Military Operations in Iraq

Images depicting military operations in Iraq, featuring abandoned equipment, artillery batteries, and defensive positions in desert landscapes.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division hold a defensive position during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 7, 2022.

030323-M-9124R-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Iraqi artillery battery in southern Iraq abandoned during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division hold a defensive position during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 7, 2022.

Marines from the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion use a small emplacement excavator (SEE), right, an M-9 armored combat earthmover (ACE), left foreground, and a front loader to dig protective positions for the vehicles and equipment of Task Force Breach Alpha during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

An abandoned Mil Mi-8 Hip-E helicopter sits in front of a hardened aircraft shelter destroyed during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq(IRQ)

An Iraqi armored column destroyed in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Euphrates River Valley Country: Iraq(IRQ)

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). An "Ant Hill", or communications antenna array farm is cleverly camouflaged in the Quaken Bush Training Area, during Final Exercise (FINEX), part of Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) 6-97. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041229M-3988H-007. Base: Fob Al Waleed State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-M-2353F-048. Base: Iraqi / Syrian Border State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060225-A-7969G-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment provide security from roof tops during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan Dec. 6, 2009. Marines utilize high ground so they can spot enemies from a distance.

Aerial view of Camp Fenway, operated by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in Southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fenway State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Overall view of the water bladders in tent city. The water supply will be used by United States Air Force personnel deployed to an air base in Jordan in support of the upcoming Air Power Expeditionary Force operation. Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Country: Jordan (JOR)

041203-M-0036Y-022. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030811-M-7837W-019. Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-234

DF-ST-87-00624. Base: Bergstrom Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040319-M-5150A-024. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060327-A-7969G-013. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

An aerial view of a military headquarters and barracks used by Iraqi troops and partially destroyed in a Coalition attack prior to the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

040921-M-2306K-043. Complete Scene Caption: Various types of binoculars (left), rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds, and RPG-7 grenade launchers, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Dick S. Kotecki) (Released)

030818-M-7837W-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Commando Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DA-ST-85-04897. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Afghanistan, Bamiyan Province, Bamiyan, 'Children Playing On Abandoned Tanks In Fied In Front Of Ruined Citadel Of Shahr-E-Gholgola Known As City Of The Screaming

satalite tv in the old town in the city of Aleppo in Syria in the middle east. MIDDLE EAST SYRIA ALEPPO COMMUNICATION SAT TV

030401-M-5455N-001. Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-ST-86-02261. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI)

Panoramic view of the dilapidated vehicles and buildings from the abandoned Soviet Surface to Air Missile site north of Sword Base, outside of Mogadishu, Somalia. The base is being prepared for destruction and this mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Sword Base, Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Demolished and abandoned vehicles line the highway en route to Basra in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

DM-ST-85-09379. Base: Dong Ha Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

990702-M-5696S-051. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Monteith State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

Tents are covered by camouflage netting as airmen participate in Exercise CROWN DEFENDER. Subject Operation/Series: CROWN DEFENDER Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030324-A-XXXXX-285. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041113-M-0173F-015. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030316-A-XXXXX-155. Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

Camouflage covers a U.S. Army psychological operations facility next to the 2nd Marine Division main area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030202-M-5753Q-022. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

DF-ST-89-00989. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-86-07757. Base: Anwar Country: Egypt (EGY)

030430-F-2034C-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

021017-F-6340W-003. Subject Operation/Series: SABERTOOTH 2002 Base: Bolling Air Force Base State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 11 Wing

DM-SC-87-12303. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Republic of Korea and Royal Thai amphibious assault vehicles make a beach landing during an amphibious assault rehearsal at Exercise Cobra Gold in Sattahip, Chonburi province, Thailand, Feb. 29, 2024. Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the long-standing friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. Marine Corps

011108-F-1851B-056. Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

030317-A-XXXXX-095. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

The city of Baikonur, Kazakhstan is seen from the aircraft carrying the Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov and Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Monday, Oct. 4, 2004. The crew will prepare for their launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station.

041204-M-0036Y-009. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030417-M-5266H-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - The City - 26-HK-383-50. Hurricane Katrina

Afghanistan, Robutac, Rubutak, looted by army, ancient Buddhist site

050623-A-6108G-113. Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACoE

Shot of Al Kharj Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Looking in a easterly direction, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Al Kharj Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Old fortress at kibbutz Revivim, in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 and during the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, fell behind Egyptian lines for several months. Members of the kibbutz lived in underground dugouts, and received food supplies by air and convoys that ran the Egyptian battle lines. Thirty members of the kibbutz survived the war, while eight were killed in raids and pitched battles with Egyptian forces

070103-M-4937G-142. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Gobi nomad's ger

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Gulfport-Biloxi Mission - 26-HK-367-15. Hurricane Katrina

Anti-Gaddafi troops, Ras Lanouf: A man displays the V for Victory sign with his fingers while donning an ammo belt around his shoulders.

