Military Interactions in Conflict Zones

Images depict military personnel interacting with local civilians in conflict areas, showcasing cultural exchanges and humanitarian assistance.

050127-A-5043I-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQI ARMY

COMBAT OUTPOST BAKWA, Farah province, Afghanistan - Squad leader Lance Cpl. Steven E. McElfresh, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and his linguist are greeted by a group of Afghan men during a patrol to their village near here Sept. 19, 2009.

050127-A-5043I-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQI ARMY

030401-F-2034C-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050630-A-9930K-077. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: North Sal Heva State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3ID 4TH BGD 4/64 CAV REG TF4

050630-A-9930K-079. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

PINJADOO, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan An Afghan boy speaks with members of Jump Platoon, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, after an improvised explosive device detonated nearby in Pinjadoo, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2010. No Marines or Afghans were injured by the explosion. Jump Platoon investigated the area around the blast for secondary IEDs and to gather information.

050718-A-9039F-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr Al Yusufiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BTL. 4TH BGD. 6TH IA DIV

030408-M-5607A-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030506-F-9528H-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030409-M-9106S-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Army Capt. Max Hanlin, Commander, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment hands out water to people 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

070105-A-6553F-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031112-F-1798W-010. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040824-A-6713J-025. Base: Alalaa State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050410-A-4962B-144. Base: Shakarta Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041230-F-2034C-027. Base: Balad Ruz Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060317-A-5745M-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

060113-A-4545F-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050822-A-0527A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Baghran Valley State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050219-F-9085B-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031203-F-7234P-030. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 Armored Division

030414-F-8362B-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030419-M-5607A-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040325-M-5753Q-019. Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040612-M-0706S-016. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

A U.S. Navy hospital corpsman with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment treats a wounded Afghan National Police officer at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 5, 2009. The officer was hit with shrapnel when an improvised explosive device detonated near him. U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan are deployed here to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counterinsurgency operations. They will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country.

040507-F-4539R-002. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

040303-M-9792P-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH MARINES REGIMENT

An Afghan child takes a break from sweeping while U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment survey the reconstruction process in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2009. Marines employ local Afghans to repair the city and help with the restoration of shops and businesses.

040422-M-8096M-034. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060220-A-7969G-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B1-187

050829-A-0575B-0020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

Members of the HHB 5-3 ADA Medical Battalion from McCulley Barracks Germany, carry a civilian patient on a litter back into the ambulance after being examined by a doctor from the 212th MASH Mobile Medical Support Battalion at Camp Bedrock, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The patient was involved in an automobile accident with a US IFOR( Implementation Force) vehicle during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Bedrock Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

060406-A-7969G-010. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030121-F-7203T-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A Security Forces Airman from the 27th Speical Operations Security Forces Squadron blocks roleplayers from entering a simulated point of injury treatment area during Medic Rodeo 2022 at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., Aug. 16, 2022. Security Forces Airmen provided security for a total of 16 Air Force medical teams from around the world during Medic Rodeo. The 27th Special Operations Wing Medic Rodeo 2022 tests the skills of medical professionals from across the Air Force through a series of innovative, high-pressure scenarios.

050818-A-5447B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030416-M-1112H-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041231-M-8397B-015. Base: Kufa State: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030417-M-5607A-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040531-M-0706S-018. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060126-A-1211S-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

Iraqi and U.S. Army Soldiers meet with local Iraqis during a joint patrol in Shulla, Iraq, April 3, 2008. The Iraqi army conducted the patrol with U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division.

060417-A-6311S-017. Base: Mahmudiya Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

060308-A-5745M-057. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

030823-M-7837W-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030823-F-6844O-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Maj. Patrick Aspland, a Fort Ann, N.Y., native, gets a ìfiveî from a young child while leaving the Boob al-Sham community, northeast of Baghdad, Aug. 25, 2008. Aspland is the executive officer for the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment ìWolfhounds,î 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team ìWarrior,î 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division ñ Baghdad.

040612-M-5555L-034. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030410-M-4779G-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Saddam City Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Army (USA) Lieutenant (1LT) Shannon Dowell of the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB), Riverdale, Maryland, amazes Afghan locals from the village of Turkman Kalay with her digital camera while participating in the Adopt A Village Program, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Turkman Kalay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

070318-M-2819S-028. Complete Scene Caption: A member of the Fallujah Iraqi Police pass out school supplies. The Fallujah Iraqi Police and Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army supply the Anbar School with toys and school supplies as a combined forces exercise on March 8, 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: 2-2-1 MTT

030414-F-1644L-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011215-F-3961R-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

041231-M-4697Y-061. Base: Khowst-Gardez Pass State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES

Iraqi medical staff at Al Numaniyah's local health clinic, unload medical supplies delivered by 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine medical detachment, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Numaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040329-M-5753Q-116. Base: Hadithah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Navy Corpsman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment poses for a photo while out on patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, April 23. While out on patrol Marine and Afghan forces with 1/6, met with local farmers and landowners who are participating in the Marjah Accelerated Agricultural Transition program.

