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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.

070527-A-1906W-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

040713-M-5505M-015. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050923-A-8255A-017. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051230-A-5745M-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

040731-M-4419R-021. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. and a Sudanese officer discuss a phase of exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Wadi Seidna Air Base Country: Sudan (SDN)

040612-M-5555L-058. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060119-A-1327A-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

Armed guards keep an eye on crowds during a ceremony at the shrine of Ahmad Shah Masood in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan

070322-M-6412C-011. Complete Scene Caption: Two local Iraqi children walk hand in hand as Marines with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines search for signs of Anti Iraqi Force activity in the area during Operation Zaidon II on March 22nd, 2007. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is conducting Operation Zaidon II in Zaidon, Iraq to clear the city of Anti Iraqi Forces and deny them further use of the area in the future. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar 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 CPL. Samuel D. Corum) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: ZAIDON Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

A young mujahedeen fighter runs for cover from incoming fire as Hezb-i-Islami position open up with machine guns and RPGs.

030413-M-1112H-127. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040510-F-9927R-011. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: STRATCOM

050628-A-1566H-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041116-M-0036Y-010. Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

National Guard troops of Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands distribute food and water to the residents of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 24, 2017. The Department of Defense conducts Defense Support of Civil Authorities operations to assist civilian responders in saving lives, relieving human suffering and mitigating property damage in response to a catastrophic disaster.

DM-ST-86-07534. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031201-F-0981H-015. Base: Coalition Provisional Authority State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CPA/Strategic Communications

Border Security Force Person BSF Keeps Vigil On The Roads Of Srinagar , Jammu and Kashmir , India

Kandahar city, Southern Afghanistan. 31st August 2021. Taliban fighters and their supporters celebrated across Afghanistan with the final departure of all U.S. troops. Brining to an end of 20 years of foreign military presence.

040422-M-8096M-032. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030322-M-0049F-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Soldier, working with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, speaks with a local Afghan woman during Operation Champion Sword, July 28. Champion Sword is a joint operation involving Afghan national security forces and International Security Assistance Forces focused on specific militant targets and safe havens within Sabari and Terezai districts of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan.

040529-F-4884R-015. Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051112-A-7969G-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A 4-1, 3BCT

Police raid for drugs in Shantytown Lima Peru

A school girl claps along during a community outreach performance hosted by the 25th Infantry Division Tropic Lightning Brass Band as part of Super Garuda Shield 2022 on Aug. 6, 2022 at Taman Tani Merdeka Park, Martapura, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Super Garuda Shield 2022, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. Military and Indonesian National Armed Forces, reinforces U.S. commitments to our allies and regional partners, joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together.

030507-M-7514K-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Hilla Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030420-M-5607A-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051015-A-6430B-009. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

011217-F-3961R-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Indo Tibetan border force ITBF commandos at arthur road jail in Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India 17-April-2009 NO MR Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

040818-A-1300H-041. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kunar Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Senior Airman John Fitzgerald arm wrestles an Afghan child Aug. 21, 2011, in the Alingar District, Afghanistan, after completing the first phase of a multi-day operation. The operation called for a cordon and search in a village where insurgents were believed to reside. Fitzgerald is a medic assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team.

Afghan children gather around the village well to watch Marines conduct a mounted patrol with Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) through 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)

040519-F-2902B-061. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

army man during death anniversary of Hizbul Mujahideen, Kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xJunaidxBhat/DinodiaxPhotox

031018-F-0981H-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051215-A-5560L-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031112-F-0981H-069. Base: Al Adhamiya State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

030416-M-8658H-057. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: I MEF

030609-M-0367H-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR

U.S. Airmen assigned to Task Force Holloman hand out stuffed animals to young Afghan evacuees on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 22, 2022. The Department of Defense, through the U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan evacuees essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Moore)

Afghan children on a rooftop watch a U.S. Army Soldier down below while he performs perimeter security during and air assault mission in the village of Miricalai, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2009.

