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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)

060117-A-5745M-125. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

November 8, 2006 - A soldier plays soccer with an Iraqi boy during humanitarian efforts while on a Mounted Combat Patrol in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.

050630-A-9930K-060. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030319-M-9933D-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bubyan Bridge Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU (SOC)

Army desert training at Fort Irwin

Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, Charlie 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment Headquarters Platoon Sgt. Alfred Osorio, a native of Los Angeles, Calif., speaks with Iraqi children while maintaining a security perimeter for his platoon while in Ula Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on Sep. 24, 2008.

030121-F-7203T-023. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Marines eat lunch at a local Iraqi restaurant near As Suwayrah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured left-to-right are: Lance Corporal (LCPL) Ivey, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment (3/23); GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Heidi Schuerger, SENIOR Non-Commissioned Officer (SNCO), 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG); and MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) James Roberts, SENIOR Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (SNCOIC) MARFORRES, Combat Visual Information Center (CVIC). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: As Suwayrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030818-M-7837W-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Commando Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030620-A-9765G-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030520-M-4066S-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041116-M-4855P-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Habbaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050812-A-2140D-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B 3-21

U.S. Army Sgt. Derrick Somers of Rigby, Idaho, from the 230th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade Combat Team stops and talks to vender at a market in Jabella, Iraq, on Oct. 31, 2008.

Armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle, US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Mark Cepiel with the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (CAB) talks with elders from the small village of Kohi Sofi, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kohi Sofi Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Cpl. Mark Woodyard, a Texas Agribusiness Development Team security forces member, teaches Afghan kids how to do push-ups April 8, 2010, at Sanayee High School in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan. Woodyard is deployed to Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan.

030509-F-8362B-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051011-A-2611R-169. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH ACR

A local man offers Sgt. 1st Class Kelvin Bailey, commander of the 640th Quartermaster Company, a freshly caught fish while Bailey and his team fueled a water pump in southern Iraq. During a year-long tour out of Camp Cedar II, members of the 640th act as coalition ambassadors to communities surrounding two major military posts in southern Iraq.

041211-M-0036Y-008. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050829-A-0575B-045. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF76

030413-M-0175R-072. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050819-A-9154J-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

040314-M-5150A-008. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050707-A-1566H-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert Wolfe, security force platoon leader for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, greets a Farahi man as he walks by during a key leader engagement at the directorate of information and culture offices in Farah City, April 10. PRT Farah met with the provincial director of information and culture to discuss ongoing communication efforts in Farah province and to deliver cameras for distribution to local journalists that were donated by the International Center for Journalists. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in Farah province, Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the Agency for International Development (USAID).

070324-M-7404B-002. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army Soldiers sit on the floor during their graduation from the School of Infantry (SOI) on Camp Yasser, 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. 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (fwd) is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al 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 CPL. Sheila M. Brooks) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOI

060411-A-7969G-011. Base: Laq Laq State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

U.S. Army 1Lt. Christopher George, a platoon leader with Alpha Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, talks to a Afghan local while patrolling the streets of the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 28.

An Iraqi child holds on to the hand of Sgt. Michael Bearden, native of Cartersville, Ga., and other children interact with other Soldiers during a visit to the Al-Gowood Orphanage in Kadhimiya, Iraq, July 30, 2008. The Soldiers are part of Delta Company,1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment,101st Airborne Division. (Air Force Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez)

U.S. Army Spc. Luciano Mada applies bandages to a baby July 7, 2007, in Baghdad, Iraq, after it suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns during a cooking accident. Mada is a combat medic with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Capt. Hans Winkler and 1st Lt. Jasamine Pettie talk to children April 19, 2012, in Laghman Province, Afghanistan. The Airmen are assigned to the Laghman Prevential Reconstruction Team where they help increase local government infrastructure in the Laghman Province. Winkler is assigned to the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and Pettie is assigned to the of the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

050708-A-1566H-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Valley, 511th MP Company, demonstrates the proper way of raising a person who they have apprehended at the Al Kut Police Station, Al Kut, Iraq on Oct. 25, 2008. The Iraqi Police were demonstrating their skills showing they were prepared to perform security for the upcoming Provincial Iraqi Control ceremony.

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - A child from Angla Kala village gives a high five to U.S. Army Spc. Jesus B. Fernandez of San Jose, Calif., an assistant team leader 3rd Platoon, Chosen Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, during a unit visit on Feb. 6. International Security Assistance Force troops regularly meet with village elders to improve communications between residents and government officials.

Members of the Nangarhar provincial reconstruction team's agribusiness development team and Task Force Duke listen to a speaker during a Feb. 14 ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.

060320-A-5745M-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

020521-F-9085B-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Military training at a secondary school in Tripoli, Libya, North Africa, Africa

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Agie, Commander of 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, talks with Iraqi Gen. Mustafa, commander of the concerned local citizens of Arab Jabour, during a humanitarian mission in Arab Jabour, Iraq, Oct. 16, 2007. Coalition forces provided the local citizens of Arb Jabour with free medical care and food.

U.S. Army Pfc. Ali Hargis, assigned to 55th Signal Company, Joint Combat Camera-Iraq, interviews a soldier from the Iraqi Army's 37th Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, about his two-and-a-half week training with U.S. Soldiers on how to spot and report unknown explosive ordinances and improvised explosive devices at Camp Taji, Iraq, Aug. 3.