Staff Sgt. Michael Hawf of St. Louis stands with an Iraqi boy who just received a wheelchair from Soldiers of the West Virginia National Guards 1st Battalion, 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, during a key leadership engagement in Yusifiya, Iraq, Nov. 11. Hawf is attached to Civil Affairs Team 722, assigned to the 30th HBCT. The wheelchairs were donated from a charitable organization in the United States.

Maj. Patrick Aspland, a Fort Ann, N.Y., native, prepares to give a high-five to children while patrolling the Boob al-Sham community, northeast of Baghdad, Aug. 25, 2008. Aspland is the executive officer for the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

051215-A-5567G-017. Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Capt. Jennifer Glossinger, 413th Civil Affairs Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division - Center, Womens Initiative Coordinator, speaks with a woman in one of the provinces in MND - C about issues women in her area face.

060325-N-6901L-046. Base: Tarmiya State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060410-A-7969G-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

050822-A-3240S-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030405-M-4779G-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT

060215-A-0527A-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060412-A-7969G-004. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

050822-A-0527A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Baghran Valley State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates shakes hands with service members of 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Dec. 8. During Gates visit, he applauded the troops for their accomplishments and dedication.

051113-A-7186W-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050902-A-0527A-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Zakeresharif Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

050718-A-9039F-058. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

070317-M-2819S-012. Complete Scene Caption: STAFF SGT. Longman with the Military Transition Team patrols alongside a mounted patrol and monitors Soldiers with the Iraqi Army. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 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: 2-2-1 MTT

040323-A-6414T-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Uruzgan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040422-M-8096M-017. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050823-A-3240S-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050829-A-0575B-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

Adm. John C. Aquilino, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, greets members of the Nepali Army during a field training demonstration at the Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise Shanti Prayas IV at the Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre on Feb. 25, 2024. Co-hosted by the Nepali Army and USINDOPACOM, the annual exercise series trains units to deploy in support of U.N. peacekeeping missions across the globe, and this iteration hosted representatives from 19 countries. Navy

070326-M-6312K-012. Complete Scene Caption: Students chat about medial supplies outside class room as U.S. Marines and Corpsmen from Lima Company, Second Battalion Tenth Marines (Lima 2/0), Second Marine Division, Second Marine Expeditionary Force visit a local school in Namer on March 26, 2007. Lima 2/0 provided medical supplies, hygiene item and soccer balls to the students during a one day mission to the school. Lima 2/0 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Ambar 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 CHIEF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Brook R. Kelsey) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Namer State: Ambar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: LIMA 2/10

A Marine walks by a group of women while on foot patrol. The Marine is a member of a multinational peacekeeping force. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

070512-A-1906W-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Satan Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C CO. 2/22ND CAV 10TH MNT DIV

060127-A-1526R-032. Base: Poptun State: Peten Country: Guatemala (GTM)

050630-A-9930K-083. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: North Sal Heva State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3ID 4TH BGD 4/64 CAV REG TF4

030609-M-5366H-005. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

030607-M-5266H-017. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

Iraq, Ninawa province, Tall Afar on 2022-10-17. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. Here, Salih, a teenage shepherd who lived through the Daesh occupation and whose house still bears bullet holes. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Ninive, Tel Afar le 2022-10-17. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines antipersonnel prohibant lacquisition, la production, le sto

An Afghan elder listens while U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment meet with Afghan leaders in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2009. Marines meet with town elders to discuss the reconstruction process.

050414-A-1566H-068. Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041128-M-5901F-006. State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jonathan C. Knauth (center), Combat Camera CHIEF, attached to Regimental Combat Team Seven (RCT-7), poses form a group photograph with a group of Iraqi men at the processing tent at Brahma Park, Iraq. The men were seeking jobs assisting with the upcoming elections in Iraq. The 1ST Marine Division, is engaged in Security & Stabilization Operations (SASO), in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Brahma Park State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050718-A-9039F-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Adwania Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: HHC 1-22 INF 4TH ID

US Navy Hospitalman 1ST Class Elizabeth Davis (center) feels the neck of a Somali woman for swelling during a medical civil action program conducted by medical personnel of the 1ST Force Service Support Group in Somalia. PETTY Officer Davis, a Joliet, Illinois native, is deployed from Camp Pendleton, California. A male Somali leans in from the left and is the interpreter. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

041211-M-0173F-022. Country: Unknown

060325-A-7969G-018. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

A group of Iraqi children follows Staff Sgt. Douglas Ferguson, who serves with Military Police Platoon, 4th BCT, 10th Mountain Division (Light), MND-Baghdad, as he gives them a toy, May 31. Ferguson was patrolling a Baghdad neighborhood near FOB Loyalty.

050715-A-6108G-203. Base: Shiele State: Dahuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020602-F-2902B-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sayate Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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