Military Operations in Conflict Zones

Images capturing military personnel interacting with local populations and conducting security operations in conflict areas.

040531-M-0706S-011. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060415-A-4576B-051. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN

060406-A-7969G-004. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

050628-A-1566H-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040531-M-0706S-011. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

051119-A-0527A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

021130-A-5868H-030. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Lowa State: Kohi Sofi Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030820-A-5329B-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baqubah State: Diyaka Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031102-F-7234P-018. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 315th Psychological Operations C

020418-F-2902B-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

051215-A-7969G-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hesseinia Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IA

050419-A-2611R-061. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-5 (SBCT)

040612-M-5555L-006. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060301-A-7969G-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

060430-A-6365W-127. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030916-F-7685H-084. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

060221-A-7969G-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

020519-F-9085B-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030408-M-5607A-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Three Rivers Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050628-A-1566H-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050628-A-1566H-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: UNK

041102-F-2034C-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ad Duluyiah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060307-A-1211S-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

040909-M-5121S-001. Base: Haswah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Soldier from 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment conducts a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2007.

Iraqi civilians in the town of Al Fay, are questioned by US Marine Corps (USMC) members with the Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT1), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020823-A-5790R-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030411-F-8362B-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050902-A-3749Z-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Orgun-E State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BN (ABN) 508TH INF

Iraqi civilians fleeing Baghdad are stopped and detained temporarily for questioning outside of the town of Al Fay, by the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, (LAR), Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT1), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Anti-gaddafi troops travel by truck in Brega.

050630-A-9930K-023. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

030413-M-4066S-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sikar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT

070317-M-2819S-009. Complete Scene Caption: A soldier with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army observes an Iraqi man as he exits his vehicle. 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 search vehicles during a mounted patrol 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

041110-M-3658J-002. Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, left, and a U.S. Marine lead ANA soldiers in a stretching exercise before they take part in water polo practice at Camp Shorebak on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 7, 2010. U.S. Marines and the ANA are creating the first water polo team in Helmand province to improve morale, bridge cultural gaps and support the International Security Assistance Force.

031202-F-9629J-005. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

060313-A-5043I-050. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

040422-M-8096M-022. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051027-A-3749Z-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Yaqubi Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BDE 504PIR 82ND ABN DIV

A Militia Member Holds an AK47 Assault Rifle During a Combat Operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Sangin, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Corporal Michael Creighton, a team leader with the Police Mentoring Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, talks to the local Afghan Uniformed Police commander at a nearby checkpoint, Nov. 21. The commander explained to Creighton that the police stationed received incoming fire earlier that morning and how his policemen responded.

050628-A-1566H-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031030-F-0981H-046. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020810-A-4385T-052. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gangikhel State: Malikasay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051215-A-5567G-016. Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050524-A-8255A-121. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Riyadh Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A group of local Afghans gather in the small village of Aroki for a chance to be seen by medical professionals from Task Force 44 and the 924th Korean Medical Hospital during a Medical Civil Action Program (MEDCAP), Dental Civil Action Program (DENCAP) and Veterinarian Civil Action Program, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Aroki State: Kapisa Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

070317-M-2819S-023. Complete Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army search civilians that were suspected to have planted an Improvised Explosive Device. 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

050520-A-1566H-051. Base: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060127-A-5745M-060. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Spc. Osvaldo Hernandez, from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, enters a local into a handheld interagency identity detection equipment system during a cordon and search in Barla, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2007.

060412-A-7969G-010. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030401-M-477G-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060316-A-7969G-011. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060418-A-6365W-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040606-M-0049F-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060123-A-6365W-122. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division speak with local women during a patrol in Muqadiyah, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2007.

040701-A-0259W-047. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Parwan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030401-F-2034C-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070527-A-1906W-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

Muslim rebel with automatic rifle and machine-gun belt.

060307-A-1211S-069. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

DF-ST-86-07880. Country: Egypt (EGY)

050913-A-0527A-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Kackeran State: Zabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040414-F-9927R-001. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Afghan child waves to U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew McAllister, with Combined Anti-Armor Team 2, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, as he patrols in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 28, 2009. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment are deployed with Regimental Combat Team 7 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

Commandos outside Taj Mahal hotel after terrorist attack by deccan mujahedeen on 26th November 2008 in Bombay Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Iraqi children walk home from school as Iraqi police and U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, conduct a patrol in their neighbor in Mosul, Iraq, March 19, 2007.

Army desert training at Fort Irwin

A member from the US Army's Tactical Psychological Operations Team (TPT) 913, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, thanks Nojoy village elders, outside Kandahar International Airport, after speaking with them about local issues during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040528-F-1830P-002. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

A Salvadoran team member fires his pistol at targets as part of Fuerzas Comando 2022 Day 2 during an individual assault course in La Venta, Honduras, June 14, 2022. Fuerzas Comando is a Special Operation skills competition and a senior leader seminar supported by SOCSOUTH. The competition enhances SOF regional cooperation and exchanges best practices to combat transnational crime and counter illicit activities.

040605-M-5555L-085. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040106-F-1798W-019. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Kandahar city, Southern Afghanistan. 2nd September 2021. The Taliban continued their victory celebrations with a military parade in the city of Kandahar. Kandahar is the spiritual city of the Taliban, and the group's capital during its 1996-2001 rule. Fighters waved white Taliban flags from Humvees and armored SUVs during the parade.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LCT) Dave Long, assigned to the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), 3rd Civil Affairs Group (CAG), distribute candy to local Iraqi children, in the town of Umm Qasr, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Portrait, paintball or woman with gun in game or competition for fitness, exercise or cardio workout. Focus, challenge or serious girl carrying an army weapon or marker for military target training

060323-A-5745M-052. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

040909-M-2361E-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Kalsu, Iskandariyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051228-A-7969G-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 320FA,CA

060212-N-6901L-209. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Istaqal Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030409-M-5753Q-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Uprising in Libya

041211-M-2583M-047. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) rover inspects a bicycle suspected of carrying an unexploded device on July 21, 2010 in Kandahar City, Afghanistan.

021103-A-4339E-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sayed Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030402-M-9124R-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041124-M-2583M-066. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040813-M-0706S-006. Base: Nassir Wa Al Salam State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Kurdish refugees children gather around members of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 24 near a health clinic and water purification station set up by the Marines. The clinic and water station are part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030326-M-4544K-019. State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th Mar Div

An Iraqi soldier from the 8th Division, Iraqi Army, checks his fellow soldier for blood during medical training with U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers, on Camp Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2008. Iraqi soldiers are trained by U.S. Soldiers so they will be prepared to provide security for their country.

Iraqi children wave and greet Pvt. David Couleas, B Company, 2-8IN, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, as he moves down the streets of Diwaniya during the patrol.

Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) riding in on a Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25), stop during a mounted patrol to let a local interpreter speak with Afghans in a village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

040810-F-0193C-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041024-A-2912C-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Daychopan District State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marines converse with Pakistani military personnel at Mogadishu International Airport. The troops are in the region as part of the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. The Pakistani soldier in the background is armed with a 7.62mm G-3 rifle. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538187 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

070313-M-0948M-006. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

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