Military Operations in Iraq

Scenes depicting military personnel engaged in operations and humanitarian efforts in Iraq, including interactions with local civilians.

020525-F-9085B-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060220-A-7969G-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B1-187

041104-M-0036Y-018. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Co., 834th Aviation Support Battalion, an element of the aviation Task Force 34 headquartered on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, delivered fuel to the local Bakir Village on Mar. 12. Task Force 34 also took this opportunity to distribute humanitarian supplies, shoes, and candy to the local Iraqi elders and children.

050628-A-1566H-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070323-M-6412C-014. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marien Corps Lance CPL. Ian M. Taylor from Port Orchard, Wash. with 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines patrols past some Iraqi civilians as he searches the surrounding area for Anti Iraqi Force activity during Operation Zaidon II on March 23, 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 Sh

041103-M-0036Y-021. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELARAM, Farah Province, Afghanistan - Sgt. Perry J. Bessant, a squad leader from Co. F, gives out meal ready-to-eat and water after a shura on the last day of Operation Germinate Oct. 10, 2009.

Sergeant (SGT) Mark Herbst from "C" Company, 307th Forward Support Battalion (FSB) attached to Task Force "Devil," Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division and a translator, screen people of the Haji Lalay Kalacha village for medical care by visiting US Army (USA) Doctors, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Haji Lalay Kalacha Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

020525-F-9085B-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050630-A-9930K-079. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: North Sal Heva State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3ID 4TH BGD 4/64 CAV REG TF4

031202-F-9629J-002. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

061107-M-7387J-013. Base: Hadithah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Col. Javier Soria, deputy director of Military Advisor Group - North, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, meets with members of Peshmerga and 1st Supporting Forces Command at a graduation ceremony, Duhok, Iraq, Dec. 5, 2022. The event recognized twenty-eight officers' completion of the three-monthlong heavy weapons and artillery training.

A local villages talks to Maj. Anthony Aragon, the civil affairs team leader with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, during a patrol, June 18. Marines left on a morning patrol to find locals and discuss possible improvements for the area.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Scott Boogerd, assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, shakes hands with a local elder in a village south of Golestan, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2009. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment are meeting with the elder to give him a parachute to use as a school's roof.

041207-M-2583M-040. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040112-F-1798W-008. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051016-A-9297R-026. Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

040716-F-4884R-014. Base: Albu Hassan State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050729-A-9889G-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050908-A-2140D-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Combat Outpost State: Rawah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40647

060411-A-7969G-013. Base: Laq Laq State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060430-A-6365W-264. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

070228-A-0350A-109. Base: Camp Taji State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060308-A-5745M-099. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

A Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, speaks to a villager in the city of Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb 14. Marines with Bravo and Alpha Co., 1/6 inserted into the city at night by helicopters as part of a large-scale offensive aimed at routing the Taliban from their last-known stronghold in Helmand province.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Jones, with the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, talks with a member of the Sons of Iraq in Ameriyah, Iraq, Feb. 9, 2009.

070414-A-9834L-022SANGIN, Afghanistan - A 1st Kandak, 209th Afghan National Army Corps soldier greets two children who came to a scheduled medical civil assistance program relief mission at the Sangin city district center in Helmand Province April 14. Afghan Nation Army and Coalition forces medically treated more than 500 men, women and children during the 3-day MEDCAP.

Dr. Gulam, a provincial veterinarian, teaches a goat herder how to deworm his livestock April 2, 2008, during a veterinary mission on Farah Firebase, Afghanistan. Gulamand U.S. civil affairs team coordinated with the Afghan herdsmen to arrange treatment for their animals.

041122-M-2583M-012. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040607-M-0706S-040. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Afghan national security force members speak with local boys while taking a break during a patrol of a village north of the Buji Bhast pass Jan. 27.

Corporal Timothy Stark, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment meets with a farmer in order to verify whether or not hes successfully changed his crop from poppy, Marjah, Afghanistan, April 23. While out on patrol Marine and Afghan forces with 1/6 met with local farmers and landowners who are participating in the Marjah Accelerated Agricultural Transition program.

040310-F-6244S-001. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Erik Rasmussen (right), a squad leader with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 8, speaks to a local Afghan through an interpreter to offer assistance following three days of heavy rain at Turah Shah Ghundey, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2011. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

030823-M-7837W-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070326-M-2819S-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

Iraqi children receive candy from U.S. Army Sgt. Anthony Woods from 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment attached to 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, during the clearing of the village of Tammuz, in Diyala Province, Iraq, on March 2, 2009.

020416-F-1644L-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

040607-M-0631S-012. Base: Camp Junction City State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-BCT

040610-M-7514K-030. Base: Ar Ar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

040610-M-7514K-011. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

A U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, searches an enemy during a training excersise at Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 20, 2007.

050524-A-8255A-113. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Riyadh Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

040614-M-8530M-009. Base: Karabilah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: K/03/7

030201-M-9578B-008. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: H & HS

An Iraqi interpreter with U.S. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade points at small business that is scheduled to receive a payout from the U.S. Government in Shulah, Iraq, Jan. 8. The U.S. Government distributes payouts or money to small businesses for improvements and upkeep of their shops.

070905-A-5406P-024.JPG -Sgt. Yasser Ahmed, a soldier from the Iraqi Armys 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 11th Infantry Division, talks with a local woman during a patrol in the Grayaat area of Baghdads Adhamiyah District Sep. 5. Yasser is currently taking part in a program that embeds Iraqi Soldiers for two months with platoons from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

030502-F-7924J-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041112-M-0173F-002. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040112-F-5435R-051. Base: Iraq Civil Defense Corps Academy State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Afghan National Interpreter and U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant Matthew Hilderbrand from White Tank, 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Regiment talk with an Afghan boy during a patrol at a bazaar in the Zabul province of Afghanistan June 29, 2010.

