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Military Operations in Afghanistan & Iraq

Images depict military personnel engaged in various operations, featuring soldiers in action, planning, and interacting in camp settings in deployment zones.

040422-M-8096M-020. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Pvt. Ryan Owen, left, attempts to clinch Staff Sgt. AaronPrice during a one-minute bout of hand-to-hand combat Dec. 16. Owen is one of 32 Basic Combat Training Soldiers in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment who were certified in Modern Army Combatives.

A young Haitian woman is medivaced by Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit sent out to assess Grand Saline, Haiti Jan 25. These Marines and Sailors surveyed the area to determine what could be done to assist in Operation Unified Response.

040712-M-9362G-003. Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Sergeant (SGT) William Hartzfeld (left), with the Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC), observes USMC Marine Private First Class (PFC) Germond Patton, assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), view the ground monitor of a Dragon Eye Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in flight during training at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Center (MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA). The Dragon Eye is a five-lbs., back-packable, modular unmanned aerial vehicle guided by computers that provides real time video of the terrain below it. The equipment provides USMC small units surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Base: Magtftc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Kneeling in the shadow of a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), CPT Jones, Commanding Officer of Charlie Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, informs his vehicle commanders of the route to be taken at 0300 hours the following morning. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030309-F-5712B-032. Country: Unknown

030315-M-3692W-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Viking Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU

061209-D-7203T-003. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060509-N-2568S-110. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040324-M-5753Q-003. Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060420-A-4576B-002. Subject Operation/Series: OEF State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

030315-F-9448S-045. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

060223-A-6365W-103. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Ramegan State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031104-F-2185G-004. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

060317-M-0374B-011. Complete Scene Caption: On 17 March 2006, Lance CPL. Alfredo Gunjardo, a Military Dog Handler attached to 3rd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5, gives his dog, Lea, some water during a patrol along the Euphrates River in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation California Dreaming. They are in search of weapon caches and any items that could be used to make improvised explosive devices (IED's). RCT-5 is deployed with I MEF in support of Operation 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 government reforms, and continue the development of a market based ceremony centered on Iraqi Resurrection. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Adaecus G. Brooks) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ECHO CO, 2/6

020907-F-0356G-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060224-M-7403H-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40609

070909-A-5406P-019.JPG -Hillsboro, Ohio-native Pfc. Todd Thomas (l.), a radio operator with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, shares a laugh while sitting with one of his platoons embedded Iraqi Army soldiers outside a school being renovated in the Grayaat neighborhood of Baghdads Adhamiyah District.

030311-M-0175R-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

A personal photo of Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, the first Soldier recipient for actions in Afghanistan/Operation Enduring Freedom.

030401-M-5607A-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

LT. Larry Franklin, center, a nurse with the 146th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, California Air National Guard, takes steps to prevent an injured Iraqi prisoner of war from going into shock as attending medical technicians observe during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

040422-M-8096M-015. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Baghdad Security Plan Seeing Many Successes

Spc. Brett Sagel of the Kansas Army National Guard listens during a town hall meeting with Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and other National Guard leaders during an Oct. 31, 2009, visit to Multinational Force and Observers on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. The National Guard currently leads the American contribution to the mission to observe, report and verify violations of the 1979 treaty between Egypt and Israel.

As Samawah, Cimic / CPA building, 11proof 2004. © Henry Westendorp / Royal Navy. Consultation between Overste Oppelaar (Marines Corps) and Superior of Harskamp (Limburg hunters) prior to an interview with Delokale newspaper of As Samawah.

030427-F-1199H-019. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

050630-A-9930K-090. Subject Operation/Series: KARKAR Base: Rashad State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

060307-A-3760M-045. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE SHEPHERD Base: Hohenfels State: Bavaria Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION

040605-M-4419R-020. Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jason L. Booth, Charlie Company (C CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (1/5), Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT 1), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), has Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldiers sign the pay roster to be paid, as other USMC Marines watch. The training of the ICDC Soldiers is taking place at India Base in Nasir Waal Salaam, Iraq (IRQ). Some of the Iraqi Soldiers are wearing their new desert uniforms. The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in Iraqs Al Anbar province. The Marines are armed with a M16A2 rifles and the ICDC Soldiers are armed with Tabuk 7.62 mm assault rifles. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040818-M-9382M-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

070217-A-5144A-213. Base: Forward Operating Base Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Capt. Scott Steele, left, with the U.S. Military Transition Team, and Iraqi army soldiers with 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division take a lunch break in Tahrir, Iraq, Feb. 25, 2007, during a three-day raid operation. The purpose of operation is to eliminate Tahrir as an operating base for improvised explosive device building cells and key leaders of the Al-Qaeda forces in Iraq.

