Military Operations and Exercises

Scenes from military operations in conflict zones. Images depict tactical actions, interactions with locals, and U.S. forces conducting exercises abroad.

Bin Jawad: heavy artillery shelling and machine gun shooting in Bin Jawad. 28 wounded and an unknown number of deaths.

030323-M-5753Q-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030408-M-4419R-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

050522-A-3240S-022. Country: Unknown

030421-M-4066S-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ash Shatrah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371

U.S. Green Berets assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, practice breaching and Close-Quarters Battle techniques in Tifnit, Morocco during African Lion 22, June 26, 2022. African Lion 22 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 interoperadurbility among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

011215-F-3961R-028. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Rebel troops in Libya peer through a small telescope.

Wide-angle view showing the road exits near the town of Al Rifa, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Rifa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041211-M-2583M-046. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Bin Jawad: heavy artillery shelling and machine gun shooting in Bin Jawad. 28 wounded and an unknown number of deaths.

Police Post at Edge of Pyramid Plateau

040414-F-2902B-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, local civilians are seen welcoming Syrian Army soldiers following their deployment across dozens of villages in northeast Syria. The troops moved into the area after the withdrawal of Kurdish SDF forces, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

051215-A-5745M-084. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD ID

011215-F- 3961R-035. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030407-M-0175R-135. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030408-F-8362B-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces

051011-A-2611R-087. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH ACR

030327-M-4779G-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4-Jan

030413-M-0175R-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030408-M-4419R-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

040819-M-9382M-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

041117-M-0036Y-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

021103-A-4339E-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030820-M-7837W-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030413-M-0175R-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Afghanistan, Kabul

Marines with the Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), drive their light armored vehicles out through the front gate at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the foreground, in a holding area, local Afghans wait at the gate in order to perform contract labor within the military compound. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Afghan National Army Sgt. Nasir walks past a high school during a partnered security patrol with Marines from 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment here, Dec. 18. On the patrol, the ANA and Marines interacted with local citizens and searched passersby at a vehicle checkpoint. The Marines of ÄúAmericaÄôs BattalionÄù are aiding the Afghan National Security Forces in assuming security responsibilities over Helmand provinceÄôs Garmsir district. Their interoperability is designed to further the expansion of stability, development and legitimate governance of Afghanistan by defeating insurgent forces and helping secure the Afghan people.

A French BLG-66 Belouga bomb lies on the airfield, with a bombed out hardened aircraft shelter in the background in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait(KWT)

The Israeli West Bank barrier (or wall 1) is a barrier built by Israel in the West Bank or along the 1949 Armistice Line ('Green Line'). Upon completion; its total length will be approx. 700 kilometres (430mi). Barrier supporters argue that it protects civilians from Palestinian terrorism such as suicide bombing attacks.

A father and his son and local youth smile for a picture in Al Wahida, Iraq, June 30, 2007. Soldiers of 97th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade and Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, along with Iraqi National Police, met with local villagers to address and assess concerns they might have about security, education, electricity, water and health.

Anti-gaddafi troops in Uqaila moving tires at a check point.

980528-F-4116M-015. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

040606-M-5555L-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A tracked artillery vehicle destroyed by NATO forces in the desert just outside Benghazi, Libya. A war betwean Gaddafi army and Libya's Transitional National Council army with air support from NATO started on March 17, 2011.

Gaza Strip. 26th August 2021. Palestinian demonstrators run from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces during a protest along the border fence, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, denouncing the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian sector.

Anti-gaddafi troops take a break to eat in Brega.

041227-M-2353F-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Iraq, Mosul on 2022-10-19. The city of Mosul and the heritage of its historic city centre under reconstruction after being the capital of the Islamic State and following the destruction caused by the war with Daech. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, Mossoul le 2022-10-19. La ville de Mossoul et le patrimoine de son centre ville historique en reconstruction apres avoir ete la capitale de l' Etat Islamique et suite aux destruction engendres par la guerre avec Daech. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

060224-A-7969G-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: HHC1-187 MORTARS

040328-M-5753Q-017. Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-0175R-118. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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

030413-M-2520C-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051006-A-8024C-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Afghanistan. 04/28/2013. Afghan civilians in Qala-i-Naw, where the Spanish contingent is stationed.