041208-M-6795S-004. Base: Sperah Village State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division train new Iraqi police officers on basic police skills as part of the Iraqi Police Prep Course on Taji, Iraq, Oct. 25, 2007.

051229-A-7359K-060. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

040926-A-0363C-050. Base: A-Camp Lane (DEH AFGHANA) Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051008-A-8255A114. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Riyad State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Royal Saudi Land Force service members show a U.S. Soldier with Task Force Hurricane from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, how to apply a leg splint during a host nation integration Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 23, 2022. Sharing knowledge and training together sustain readiness in the region, strengthens partnerships and builds strong combat-ready Soldiers.

030502-A-4835R-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Staff Sgt. Brendan R. Piper, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, serving as the Iraqi Assistance Center NOIC, 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, hangs a sign on the new Iraqi Assistance Center in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sep. 2, 2008.

051207-A-2718K-084. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040330-M-0367H-011. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Tunisian explosive ordnance disposal team with the 61st Engineering Group prepares a water bottle charge to blast open a door for an explosive ordnance disposal exercise during African Lion 22 at a Tunisian Armed Forces Base in Bizerte, Tunisia, June 24, 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 setting the theater for strategic access.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Infantry provide security in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, on a street corner in Al Nu'maniyah, Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070205-A-1985S-046. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE

040615-F-5789F-004. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040811-F-5789F-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050428-F-3408B-044. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020525-F-9085B-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

GOWRAGI, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Farid Ahmad, a squad leader with the 215th Corps, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, and member of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Combined Action Company, watches Afghan women and children walk out of the room of a compound in Gowragi, Afghanistan, so his fellow Afghan Army soldiers can search it during a clearing operation, Oct. 1, 2010. The clearing operation was followed by a sustained presence in the area.

U.S. Army unit supply specialists with the 369th Special Troops Battalion, organize equipment for issuing to Soldiers during post mobilization training, Sept. 24, 2022, North Fort Hood, Texas.

051117-A-9297R-023. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

041116-F-2034C-017. Base: Ad Dwr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Robert D. Dodson, right, of Spring, Texas, with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, talks to a business owner about damages done to his shop near Marjeh, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2010. Dodson will make a list of all problems and pay for each one caused by Marines' actions in the area.

040416-F-2902B-012. Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

101127-F-2185F-034 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Raymond Gobberg (2nd from right), the information operations officer for the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team, talks with a village elder during a canal site survey near Highway 1 in the Zabul province of Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2010. During the visit the team discussed problems facing the village and how the local government receives information.

041227-M-2353F-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

PFC. Scott Taylor, 21st Military Police Company, Fort Bragg, NC, frisk Somalis before they receive medical care. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Army Col. Toby Green from Sioux Falls, S.D., in command of 1st Cavalry Division, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, hands out candy to Iraqi children while on a dismounted patrol with his Personal Security Detachment through a market as they talk to the local shopkeepers about the upcoming holiday in Adhamiyah, Baghdad, Iraq, on March 6.

031215-F-2869F-033. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: JOINT

030331-M-3138H-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070324-M-2166H-057. Complete Scene Caption: An Iraqi Army Soldier instructor reads the names of the Soldiers that still need to get their weapon inspected at the School of Infantry (SOI) at Camp Yasser on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq 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 Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

040818-M-9382M-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051215-A-6365W-230. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 ID

060118-A-2777C-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

While providing medical aid to the people of the village of Narin in the Faryab province of Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Jessica Walla, a medic with 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery of the 10th Mountain Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team, examines the feet and legs of a baby girl July 26. The Batterys 2nd platoon brought two medics who aided numerous villagers with various ailments.

An Afghan National Civil Order Police officer speaks to a local shop owner during a mission led by U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, to patrol the streets outside of Combat Operating Post 8-1, in downtown Kandahar City, Afghanistan, May 29. The objective of the mission is to set up tactical control points to search vehicles/occupants, and to gather atmospherics from the general population.

040818-F-4441R-054. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060104-A-7359K-088. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

040708-A-7629B-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Charikar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

051010-A-2098S-022. Base: Mosul State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Spanish Armed Forces soldiers meet with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Matthew Carlino (right), a Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, during Exercise Bull Shark, Grand Bara, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of CJTF-HOA and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration.

U.S Army Sgt. 1st Class David Banks, from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, moves through Pana, Afghanistan, during a cordon and search, June 9, 2007.

NAWA, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai speaks with Gen. Stanley A. McCrystal, commander of NATO International Security Assistance Force and US Forces Afghanistan, as they enjoy a cup of tea at a local store in Nawa districts marketplace Jan. 2. The pair was also joined by Mohammed G. Mangal, governor of Helmand province, to see progress in Nawa and meet with the district council, citizens and US Marines.

Public Affairs Officer for the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Karl Wiest, interacts with local Afghan boys during a PRT Farah presence patrol in and around the city of Farah, Nov. 9, 2009. Along with deterring enemy activity, presence patrols are designed help military forces gain the support and trust of the local people through building positive relationships.

040607-M-0706S-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

Army desert training at Fort Irwin

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Attack Company 1/32 Infantry, 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division engage with the local populace in Syria on June. 21, 2022. Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve continues to advise, assist, and enable partner forces in designated areas of Syria to set conditions for long-term security.

030620-A-7751W-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040610-M-7514K-035. Base: Ar Ar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

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