050904-F-4884R-175. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070106-A-1985S-071. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) commanding general, participates in a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFEX) with U.S. Army and French Forces in Djibouti service members near Arta, Djibouti, Aug. 22, 2022. The exercise focused on integration with partner forces, utilizing reconnaissance and surveillance, actions on the objective, sustainment, and medical support with the goal of improving U.S. and French interoperability. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Destani Matheny)

221023-N-CM110-1156 OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 23, 2022) - A U.S. Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) waits to debark from amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Oct. 23, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

030223-M-5150A-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

020729-A-7315T-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Cpl. Nicholas R. Dudeck, narcotics patrol dog handler, Military Police, I Marine Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD), and his dog Aron spend time together at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Dudeck and Aron have been together for eight months. He says he loves to be with Aron because he is an attention hog and always has the energy to go out and work.

030319-M-3138H-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030219-M-5150A-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Spc. Jesse A. Murphree, Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), greets his 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team comrades returning from deployment in Afghanistan, on the flight line at Aviano Air Base, Italy, July 22. Murphree lost his legs in an improvised explosive device attack in the Korengal Valley, near Ali Abad, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2007, and has been undergoing treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

040824-M-5753Q-015. Base: Fob Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031203-F-0881Z-003. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

SGT. D. McDuade, CHIEF Warrant Officer P. Wade and 1ST LT. Merkile, UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter crew members of Co. B, 7th Bn., 158th U.S. Army Reserve, hold up a U.S. flag in front of an Iraqi T-55 main battle tank at the Rumaila oil fields following the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Simulated casualties are tended by medics in chemical-biological warfare gear during Exercise Team Spirit '85. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Master Sgt. Jamel C. Fulks, senior enlisted advisor, 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, addresses Spears Ready Soldiers ahead of the unveiling of the units deployment T-wall at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 3, 2022.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, conduct medical training during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center exercise on Fort Wainwright, Alaska March 27, 2023. JPMRC is the 11th Airborne Divisions annual regional combat training center exercise which focuses on large-scale combat operations, cold-weather training and live-fire exercises designed to build forces effective in extreme weather and terrain.

Soldiers of B Troop, 108th FA participate in a general Protestant church service at Fire Base Mayhem, Camp Taji, Iraq, July 25, 2009. The chaplain is Capt. Glenvil Gregory of Newark, N.J., a native of Antiqua.

Canadian Army Master Warrant Officer Martin Blais, vehicle fleet manager, Osh-Swa, Joint Task Force-IMPACT, enters his vehicles license plate number in a new automated fuels service pedestal before pumping gas at Pump 3 at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 29, 2022. The new automated fuels service replaces an outdated process and improves billing and tracking efficiency, speed and accuracy.

040414-M-8172E-076. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

Texas Army National Guard soldiers rescue household pets from severe flooding in East Texas, March 14, 2016. Texas Guardsmen supported flood response operations in Orange, Jasper and Newton counties rescuing more than 160 people and conducting shelter operations for hundreds of evacuated Texans.

030616-M-5266H-004. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

Earthquake Tsunami - Asili, American Samoa, October 7, 2009 Soldiers of the Army Reserve take a well earned rest break after a long day of work. Teaming with FEMA and the American Samoan Government these soldiers helped establish a supply distribution point in the village of Asili. David Gonzalez/FEMA. American Samoa Earthquake, Tsunami, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Recruits with Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, complete swim qualification on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. May 23, 2022. To pass swim qualification, recruits must complete a 25 meter swim, high dive, tread water, pack swim, and shed gear each with certain time constraints.

