Military Operations in Iraq

Images depict military personnel engaged in operations in Iraq. Scenes include soldiers in tactical gear, vehicles, and training exercises in various environments.

U.S. Air Force Airmen discuss details about a CBRN exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, September 15, 2022. MOPP gear is protective equipment worn in CBRN-contaminated environments meant to protect an individual from CBRN agents. This CBRN training utilized MOPP gear to ensure Airmen are ready to respond and defend its personnel and assets.

060227-A-7969G-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

060120-A-3283V-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Diwaniyah State: Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Airmen discuss details about a CBRN exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, September 15, 2022. MOPP gear is protective equipment worn in CBRN-contaminated environments meant to protect an individual from CBRN agents. This CBRN training utilized MOPP gear to ensure Airmen are ready to respond and defend its personnel and assets.

060221-A-7969G-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

050117-A-5043I-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQI ARMY

050329-F-8584G-043. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Central Command

060123-A-1211S-096. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

040610-M-5555L-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050924-A-2098S-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 172ND SBCT

Iraqi Concerned Local Citizens, Iraqi National Police and U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Troop, 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division clear a main roadway of improvised explosive devices outside of Hamidat, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2008.

031102-F-7234P-002. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 315th Psychological Operations C

050810-A-2140D-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B 3-21

051007-A-0527A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050712-A-8255A-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hiazm State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060307-A-1211S-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

030821-M-7837W-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070326-M-2819S-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

040708-F-5789F-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050621-A-1566H-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Echo State: Al Diwaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070324-M-2166H-016. Complete Scene Caption: An Iraqi Army Soldier in the School of Infantry (SOI) simulates setting an ambush during a practice exercise 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

030324-M-4779G-017. Base: Al Shur Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Humberto Moreno, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, supervises Iraqi army soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 11th Infantry Division firing on targets during a live-fire training exercise at the Black Falcon training center in Adhamiya Iraq, June 12, 2007.

ZARQA, Jordan - An Iraqi soldier provides security while exfiltrating from a ground assault operation during exercise Eager Lion, September 8, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion is considered the capstone event of the broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces, one of U.S. Central Commands strongest and most reliable partners in the region, leading the way for security and stability using conventional and nonconventional scenarios to activate a combined joint task force. The exercise underscores the United States commitment to partners in the Middle East and joint defense against hybrid threats by state and non-state actors.

ZARQA, Jordan - An Iraqi soldier provides security while exfiltrating from a ground assault operation during exercise Eager Lion, September 8, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion is considered the capstone event of the broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces, one of U.S. Central Commands strongest and most reliable partners in the region, leading the way for security and stability using conventional and nonconventional scenarios to activate a combined joint task force. The exercise underscores the United States commitment to partners in the Middle East and joint defense against hybrid threats by state and non-state actors.

U.S. Army Sgt. Charlie Jones provides security during a joint dismounted presence patrol at a market in Narhwan, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2007. Jones is from Bravo Troop, 3rd Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.

060110-A-3283V-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Diwaniyah State: Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Harley Zimmer, 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, follows his MWD, Mindi, as she approaches a house during a demonstration at Air Base 201, Niger, Jan. 27, 2024. The capability demonstration was part of a base visit from Chief Master Sgt. Ted Braxton, 406th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, to meet with and recognize deployed service members in Niger.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, 351st Civil Affairs Command, USACAPOC, conduct an after action review to determine strengths and weaknesses of the teams communication and assessment skills during a comprehensive simulated training exercise designed to test civil affairs teams ability to assess a village and engage key leaders August 27, 2022, at the schoolhouse in Junction City, a part of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.

050628-A-1566H-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030610-M-5266H-010. Base: Ash Shatrah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40599

010622-A-7788K-001. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

060116-A-6365W-150. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

060219-A-5745M-101. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a security patrol through the Nawa district of Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 18, 2009. Marines conduct security patrols to decrease insurgent activity and gain the trust of the Afghan people. The Marines are deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

Cpl. Boe Trujillo, a field artillery cannon crewman with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, kneels to pass out candy to local children while on a patrol through the area of Kajaki, Sept. 8. "Many of the children around here have very little. Some do not even have shoes," said Trujillo, from Denver. "So what little we can do to put a smile on their face makes it all worthwhile." On a daily basis, Marines of India Battery patrol the area around the Kajaki Dam to earn the trust of the locals and to push the Taliban back.

051206-A-2718K-112. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050704-A-9039F-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

030322-M-8658H-045. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: I MEF

060121-F-2869F-004. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060320-A-5745M-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

040608-M-0706S-017. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060324-A-7969G-014. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

020522-F-9085B-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

111207-F-FT240-039 U.S. Army Spc. Jason Bruno secures an area during an assessment of the local bazaar in the Shah Joy district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 7, 2011. Bruno is a rifleman assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul.