030923-F-3820W-005. Base: Masirah Island Air Base State: Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

An aerial of the migrant camps built on golf course. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

DN-ST-89-09005. Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051204-A-7969G-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-320CA

A typical Iraqi dwelling as seen during the road march to the Tactical Assembly Area (TAA) as the US Marines rolled by during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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)

The 1ST Armored Division, 7th Corps advances on Iraqi forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

DM-ST-86-09287. Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT FIRE II Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters patrol over a Marine camp near Zakhu. The Marines assisted in setting up a nearby tent city on the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Kenya Air Force pilot conducts a capabilities fly-by in an F-5E during Justified Accord 2024 (JA24) in Kenya Feb. 29, 2024. JA24 is U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise in East Africa, running from Feb. 26 - March 7. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and hosted in Kenya, this year's exercise will incorporate personnel and units from 23 nations. This multinational exercise builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, and increases multinational interoperability in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster response and crisis response. Army

U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike to a training area during Assault Support Tactics 1 (AST-1) as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Combat Village training area, Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 17, 2022. AST-1 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation.

DF-ST-86-07783. Country: Egypt (EGY)

030408-M-3138H-082. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, clear a room while conducting a live-fire raid on Range 226 during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 21, 2022. Range 226 improved the Marines ability to operate their rifles at close quarters and in low-visibility environments during the larger FEX, intended to increase the battalions combat readiness.

A British communications site for the Regimental Main Command Operations Center (RMCOC), during displacement training, north of Kuwait City, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

Camouflage nets cover vehicles and equipment of Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 210 during the joint military training exercise Ocean Venture '92. To the right of the nets is a generator. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-49. Hurricane Katrina

A view taken from a bunker position of Marines patrolling an area under a bridge during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

030404-M-5753Q-064. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030819-M-7837W-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Die Folgen des Hurrikans Dana in Valencia, Spanien - Verheerende Folgen der Überschwemmungen, die in Valencia strukturelle Schäden verursachen VALENCIA, SPAIN OCTOBER 31, 2024: Insurance agent inspecting the damage of a collapsed roof in Valencia after a severe flood Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanilxRoudenkox 22445728

The 411th Chemical Company out of Edison, NJ is completing their Zero and Grounding Training on Range 18A on the Fort Dix Range Complex. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Gulfport, Mississippi - 26-HK-310-6. Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne in Gulfport, Mississippi September 2 through 8, 2005. Hurricane Katrina

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 pour concrete for a tent foundation as they build a Marine camp during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

The US Naval Station has nine camps that are being used to house Haitians fleeing Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Marine Expeditionary Force's 3D Low Altitude Air Defense and Female Engagement Team (FET) work alongside members of the Afghan National Army while conducting an engagement speaking with local Afghans outside their homes in Boldak, Afghanistan, April 5, 2010. The FET engaged in conversation with women of the area in an effort to better gain cultural awareness and ascertain family needs in support of efforts of the International Security Assistance Force assigned to the region.

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-128. Row of sand bags on waterfront -- 050929. Hurricane Katrina

030402-M-5150A-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050615-A-1906W-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

A view of a demolished hardened aircraft shelter at Jalibah Air Base, destroyed by Allied bombing during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq(IRQ)

060129-A-7969G-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A490CA

221210-A-HA566-0002FORT HOOD, Texas (Dec. 10, 2022) An aerial view of the Hargrove Military Operations in Urban Terrain training area where participants conduct simulated chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear disaster response operations during Exercise Sudden Response 23 at Fort Hood, Texas Dec. 10, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) participated in Exercise Sudden Response 23 Dec. 7-13 in Camp Mabry, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas. Teams from Task Force (TF) Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) mission. The DCRF is comprised of up to 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response.

Shot of tank ditch at southern berm in Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Base: Camp Grizzly Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Tents camp from the Untac detachment of the Marines Corps. United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (Unamic), United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac) and the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) are three overlapping missions to monitor peace after the civil war.

US Marine Framed by Palm Trees During a Combat Patrol Along the Euphrates River

The construction area for a future transient training brigade headquarters in the 1600 block on the cantonment area is shown Sept. 19, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. A contract, totaling $11,964,432.87, was awarded June 9, 2022, to L.S. Black Constructors to build the fiscal year 2022 Transient Training Brigade Headquarters project at Fort McCoy. Construction operations began in August 2022. Location of construction is just across the street from where the same contractor has been building two new transient training troop barracks buildings in the same block. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is managing the project, the brigade headquarters project is based on the denser, more consolidated footprints of Fort McCoys Troop Housing Area Development Plan which states fewer, multiple story buildings allow facilities/functions to be sited closer together, allowing for a more walkable training environment, as well as saving money on utilities. The smaller footprint of the brigade he

The Royal Air Force in Libya, 1943 Aerial view of Sabratha, near Tripoli.

Four Iraqi BMP-1 armored personnel carriers destroyed in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter patrols over a tent city near Zakhu that was established for Kurdish refugees. The encampment was erected as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurds who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DA-SC-87-01694. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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