GEN Carl E. Mundy Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, talks with members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB-40) during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

030425-M-5607A-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Wrigley Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030218-M-0542A-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

061203-N-9988F-001. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Members of the U.S. Southern Command Situational Assessment Team pose for a photo during a capability exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Jan. 9, 2024. The S-SAT is a quick-reaction deployable team comprised of experts that provide the commander of the U.S. Southern Command an immediate assessment of conditions and unique requirements needed during a Humanitarian Assistance or Disaster Response event in the Central America AOR.

030724-M-5578G-102. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

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030408-M-4419R-107. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

A soldier from the 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, rests his head in his hands as he waits for the start of the mock invasion of Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE DEMOCRACY Country: Unknown

050821-A-6108G-283. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030412-M-0175R-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020510-F-3071N-036. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

040106-F-7418E-001. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Lance Cpl. Juan Zuniga, a rifleman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, and Sgt. Nicholas Leogrande, a squad leader with BSRF-14, grapple using Marine Corps martial arts techniques during a unit-wide squad competition at Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania, Jan. 14, 2014. Marines with competed in a physical training tactical decision game that utilized ground fighting and maneuver strategies to exploit opposing team's weaknesses and reach a designated objective.

060412-F-1830P-365. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030123-M-5266H-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

021016-M-5607A-009. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army riggers from the 5th Quartermaster Detachment reconfigure their tactical gear on Rhein Ordnance Barracks, Germany, Dec. 17, 2008.

021213-F-9528H-032. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

041202-M-3658J-006. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

050826-A-1327A-104. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Salerno State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BDE 82ND ABN

060502-A-5745M-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

060224-M-7403H-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40609

COL. Carl Loveland congratulates SGT. Todd Johnson, Headquarters Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, following Johnson's reenlistment during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

030419-F-2454T-006. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-30. AIRSTA NOLA-- air crew in and around HH-65 on ramp. Hurricane Katrina

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander, takes time to thank Airmen for their support Mar. 15. Airmen have been making a difference with the local Japanese community by volunteering their time to help support humanitarian relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi.

030206-M-5753Q-081. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

In the shadow of a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25), CPT Jones, Commanding Officer of "C" Company 3rd Light Armor Reconnaissance, briefs his vehicle commanders during DEEP STRIKE 97. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Searchlight State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers attached to the 1314th Civil Affairs Company, 17th Fires Brigade, speak with a Sheik to inform him that a school in his town has been chosen to be refurbished, at Karmat Ali, Iraq, Sept. 10, 2009. Al-Hajrat Grammar School has 13 teachers and 600 students.

070104-A-5332O-040. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

090821-A-5406P-058Cole Branigan, a patient at Peyton Manning Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind., gets serenaded by Sgt. Jeremy Otkin (near left), Sgt. Jay Goldsborough (obscured), and Spc. Lee Stephen, of the 82nd Airborne Division Chorus. The chorus visited sick children at two area children's hospitals while in town for the 82nd Airborne Division Association Convention held in Indianapolis Aug. 19-22.

US Army SPC Shawn Aiken, a medic with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, poses for a photo with children during a dismounted patrol. Mosul, Iraq in Support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. CREDIT U.S. ARMY PHOTO: SSG James H. Christopher III. (RELEASED) CPT Michael Blankartz BDE / PAO CAMP COURAGE MOSUL

020508-F-6844O-001. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040425-M-8683D-004. Base: Bamian Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

WA, Arlington, Arlington Fly-in, World War II military show. (Editorial Usage Only)

050710-A-6108G-851. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041115-M-3658J-060. Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40603

Sgt. Dakota Meyer (left) with Capt. Golden in Bridgeport, Calif. Meyer will be receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, from President Barack Obama in Washington, Sept. 15, making him the first living Marine recipient since the Vietnam War. Meyer was assigned to Embedded Training Team 2-8 advising the Afghan National Army in the eastern provinces bordering Pakistan. He will be awarded for heroic actions in Ganjgal, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2009.

030329-A-1526R-059. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS 2003 Base: Las Lajas Country: Panama (PAN)

030807-F-3820W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-235. Hurricane Katrina

030410-M-9792P-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

030301-M-8539K-006. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

Italian Air Force Chief Sgt. Maj. Andrea Pala keys buttons on a new automated fuels service pedestal next to Pump 3 at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, April 29, 2022. The new automated fuels service replaces an outdated process and improves billing and tracking efficiency, speed and accuracy.

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