030517-M-5972A-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Samwah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070315-M-0460B-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ferris State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040323-A-0259W-032. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Parwan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

033003-M-2176J-132. Subject Operation/Series: Operation Iraqi Freedom Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050918-A-5679R-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Zhari State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030324-M-8539K-012. Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Mar Div DM

051011-A-8255A-099. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040621-M-9382M-016. Base: Nagolan State: Kunar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Moroccan Royal Army medical team moves a simulated patient for transportation during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) defense demonstration hosted by the Moroccan military in Agadir, Morocco, June 28, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, 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 interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

060225-A-7969G-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

030413-M-3558L-058. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041116-A-2912C-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jalalabad State: Nangarhar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030410-M-9792P-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

050821-A-6108G-264. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, host an economic and development shura Sept. 7, 2009. More than 20 local men attended the meeting to share their concerns and discuss the future of the area.

060125-A-2718K-195. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030404-F-9528H-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

An SFIR-3 soldier handles information material to the local population.

030824-M-7837W-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Blaire Airfield, Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030408-M-3692W-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Echo Company

070517-A-7662C-157. Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. 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. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. 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

060508-A-0527A-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Shir Zai State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Marines Enjoy Dinner with Local Afghan Fighters in Nangalam, Afghanistan

050821-A-6108G-262. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Grade school girls watch as Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), Camp Pendleton, California, assist in the construction of a new schoolhouse. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02 in Faza, Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

970414-F-7666R-177. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

DAR SALIM in THE TERMINAL LIST: DARK WORF (2025), directed by PAUL CAMERON.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the Missouri Army National Guard's Agri-Business Development Team visit with a local farmer in eastern Afghanistan Feb. 20, 2008, to discuss ways to assist him in agriculture.

HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA - MARRUECOS , SIGLO XX. HASSAN II. REY DE MARRUECOS 1929 - 1999. MARCHA VERDE , ESTRATEGIA DE MARRUECOS CON LA INTENCION DE OCUPAR EL SAHARA ESPAÑOL EN EL AÑO 1975.

070101-F-1936B-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Maghdad State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040513-M-8683D-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Surobi Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d BN 6th Mar

IRWIN WINKLER and BRIAN PRESLEY in HOME OF THE BRAVE (2006), directed by IRWIN WINKLER. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

050127-F-8584G-039. Base: Unknown Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Navy Lt. Michelle M. Lynch, flight surgeon medical officer with Marine Meduim Tiltrotor Squadron 261, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), passes out toys, May 15, while conducting a village medical outreach outside Naw-Abad. Marines and medical officers from Brigade Headquarters Group and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, I MEF (FWD) and an Afghan national army medic from Camp Shorabak, set up and conducted the outreach to provide medical care and assess long term medical needs.

040630-A-1581H-007. Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030615-M-4066S-008. Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A British soldier carrying an L85A1 rifle walks with a trio of Kurdish children while patrolling a road on the edge of the city. The soldier's unit is in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

070322-A-5144A-048. Base: Forward Operating Base Kalsu State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051005-D-9154J-043. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030621-M-2081S-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 Bn, 4th Marines

030410-M-9792P-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

030413-M-1112H-133. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040609-M-5150A-064. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040612-M-5555L-065. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030612-M-0367H-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR

020716-F-0201H-029. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040513-M-8683D-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Surobi Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d BN 6th Mar

050126-F-8584G-093. Base: Logistics Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Demonstrators hold the Palestinian flag in front of burning tires during a demonstration along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, in solidarity with the Jenin camp against the Israeli military operations that killed at least nine Palestinians. Palestinian Territories, Gaza City.

050821-A-6108G-258. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

AGARTALA, TRIPURA, INDIA, 13-03-2020: The BSF ( BORDER SECURITY FORCE OF INDIA ) personnel and The BGB ( BORDER GUARD BANGLADESH) personnel and the health workers of both the countries are checking the documents of the drivers and using infrared thermometers to check temperatures of people who are carrying products from Bangladesh on trucks. As the state government of Tripura declared, as a part of precautionary measures to contain deadly Coronavirus, only drivers of both the countries (INDIA-BANGLADESH) can enter through Akhara border, in Agartala, India. Entry of foreigners to the state through immigration points would be suspended from Friday, official sources confirmed here. The Visas issued earlier will be treated as cancelled. Only business transaction and travel of Diplomats of both the country (INDIA-BANGLADESH), and the Indian people, who are coming from Bangladesh, and the people of Bangladesh, who are going from India., can travel through Indo-Bangla borders.

030627-M-5505M-028. Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn 5th Marines

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