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Military Operations in Iraq

Action-oriented images depicting military vehicles and personnel operating in the challenging environments of Iraq. Illustrates logistics and combat operations.

060411-A-6365W-224. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030404-M-5753Q-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

040321-M-5523R-018. Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A US Marine Corps Humvee Creeps Down a Crowded Afghan Dirt Road Near the Village of Watapor

The militaries of France and Kuwait, strategic partners and allies of the United States, coordinate on their 7th joint military exercise since 1992. The Pearl of the West has combined arms in action, integrating armor, artillery, attack helicopters, PATRIOT missile strikes, and a squadron of Rafale fighter jets overhead. Minister of Defence Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al Sabah, Kuwait, and Ambassador Claire Le Fleischer, France, were in attendance at Udairi Range, Kuwait, December 8, 2022.

DA-SC-88-04588. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

FORT IRWIN, Calif. - U.S. Soldiers from 1st Platoon, 1036th Engineer Company, 875th Engineer Battalion pass through a breech following a Mine Clearing Line Charge detonation during Decisive Action Rotation 15-09 at the National Training Center (NTC), August 16, 2015. National Guard Soldiers from Jonesboro, Arkansas utilize the live, virtual, and constructive training environment that NTC has to offer

BUBIYAN ISLAND, Kuwait - Tankers serving with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, the 11th Marine Expeditionary Units ground combat element, prepare M1A1 Abrams for driving on this uninhabited island Nov. 21. Ground and logistics combat elements of the 11th MEU landed Nov. 20 from the amphibious transport dock ship Cleveland and the amphibious dock landing ship Rushmore. The tank detachment is from 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division.

030710-A-8186D-032. Base: Camp Warhorse State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) stops at a position manned by Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), in a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Dahuk Country: Iraq(IRQ)

030815-M-7837W-033. Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: MAG-39

A member of the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div., load Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods into a Heavy Expandable Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) prior to conducting a live fire exercise. Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A right front view of an Iraqi S-60 57mm automatic anti-aircraft gun that was captured during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

050622-A-9889G-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030322-M-4419R-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

030420-M-5607A-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Air Force sergeant examines an Iraqi M-1939 twin 37mm automatic anti-aircraft gun abandoned near the Anica Bent Hobabe Alicaria School for Girls during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Two soldiers clear away some of the dirt around their fighting position at Range 1 prior to a live-fire exercise. The soldiers are wearing multiple iintegrated laser engagement system (MILES) gear on their helmets and jackets. Base: Fort Irwin State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

050510-F-2902B-104. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AIR MOBILITY COMMAND

DM-ST-88-07832. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

030327-M-2306K-050. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramaylah Oil Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Motor Transport Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, transport a notionally injured Marine as part of Motorized Immersion Training during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 7, 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 their upcoming overseas deployment.

U.S. Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare for an amphibious landing of elements from Task Force 61 Naval Amphibious Forces Europe/2nd Marine Division (TF-61/2) in Saaremaa, Estonia during DEFENDER-Europe on May 21, 2022 and Estonian HEDGEHOG 22. DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within U.S. European Commands Large Global Scale Exercise construct taking place in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy.

041211-M-2583M-090. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. 1st Marine Division, Alpha Company, 3D Amphibious Assault Battalion conducts their Amphibious Assault Vehicle qualifications tables 1-9 for the first time at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., on Nov. 6, 2015. Alpha Company is conducting this training in preparation for future deployments.

030327-M-2306K-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramaylah Oil Field Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060219-A-5745M-117. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

U.S. Airmen assigned to Task Force Holloman tear down tents at the Life Support Area on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Jan. 27, 2022. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan. (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Elsi Delgado)

030403-M-9124R-102. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030405-M-8539K-094. Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Mar Div DM

As a group of US Army soldiers watch, an LAV-25 light armored vehicle is driven off a utility landing craft onto a beach in Egypt during Exercise BRIGHT STAR '94. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '94 Country: Egypt (EGY)

011108-F-1851B-049. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

DA-ST-88-04775. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area, Imperial Valley, California. (Editorial Use Only)

DA-ST-88-06913. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

U.S. soldiers check a Hawk surface-to-air missile battery stationed near the town of Al-Salman during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

010607-A-5975H-002. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, breach the objective while conducting Range 400 as a part of Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 8, 2022. ITX is a month-long training evolution comprised of multiple ranges to refine combined arms maneuver in offensive and defensive combat operations.

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Marine beachmasters use a TEREX 72-31MP2U/R forklift to load equipment onto utility landing craft during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DA-SC-88-04585. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), offload CH-53E Super Stallions during a Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain town exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 on U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona, April 2, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, which emphasizes the development of small task-organized unit experimentation across all warfighting functions, as well as enhance the battalion's ability to conduct command and control, fire-support planning, intelligence functions, and logistical support to distributed company level operations. This exercise continues support of 2d MARDIV's experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression.