During a Sensitive Site Exploitation mission, a U.S. Navy Seal talks to local Afghani villagers about the movements of Al Qaida and Taliban, Jan. 24, 2002. Navy special operations forces are conducting missions in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

050623-A-6108G-134. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040708-F-5789F-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers with the command group of the 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division meet with the command group of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi National Police Division in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, March 31, 2008, to discuss a joint operation. The operation will be conducted in the event members of Jaysh Mahdi do not comply with a weapons turn-in as instructed by Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

NAWA, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Children at Khalaj High School raise their hand after their teacher asked who wants to grow up to be a Marine during a visit from U.S. senators to Nawa, Afghanistan, Nov. 11, 2010. Senators John McCain, a senior senator from Arizona, Lindsey Graham, a senior senator from South Carolina, Kirsten Gillibrand, a junior senator from New York, and Joseph I. Lieberman, a junior senator from Connecticut, visited Marines of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, where they toured Khalaj High School, the Nawa District bazaar and the Nawa District Governance Center as well as meeting with Nawa government officials.

A large crowd of Somali women and children gather around a US Marine from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendeton, California. The crowd formed once word got out about the giving away of free food. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

030410-M-4779G-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Saddam City Country: Iraq (IRQ)

061128-N-0448N-002. Base: Manama Country: Bahrain (BHR)

020122-F-3356N-004. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

041211-M-0173F-029. Country: Unknown

051229-A-2718K-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011026-F-5114B-034. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR EXCERCISE 01/02 Base: Mubarak Military City State: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)

060127-A-5745M-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

060220-A-2718K-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050630-A-9930K-054. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

060417-A-5745M-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

050826-A-1327A-047. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Salerno State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BDE 82ND ABN

070228-A-3155B-002. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040731-M-4419R-008. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Asia, Yemen, Haraz Mountains. Hassan, Murtada.

040717-F-1351B-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQI MILITARY

JOINT SECUIRTY STATION ZAFARANIYA, Iraq - An Iraqi Army soldier assigned to 1st Company, 2nd Battalion, 37th Regiment, 9th Infantry Division conducts a patrol in a neighborhood in the Al Karradhah district of eastern Baghdad, Dec 31. IA soldiers were assisted in the counter-improvised explosive device operation by Paratroopers assigned to Battery B, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. Under the security agreement Iraqi Security Forces will now oversee all military operations in Iraq.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Thomas Strickland, a squad leader with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, greets an Afghan farmer in a poppy field near the Marines' patrol base in Helmand province's Green Zone, west of the Nahr-e Saraj canal, March 27. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

030906-F-5586B-008. Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Staff Sgt. Jon Anderstrom buys baklava, a pastry with honey and nuts, from a local shop while he meets with Iraqi shop owners at Cedar Market, Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2008. Anderstrom is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment.

030821-A-5447B-004. Base: Dah Masazo Kalay State: Quandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060126-A-1211S-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

040614-M-8530M-025. Base: Karabilah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: K/03/7

A U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) talks to local Afghanis while conducting a Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE) mission in the Jaji mountains, Feb. 12, 2002. Navy Special Operations Forces are conducting missions in Afghanistan in support Operation Enduring Freedom.

050702-A-9144B-077. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 1/11 ACR

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Isacc Pauole a range coach with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, counts shots during Bravo Companys table two shoot at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California June 13, 2022. All recruits must participate in the table two rifle qualification course during the 3rd phase of recruit training.

An Iraqi woman watches from the gate of her home as U.S. Army soldiers and Iraqi army soldiers conduct a joint patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on March 1, 2008. The U.S. Army soldiers are attached to Heavy Troop, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment.

040820-F-5789F-001. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040429-A-8255A-036. Base: Orgun Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class (A1C) George Hildebrand, Yokota Air Base, Japan, administers immunization shots to a Kurdish woman at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060422-A-5745M-082. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

060318-A-0527A-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

031214-F-0981H-015. Base: Coalition Provisional Authority State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CPA/Strategic Communications

060308-A-5745M-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

060427-A-6365W-294. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

060131-A-5043I-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: International Zone State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH BRIGADE

An arrested suspect is discharged.

030202-M-5150A-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST CEB

020723-A-3497H-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Residents of Haifa Street receive food and aid from U.S. Army Soldiers in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 13, 2007.

U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Taylor Steele, a civil affairs officer assigned to 416th Civil Affairs Battalion, takes a selfie with members of the crowd during a community outreach performance 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.

040909-A-2912C-037. Base: Forward Operating Base Tiger Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030517-M-5266H-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 25-Feb

040909-M-7719F-029. Base: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A local Iraqi sheik reads an oath that all recent Iraqi detainees must recite during their repatriation ceremony on Combat Outpost Apache, Iraq, March 21, 2008.

020930-A-6042E-011. Base: Quandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Shot from the left rear corner of a 5-ton cargo truck as US Marines load ammunition seized in a raid on Mogadishu's Bakara Market. One Marine stands on the back of the vehicle and reached down to take a belt of munitions from a Marine on the ground. A large group of Somali civilians are seen in the background. The raid, dubbed Operation Nutcracker, swept the large market in Somalia's capital for arms and munitions of all sorts. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A U.S. Army Soldier gives an Iraqi child candy while on patrol in Haswa, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2007.

U.S. Army Col. Anthony Zabek, detention capabilities director, salutes an Afghan national army soldier as he graduates March 30, 2008, at the Afghan National Detainee Facility in Kabul, Afghanistan. More than 40 ANA soldiers completed a seven-week correction specialist course which included riot control, detainee transport, feeding operations, emergency response and security.

030424-M-8658H-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040909-A-2912C-033. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fob Tiger Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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