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Military Operations in Iraq

Photographs capturing U.S. military operations and interactions with locals in Iraq, showcasing the complexities of modern warfare.

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

021227-F-0460H-002. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DM-SC-87-12275. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Blast, Bandipura, Jammu and Kashmir, India Copyright: xSudharakxOlwe/xDinodiaxPhotox

Mountaineers and farmers trading mules and horses on 'Jockey St.,' near the Court House, Campton, Wolfe County, Ky. September 1940.

Protests in Cairo

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station Gulfport - 26-HK-191-66. Hurricane Katrina

Serbia, the capital city of Belgrade. NATO bomb damage.

Maryland Task Force 1 (MD-TF1) and Virginia Task Force 1 (VA-TF1) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FMEA) train during an Urban Search and Rescue Task Force exercise, at Montgomery County Airpark and Public Safety Training Academy (PSTA), Feb. 15, 2024. The training represents a new partnership for members of the D.C. National Guards Aviation Detachment, nicknamed District Dustoff, designed to improve interoperability and familiarity between partners involved in disaster response in the DMV. Air National Guard

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 3, 2005 -- Local and FEMA Urban Search and Rescue workers assist residents rescued from neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Katrina get on a military blackhawk helicopter. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Syria, Golan Heights, Village flattened during 6-Day War.

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.

Protests in Cairo

Numerous trucks arrived with 300 tons of wheat seed at a combat outpost manned by Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, in Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 13, 2009. The wheat seed, ordered by the provincial governor, arrived in Nawa District to be distributed to the local population. 1/5 is part of Regimental Combat Team 3, whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan national security forces in southern Afghanistan.

Sylhet, Bangladesh: In Sylhet, the police chased and clashed with the protesting students demanding quota reform. At that time, the police also started firing tear gas shells, sound grenades and rubber bullets to control the situation. At this time, the injured student is being taken away.

220613-N-PG340-1240 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 13, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 return from a convoy patrol during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

Rennes - Neither Macron nor Le pen. Rennes, April 27, 2017, following the result of the first round of the presidential elections, a demonstration took place with the motto "Neither Macron or Le Pen". Rennes - Ni Macron ni Le pen. Rennes, 27 Avril 2017, suite au résultat du premier tour des élections présidentielle, un manifestation a eu lieu avec comme mot d'ordre "Ni Macron, ni Le Pen".

050620-A-6108G-637. Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACoE

060327-A-5745M-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency Col. A. Altanbagana, director of the Disaster Prevention Department, tours a staged building for search and rescue during the field training exercise portion of Gobi Wolf 2022 in Bayankhongor, Mongolia, Sept. 6. Gobi Wolf is a disaster response exercise conducted as a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief engagement. The FTX focuses on hazmat response, mass medical care and search and rescue. Participating countries also include Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

010201-A-1526R-008. Base: Quito Country: Ecuador (ECU) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

U.S. Marines with Motor Transport Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, utilized a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to recover a simulated disabled Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, right, as part of Motorized Immersion Training during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 8, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

040601-F-4441R-001. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A view of an apartment building in the combat village at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Collective Training Facility. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030408-M-3138H-121. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sailors and Marines enjoy a relaxed day on the flight deck of USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) while enjoying the sights located on the banks of Egypt as the aircraft carrier transits through the Suez Canal after completing four months on station in the Persian Gulf. Two S-3B Viking aircrafts are visible in the foreground. Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

People pack an ex-military vehicle for an expedition.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Gulfport, Mississippi - 26-HK-310-145. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne in Gulfport, Mississippi September 2 through 8, 2005. Hurricane Katrina

030408-M-3138H-111. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

(From left) Motor Pool Supervisor Noor Abdulle AGSO Miriam Asnes, a member of the Legal Attaché staff, and Motor Pool Driver Mansoor Naghi witness the demolition of two armored vehicles as authorized by the U.S. Department of State in Saudi Arabia, July 19, 2009.

DN-ST-88-06277. Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA)

Destroyed military equipment of Russia

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Gulfport-Biloxi Mission - 26-HK-367-22. Hurricane Katrina

030818-M-2375M-514. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE LIBERIA Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

Bucha

041123-M-2583M-020. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

East and West German guards converse at the newly created opening in the Berlin Wall after a crane removed a section of the structure beside the Brandenburg Gate..

A view of the Kibumba refugee camp. An estimated 1.2 million Rwandan refugees fled to Zaire after a civil war erupted in their country. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

030604-M-5882G-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

000809-A-0662H-027. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, and members of the Indian Army Corps of Engineers pour concrete at the Bankhaocha-Angkromklong School construction site in Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 15, 2024. Marines of MWSS-174 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

031020-F-0981H-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Policeman running stone pelted on road Bandra Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India 21-October-2008 India Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Sylhet, Bangladesh: General students protesting by blocking the Sylhet-Sunamganj highway demanding quota reforms, then at 1:00 PM the police went into action to counter the movement.

CHINA LAKE - OICC China Lake Commanding Officer Capt. Laurie Scott delivered closing remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony held April 20 at the Warhead Casing Operations facility on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, which officially marked the last contract to break ground as part of the $2.7B Military Construction and Restoration and Modernization Earthquake Recovery Program.

Bomb damage assessment photograph of the Al Sahra Airfield, Iraq used by Pentagon officials in a press briefing during DESERT FOX. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT FOX Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Representatives of the clan leaders of Mogadishu dismantle a roadblock along the "Green Line", the boarder that separates the city's north and south and opposing clans. The gentlemen carry cement block out of the street. Unidentifiable military forces are seen in Armored Personnel Carriers in the background. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

030202-M-7031A-013. Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

1994 Zaire - A US military High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) enters the Kibumba refugee camp in Goma Zaire Operation Support Hope.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-81. Hurricane Katrina

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Elmina. Abese Number Five, an Asafo Post that represents the role of the navy throughout Elmina's history.

050710-A-6108G-431. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040329-M-5753Q-121. Base: Hadithah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The main entrance to the Ascension Community High School one of the six construction project sites. The school will receive a new roof and interior walls courtesy of Combined Task Force Falcon participants in this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Country: French Guiana (GUF)

Traffic police on duty with face shields and masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Agartala, Tripura, India. (Photo by: Abhisek Saha/Majority World/UIG)

Changing the guard, Chinese army at Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

960604-A-3327S-002. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Gorazde Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Street scene with a statue depicting a heroic Albanian military. Monument to the national hero Isa Boletini. Shkodra. Albania, Balkan, Europe.

030417-M-3692C-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 8, 2022) - The Seabee flag flies above Amphibious Construction Battalion Ones project site during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

A new refrigerator arrives at the Orphanage located in AL Hillah, Iraq. The fridge is one of many gifts donated by US Navy (USN) Sailors and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 1ST Battalion, 4th Marines, during their visit to the Orphanage, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030419-M-5607A-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050721-A-6108G-339. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030415-F-7203T-009. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A long-range aerial view of the main gate looking west. The gate is controlled and staffed by Turkish military. A U.S. Air Force Security Policeman serves on the gate as liaison. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

Riot police try to control the situation after the Dalit community resort to violent protests, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-278-117. Hurricane Katrina

050710-A-1906W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

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