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Military Operations in Iraq

Images depict soldiers engaged in various military tasks, including munitions handling and rescue operations, featuring a gritty, realistic atmosphere with a focus on military attire and equipment.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Otta, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and equipment supervisor, picks up a security barrier with a telehandler during Operation Agile Spartan III at an undisclosed location, September 10, 2022. Airmen from the 386th ECES working to move barriers and build an entry control point for the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron is one of many examples of squadrons from different working seamlessly alongside each other in order to accomplish the mission.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Charles Otta, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and equipment supervisor, picks up a security barrier with a telehandler during Operation Agile Spartan III at an undisclosed location, September 10, 2022. Airmen from the 386th ECES working to move barriers and build an entry control point for the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron is one of many examples of squadrons from different working seamlessly alongside each other in order to accomplish the mission.
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011029-A-5329B-014. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Gnjilane Country: Serbia (SER)
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U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Thai Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians place ordnance for large scale detonation at Ta Mor Roi Training area during Humanitarian Mine Action EOD Level 3 in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 27, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train Thailand Mine Action Center students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.
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Two confiscated Serbian SA-7B Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) lie in a hole in the ground awaiting destruction by members of the 61st Ordnance Company (EOD) at a site near Route Delaware on the Zone of Separation (ZOS) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Paul Brow, 48th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal operations section chief, searches for unexploded ordnance and aircraft wreckage near London-Stansted, England, May 25, 2022. Brow was supporting a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery operation for the remains of a U.S. service member whose plane crashed there in 1944.
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030519-M-5882G-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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MSGT Mark Ledford, the A-10 representative, looks through an A-10 debris pile at the lower debris field. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen from Joint Task Force-Alaska clear contaminated debris near a preschool in the village of Koyuk, Alaska, Sept. 27, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)
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A memorial for the 1st. Lt. Gabriel J. Eggud, whose remains were found and then accounted for on a recovery mission in 2019, is presented to members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recover team in Banak Village, Papua New Guinea, Sep. 16, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.
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A veteran of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hikes with his son up to the Camp Horno memorial crosses as part of a reunion hike for the 20th anniversary of Operation Vigilant Resolve, also known as the first Battle of Fallujah, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 29, 2024. The hike brought together approximately 150 veteran and active-duty Marines and Sailors who served with 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, during Operation Vigilant Resolve in 2004. Marine Corps
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Live anti-personnel mines are a frequent hazard along route Arizona, a road that leads to Tuzla AB, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Dubrave Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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(220518-N-OI810-0059) KEY WEST, Florida (May 18, 2022) Steelworker 1st Class Zachary Styer, from Memphis, Tennessee, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, removes a horizontal support from a steel fence during a tennis court demolition at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 18, 2022. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.
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Pohang Beach, South Korea (March. 24, 2023) - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Duvan Acosta, a motor transport operator assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, holds a bag as Staff Sgt. Javier Reyes, an ammunition chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th MEU, places trash in the bag during a community relations event, March 24. Community relations projects show additional support to Allies and partners, and assist maintaining in bonds between nations. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), and operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navys largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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An identifier tag hangs from the shirt of a mannequin during a simulated search and recovery training mission during Octobers Unit Training Assembly at Great Bear Recreation Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oct. 1, 2022. The 114th Fighter Wing Force Support Squadron traveled to an off-base training site to conduct hands-on training in an effort to execute large-scale readiness exercises as a means to stay mission ready in order to execute real-world missions at a moments notice.
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An Air Force TECH. SGT. checks for radiation on the island of Runit during a clean-up of Eniwetok Atoll. The U.S. used islands in the atoll for atomic testing in the 1950's. Country: Marshall Islands (MHL)
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Collected bombs from the Vietnam war at exhibition, ChuChi, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jackson Fagan with the Utah Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, finishes the mystery event at the top of Mount Lamlam during the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on the island of Guam, May 26, 2022. This annual competition featured the best noncommissioned officer and Soldier from eight different states and territories including Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Testing competitors skills and knowledge and pushing them to their limits, the competition graded each participant in key areas such as basic Soldier skills, marksmanship under stress, land-navigation, and physical fitness.
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An M16A1 rifle lies in front of each firing position at one of the fort's weapons training ranges. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Vietnam,Ho Chi Minh City,Cu Chi Tunnels,Exhibit of Unexploded American Munitions
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U.S. Marines with Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3d Marine Logistics Group, explore cave systems during a cave crawling tour, in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 9, 2022. During the tour, Marines were taught how cave systems were used during the Battle of Okinawa. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
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041228-M-0036Y-077. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Kirk Teaney, 10th Special Forces Group Airborne, lays inert mines into training lanes to teach probing techniques to Muslim students near Lukavak. As part of Operation Joint Endeavor, the U.S. Army's 10th Special Forces Group in cooperation with the State Department, RONCO and the former warring factions embarked on a mission of humanitarian de-mining. The training, including leadership, planning, different techniques in mine detection, mine disposal through detonation and medical triage, was accomplished at four different sites for Bosnia-Herzegovina nationals. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Members of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team sift through dirt during a DPAA recovery mission in England, April 27, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.