040528-M-0049F-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Adjabiya Libya Local people prepare weapons to fight Gaddafi troops.

030614-M-4066S-002. Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH CIVIL AFFAIRS GROUP

040826-M-4358R-276. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Kurdish refugees, assisted by U.S. military personnel, build a water tank foundation at their camp. The camp was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

041117-M-0036Y-012. Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-0175R-138. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040921-M-2306K-042. Complete Scene Caption: Two RPG-7 launchers (left), various sand bags, bandoliers and ammunition cans (top, center), three 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, RPG-3 grenades and 82 mm Type 53 mortar rounds (bottom), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Dick S. Kotecki) (Released) Base: An Najaf State: An Naja

010615-A-6086T-006. Base: Pucara Country: Ecuador (ECU)

060320-A-5745M-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

030608-M-5266H-026. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

051215-A-2718K-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030411-M-9792P-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

040605-M-4419R-046. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030417-M-5607A-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Lauren Everett, medic attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, greets a group of children in Alisheng district, Laghman province, Sept. 12. The PRT, partnered with the security forces assistant team and the Afghan National Police, patrolled through a village to talk to the locals and teach the ANP proper procedures during patrols.

020102-F-2034C-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 405th Air Expeditionary Wing

REGRESO A RAQQA (2022), directed by ALBERT SOLE and RAUL CUEVAS.

040605-M-4419R-053. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle provides security during a combat logistics patrol through Helmand March 5. The patrol supported counter insurgency operations in the area.

040314-F-5735S-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Flame of Peace monument (Memorial to commemorate the end of the Tuareg Rebellion), Timbuktu, Mali

051215-A-2718K-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040614-M-8530M-018. Base: Karabilah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: K/03/7

030419-M-5607A-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Kurdish children play near an Army M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as it patrols the streets of the city. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030212-M-5753Q-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041202-M-2353F-017. Base: Iraqi / Syrian Border State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040921-M-5901F-020. Base: Jabella State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army soldier 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, walks through a field to the village of Dahanah, Wardak province, Afghanistan Dec. 2.

Military memorial, Mount Bental, Golan Heights, Israel, Asia

Idlib, Syria. 11th February 2023. On the 6th February an earthquake struck northern and western Syria. The catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake has so far killed more than 3500 people, while 5.3 million people in Syria may be homeless after the earthquake. It is the deadliest earthquake to have affected Syria since the 1822 Aleppo earthquake.

070104-A-4746S-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Echo Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060422-A-5745M-076. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

Monument to the Negev Brigade in Beer Sheva, Israel, seen through the barbed wire

040912-F-0524H-017. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Security personnel are seen as the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, and Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan March 28, Kazakh time (March 27 Eastern time.) As the one-year crew, Kelly and Kornienko will return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016.

051215-A-7969G-067. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IA

030411-F-8362B-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030425-M-5455N-001. Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Bazaar Destroyed By The 8 October 2005 Earthquake, Chinari, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Palestinians inspect damages to their homes and property, and are trying to salvage whatever items they could. Gaza City.

An Iraqi truck loaded with ordnance lies abandoned after Allied forces reclaimed the region during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

An Afghan boy observes U.S. Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division conduct a joint patrol with Afghan national army soldiers in Shabila Kalan Village, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2009.

Soldiers assigned to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) joint peacekeeping mission in Egypt participate in a 28-mile 'March for the Fallen,' at South Camp, Sinai Peninsula September 24, 2022.

040612-M-5555L-062. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

PHILLIPINE SEA (May 3, 2022) Culinary Specialist Seaman Apprentice David Benny, from San Diego, receives first-aid as a simulated casualty during a damage control training team (DCTT) drill aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

030415-M-8539K-059. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Mar Div DM

041116-M-1250B-024. Complete Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Seabee PETTY Officer 1ST Class (PO1) Hector Calderon (rear), Kalsu Detachment (Det), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), holds a strap attached to the harness worn by USN Seabee PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Jim Muskevitsch, Kalsu Det., NMCB-4, 24th MEU, in order to secure PO2 Muskevitsch as he solders a support beam into a mortar impact crater as they work on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: Mahmuydiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030413-M-0175R-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070102-A-9326H-027. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Shamal State: Khowst Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060515-A-1906W-058. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

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