq, Feb. 25, 2008. Stolaas is a member of the Iraqi Women's Engagement Team with I Marine Expeditionary Force FWD, which held an open clinic for the local residents of Saqlawiyah. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erin A. Kirk) (Released)

060128-A-0527A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060216-A-2718K-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

050626-A-1566H-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Charlie State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020819-A-6042E-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Emille Prosko, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, talks to a role-playing civilian on the "Squad Attack" testing lane of the United States Army Europes Best Junior Officer Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Nov. 15, 2011. The competition is the first of its kind in Europe and gives company-grade officers the chance to compete in multiple tasks and be named “Best Officer” for U.S. Army Europe. The goal of the competition is to help leaders keep their skills up-to-date and their minds sharp.

040716-F-4884R-003. Base: Albu Hassan State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

GEN. Gordon R. Sullivan, Army CHIEF of STAFF, speaks to soldiers. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

During their cordon and search exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, paratroopers from Attack Company of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment stormed a realistic city in search of a high value target. In search of the target, they interrogated several of the townspeople.

U.S. Army Capt. Jaime Dvorak (R), Rule of Law Attorney, from 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, speaks with Ridha Fathel Kittr Al-Biyati (L), an Iraqi Investigative Judge, with help from an interpreter, in his courthouse in Qara Qosh, Iraq on Sep. 4, 2008. Capt. Dvorak is assessing the courts personnel, management, case load, and security, to determine how well they are functioning.

A U.S. Army doctor attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division examines a young boy at the Fira Shia Tabuq Primary School in Samalaat, Iraq, during a combined medical engagement Dec. 15, 2008.

050708-A-9154J-353. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Montez, with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with local kids during a patrol through the Mashtal area of East Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2007.

030409-F-0762P-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040719-A-2746R-065. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050410-N-6501M-017. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011217-F-3961R-022. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Human Terrain Analysis Team, Iraqi Police, and U.S. Soldiers with 354th Military Police Company in support of 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment conduct a full atmospheric survey in the Basra province, Iraq, July 5. Human Terrain Analysis Team, Iraqi Army and U.S. Soldiers with 354th Military Police Company conducted an atmospheric analysis to better understand the population and culture of the communities.

Brig. Gen. Saad Mohammed Al-Ahmari, left, an aviation institute with Royal Saudi Land Forces, talks to Col. Ryan Scott, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, during exercise Native Fury 22 at a combat support center established in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 15, 2022. Native Fury 22 is vital for strengthening the U.S. long-standing relationship with Saudi Arabian Armed Forces. The exercise enhances combined tactics, maritime capabilities and promotes long-term regional stability.

Sheik Abdullah Sami Obeidi, a Sunni Arab tribal leader, signs declaration of support for the Sons of Iraq program as U.S. Army Col. David Paschel, the commander of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, looks on in Al Noor, Iraq, March 9, 2008. Sons of Iraq is a security force comprised of groups of local residents that help maintain security in their own villages and neighborhoods.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. George Servino, from Black Hawk Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security during a cordon and search in the Shaab/Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2007.

030808-M-7837W-007. Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMA-513

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Haner, lead engineer, speaks with a member of the Timor-Leste Defense Force and a school administrator during a site survey of a school prior to Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 9, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept.12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Angel operations build relationships between partner and allied nations and the United States, promoting military-civilian-nongovernmental organization cooperation and improving the quality of their response and coordination with civilian disaster response agencies and regional partners.

A local Afghan boy stands near members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah watching as 550 meters of quick assembly barrier are loaded onto a truck as part of a civil affairs project for the Farah director of education. The barrier will be used as fencing around the Farah stadium to help protect the playing field. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in Farah province, Afghanistan.

060315-M-8205V-031. Country: Unknown

Maj. Gary Diamond, of Cottage Grove, MN, discusses the logistics of diesel fuel delivery with Iraqi village elders. A Co., 834th Aviation Support Battalion, an element of the aviation Task Force 34 headquartered on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, delivered fuel to the local Bakir Village on Mar. 12. Task Force 34 also took this opportunity to distribute humanitarian supplies, shoes, and candy to the Iraqi elders and children.

030205-F-7203T-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Grand Douda Country: Djibouti (DJI)

051226-A-5567G-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A US Army member of the 52nd Medical Evacuation Battalion, Camp Humphries, South Korea, takes part in a medical evacuation exercise during FOAL EAGLE 2000, on October 26th, 2000. FOAL EAGLE is the largest joint and combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from 25 October to 3 November. About 25,000 U.S. troops will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve and National Guard troops from bases in the United States and elsewhere in the Pacific. The exercise demonstrates U.S. and South Korean military cooperation. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division speak to the Awpr power station manager in Karadah, Iraq, March 19, 2008.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Larry B. Nicholson, of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, addresses the crowd during a meeting in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 23, 2009. Nicholson and the provincial governor are talking about the reconstruction process for the area.

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