Spc. Samuel Cintron Jr., Bravo Troop, 102nd Cavalry Squadron, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, guards an entry control point with an Iraqi soldier at Forward Operating Base Grizzly, Iraq.

060313-A-5043I-092. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

060205-A-5747J-086. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dibis State: At Ta 'Mim Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD CO. 2 BN 2 BDE 4TH IA DIV

041115-A-1067B-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060327-A-5745M-125. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

041211-M-0036Y-005. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040411-M-5440-015. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060422-A-5745M-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

041227-M-2353F-008. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070317-M-2819S-025. Complete Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army prepares to leave on a mounted patrol alongside the Marines with Military Transition Team. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) 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. Neill A. Sevelius) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-2-1 MTT

041209-M-0036Y-019. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040605-M-4419R-076. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to the 4th Civil Affairs Group, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), meet with local Iraqi Police Officials in the town of Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Rifa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040716-F-1351B-070. Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

With an Iraqi audience, Marines from Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), stand guard outside their command post in the city of Qalat Sukar during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060120-A-3283V-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Diwaniyah State: Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060113-A-4545F-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040328-M-5753Q-074. Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051007-A-0527A-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

070317-M-2819S-013. Complete Scene Caption: An Iraqi girl watches as Marines with the Military Transition Team and Soldiers with the Iraqi Army search houses during a mounted patrol. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) 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. Neill A. Sevelius) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-2-1 MTT

220601-N-TI693-1142MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 1, 2022) U.S. Coast Guardsmen, front left, assigned to Tactical Law Enforcement Team South, brief Tunisian sailors during a visit, board, search, and seizure training drill aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) as part of exercise Phoenix Express 22, June 1, 2022. Phoenix Express 22, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation among participating nations in order to increase maritime safety and security in the Mediterranean.

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, refine tactics, techniques and procedures during a close quarters battle training event during Exercise Platinum Lion 22 at Novo Selo Training Area, July 27, 2022. Exercise Platinum Lion is a battalion-level event designed to provide quality, organized and realistic training for designated military units from the United States, United Kingdom and Bulgaria. The exercise reinforces relationships in a combined training environment, builds understanding of partner nation tactics, techniques and procedures and increases interoperability with allied and partner forces.

040607-M-0706S-023. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

030408-M-4419R-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

050602-A-8255A-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020523-F-9085B-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kubal Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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

030224-M-0523L-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Hq Bn, 1ST Marine Division

030407-M-7371B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 030407-M-7371B-005

Ruiz, the officer in charge of the police mentoring team, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, talks to a local Afghan man during a patrol, May 24. Ruiz, a 30-year-old native of Houston, Texas, said the man had previously reported being harassed by insurgents. The man said he had not experienced any problems since the last time he talked to the Marines.

041130-M-3658J-001. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

030413-M-0175R-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistical Support Area Chesty Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040609-M-5555L-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Sgt. William Russell, a security force member of the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), provides security during a key leader engagement at a hospital in Farah city, Farah province, Afghanistan, Oct. 30, 2012. Farah PRT's mission was to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders in Farah province. Farah PRT was comprised of U.S. Sailors, Soldiers and members of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

German soldiers assigned to the 212th Panzergrenadier Battalion, 21st Panzer Brigade, 1st Panzer Division, clear a trench during a live-fire exercise as part of Defender Europe at Oberlausitz Training Area, Germany, May 19, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, demonstrates how to clear a house with Moroccan Special Operations during close-quarters combat training in Tifnit, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 23, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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.

A Soldier from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 113th Infantry Battalion, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, patrols Safwan, Iraq.

030202-M-5150A-028. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST CEB

050623-A-9039F-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Orgun-E State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division patrol Jsir Dyala, Iraq, on Jan. 27, and inspect from the rooftop the security needs of a polling location for the upcoming elections.

060413-A-5043I-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

060315-M-9019H-022. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060228-A-1211S-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

A Marine carries machine gun barrels confiscated during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

031027-F-9429S-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

030413-M-0175R-089. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Pfc. Justin C. Kilgore with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, patrols past the compound his unit held for two days during Operation Khanjar, Aug. 10. The Marines of Co. E have been operating in this area and heavily engaged with insurgents since their initial helicopter insertion July 2.

041117-M-4329J-033. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSB-1

070103-A-9307C-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Dingak Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040605-M-4419R-044. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030409-M-5753Q-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment patrol Rusafa, Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2008.

Afghanistan. 04/28/2013. Surveillance patrol through the streets of Qala-i-Naw by the soldiers stationed at the Spanish base.

060308-A-5745M-051. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

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