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Russian support personnel work to help get crew members out of the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank, and Flight Engineers Anton Skhaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin in a remote area outside of the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan, on Friday, April 27, 2012. NASA Astronaut Burbank, Russian Cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Ivanishin are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 29 and 30 crews.
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Vietnam, Cu Chi. Cu Chi Tunnels, 200 km long tunnel complex used during the Vietnam war. Entry to underground tunnel.
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041211-M-2583M-011. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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100827-N-ZZ999-007HA TINH, Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Aug. 27, 2010) Sgt. Lauren Shaw, Sgt. Byron Long and Tech. Sgt. China Mills, recovery members assigned to Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) collect dirt to be screened for possible remains at an excavation site. The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of our nation's past conflicts.
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221205-N-N0901-2001 MARI, Cyprus (Dec. 5, 2022) Construction Electrician 2nd Class Andre Garcia and Builder 2nd Class Justin Shaw, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11, demolish an existing fence at a project site on the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base, Cyprus, Dec. 5, 2022. NMCB 11, assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 68, is deployed across the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.
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A series of basic canvas tents on wooden tent platforms at a Boy Scout camp provide the basics for shelter and not much more.
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In celebration of the 61st Anniversary of 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Soldiers and their families participated in a family leisure obstacle course during Reunion Week at Fort Campbell, Ky. on Sept. 24, 2022.
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Lt. Col. Thomas Carroll, commander, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, explains a terrain map to a group of senior DOD Civilians and military leaders with the Adaptive Planning and Execution Enterprise (APEX) at Fort Carson, Colorado, Sept. 20, 2022. Carroll showed the group how the 4th Inf. Div. is so lethal during their demonstration and displays. The objective of the event, according to Carroll, was to show how we consolidate gains.
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Afghan Commandos with 3rd Commando Kandak cook an evening for fellow Commandos and U.S. servicemembers with Special Operations Task Force - South during an operation to hinder insurgent activity in Zharay District, Mar. 6, 2011, in Kandahar Province.
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U.S. Marines and Sailors with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) respond to a simulated 30 kiloton nuclear detonation during exercise Scarlet Response in Guardian Centers of Georgia, Ga, on May 20, 2022. Scarlet Response was created to physically and mentally test CBIRF personnel and the units joint partners, the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company in a simulated joint disaster response. Scarlet Response is designed to test every aspect of the units Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or High-Yield Explosive response capabilities and enable its servicemembers to respond effectively and expeditiously to save the most lives.
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220820-N-RC359-1084 MOUNT FUJI, Japan (Aug. 20, 2022) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) Airman Anthony Perez, from Horace Mesa, New Mexico, assigned to the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), climbs Mount Fuji during a tour hosted by the ships Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) committee, Aug. 20. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Alaska National Guard Staff Sgt. John Cunningham, left, and Airman 1st Class Reese Halford, both assigned to 176th Wing Maintenance Squadron, of Joint Task Force-Bethel clear storm debris from a boardwalk in Newtok, Alaska as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 22, 2022. Approximately 100 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)
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Members of the A-10 recovery team search along East Brush Creek for any remnants of the four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs that were carried by the A-10 that crashed on Gold Dust Peak. Base: Negro Basin State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A partially exposed PMA-3 Anti-personnel Mine rests in a hole in the ground. Country: Unknown
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Winch rescue training of the rescue helicopter, Christoph 62, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the DRF Luftrettung. The rescue of casualties in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains will be practised
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Last Japanese Command Post from WW II, Saipan, Northern Marianas, Central Pacific
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Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Aftermath - 26-HK-372-143. Hurricane Katrina
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Soldiers with the Ghana Army conduct the Cordon and Search field training event during Exercise Shanti Prayas IV at the Birendra Peace Operations Training Center on Feb. 24, 2024. A cordon and search is a tactic used to secure an area, and search the premises for weapons or insurgents. Shanti Prayas IV is a multinational peacekeeping exercise sponsored by the Nepali Army and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and is the latest in a series of exercises designed to support peacekeeping operations. Marine Corps
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U.S. Marines with Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3d Marine Logistics Group, pose for a photo after exploring cave systems during a cave crawling tour in Yomitan, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. Marines were taught how cave systems were used during the Battle of Okinawa. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
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U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conduct a casualty evacuation drill in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 7, 2022. DPAA will be conducting recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.
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A simulated land mine used to conduct lanes training, at Bagram Airbase, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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Approximately 10 members of the Pennsylvania Canine Search and Rescue (PACSAR) trained on a variety of scenarios Dec. 3, 2022, in a remote part of Fort Indiantown Gap designed to resemble a village. PACSAR is a group of highly trained and certified volunteers that offers search and rescue services free of charge and provide additional resources to other search and rescue teams, local law enforcement, and fire companies in Lancaster County and surrounding areas. Fort Indiantown Gap is consistently among the busiest National Guard training centers in the nation, hosting civilian partner agencies and organizations in addition to active, reserve and foreign allied militaries.