Long shot of an explosion as dirt flies up into the air from a round of ordnance that hits near an abandoned T-72 tank on RANGE-6 down the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia. Personnel from Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York (not shown), fired Light Anti-tank weapons and AT-4s at the target. They are deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II. UNOSOM II is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPEUNOSOM II Base: Range 6 Country: Somalia (SOM)

A round from an M224 60 mm mortar system detonates during a digital kill chain exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 12, 2022. During the exercise, the Marines tested new digital target acquisition equipment for the M224 60 mm mortar system and the Mark 19 40 mm grenade machine gun.

041231-F-9429S-001. Subject Operation/Series: SECURITY FORCES IN UZBEKISTAN Base: Karshi-Khanabad Air Base Country: Uzbekistan (UZB)

DF-ST-86-07693. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

A Ballistic Aerial Target System (BATS) missile is launched during Marine Corps target operations. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Elizabeth Stroud, engineer platoon commander, Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), monitors the progress of a bridge construction in Trakh Nawa, Afghanistan, Oct. 27. The bridge will be used for military and civilian transport in the area.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Company, provide security during the crucible at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2022. The crucible is a 54-hour culminating event where recruits worked together to complete tasks given by their drill instructor.

Marines from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion instruct marines from Scout Sniper platoon, and Alpha Company ,Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, on a demolitions range and breaching course while in Djibouti. The 24th MEU remains as one of the most expedient units and rapid-response force ready to perform a full scale of missions ranging from humanitarian relief to full-scale combat operations.

Marines from Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, test the Expeditionary Fire Support System M327 120mm mortar at Pohakuloa Training Area, Aug. 23. The battery was elected to train on the new mortar system for the Marine Corps.

U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion 83, left, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4, lands on a beach in Morehead City, North Carolina to offload Marines attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Oct. 8, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU is operating in the Atlantic Ocean in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

060308-A-2718K-024A. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030129-M-5972A-040. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Al Jaber Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030924-F-8678S-004. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Italian Batteria di Artiglieria M109L Self-propelled Howitzers in position at Slatina Base. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

050814-N-5027S-031. Base: Duhok State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Navy SEALs Drive Hummers Through Simulated City

060413-A-5745M-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to towards an objective during and exercise on Range 400 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 9, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

New York National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 152nd Engineer Battalion as Search and Extractors double check their equipment during a Homeland Response Force validation exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA on September 11, 2022. The Soldiers were tasked with rappelling into a confined space to rescue casualties during the exercise. (New York National Guard photo by SSG Matthew Gunther)

Bombs explode in the desert following an air strike during Combined Arms exercises Five and Six. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft landing site is seen from the helicopter carrying Expedition 60 crew member Nick Hague of NASA back to Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Hague and fellow Expedition 60 crewmember Alexey Ovchinin are returning after 203 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 59 and 60 crews onboard the International Space Station. Visiting astronaut Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates also returned with etc crew after logging 8 days in space during his first flight as an astronaut.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, operate a Humvee with a smoke generator during Combined Resolve X live fire exercise at Grafenwoehr, Germany, April 19, 2018. The Joint Warfighting Assessment (JWA) helps the Army evaluate emerging concepts, integrate new technologies, and promote interoperability within the Army, with other services, U.S. allies, and other coalition partners. JWA is the only exercise venue assessing 27 concepts and capabilities while aligning with U.S. Army Europe Readiness and other component exercises such as Combined Resolve X and Blue Flag 18 with a focus on a ready, interoperable Joint Force capable of accomplishing the mission and overmatching current and future enemies across the range of military operations.

A 2nd Armored Division M-113 armored personnel carrier fords a rian-swollen stream during joint Air Force and US Readiness Command training exercise Brave Shield XIX. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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070217-A-6553F-021. Base: Fob Prosperity State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). A Line Charge of 1,700 pounds of C-4 explosives is detonated by the 2D Combat Engineering Battalion during Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) 5-97 at Range 114. Several Assault Amphibious and 5 ton truck vehicles are in close proximity to the detonation. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A woman pulls a cart across a bridge as South Korean Marines position their AAVP-7 assault amphibian vehicles in a dry river bed during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '89. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Country: South Korea

DF-ST-87-07506. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Headquarter (HQTRS) Company, Regimental Combat Team 5th Marines (RCT-5), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California (CA), provide security, with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles, at an unscheduled stop for their convoy of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) enroute to the Tactical Assembly Area (TAA) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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Combined M198 Towed Howitzer 155mm Rounds fired by the US Army (USA) 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, bombard simulated enemy terrain during a demonstration of the interoperability between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and Filipino forces during Exercise BALIKATAN 2003. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003 Base: Fort Magsaysay State: Luzon Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL)

Afghan National Army medical personnel, U.S. Soldiers and 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen arrived at the site of an Afghan Air Force Mi-17 helicopter crash in Kunar province Afghanistan. Upon arrival, teams assessed security, treated injuries and began the process of recovering the aircraft. An AAF safety investigation board has been conveyed to determine the cause of the crash.

060102-A-5886H-130. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baqubah State: Diyaka Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND

020420-F-2902B-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

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