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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.

An aerial view of a Command Operation Center (COC) and surrounding area at an encampment in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A view of a portion of the naval station. Several visiting Navy and Coat Guard ships are tied up at the station's piers. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

A group of Iraqi trucks destroyed in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Vietnam, Central Highlands, Dak Pek, Vietnam War. Dak Pek United States And Montagnard Special Forces Defensive Outpost Behind Viet Cong Lines And Ho Chi Minh Trail In The Central Highlands Of South Vietnam

220607-N-MQ841-1649 VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (June 7, 2022) U.S Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB), Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, and Airmen with 30th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES) train on airfield repair during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Operation Turning Point is an around the clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

DF-SC-86-03555. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Discarded Iraqi weapons are displayed near a bunker at an abandoned Iraqi army camp on the outskirts of the city. The weapons were found by Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), who are in Zakhu for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. The weapons include a ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun, left, a ZPU-1 anti-aircraft machine gun, left foreground, and two M-40 106mm recoilless rifles, right. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

This is the front Gate and mud road entrance to Colt Base, April 18, 1996, during Operation Joint Endeavor. It is one of the many bases set up in Bosnia-Herzegovina for the Implementation Forces (IFOR). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Colt Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

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

030107-F-9528H-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

A view of rubber rafts in use by members of the 65th Engineers, 25th Infantry Division, during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hwachon Country: Korea

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - CGC Harry Claiborne - Operation Gator Hunt - 26-HK-312-24. Hurricane Katrina

Ancient rock engravings, Unesco world heritage sight, Twyfelfontein, Namibia

France, Brittany, Camaret-sur-Mer, Clouds over ship cemetery

030402-A-XXXXX-465. Base: Udairi Air Field Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

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)

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-132. Row of sand bags on waterfront near personnel and digger truck -- 050929. Hurricane Katrina

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) follows an M-878 yard tractor truck into a storage area during Operation Steel Box. The truck is carrying a container of chemical munitions that will be held at the chemical activity until their disposal. The munitions were transported to Johnston Atoll aboard Military Sealift Command ships. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL BOX Base: US Army Chemical Activity Country: Johnston Atoll

A demolished Iraqi BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicle in the Euphrates River Valley in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Euphrates River Valley Country: Iraq(IRQ)

US Navy Gunners Mate Second Class Jeff Wilks stands watch on the bow of the USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) during the transit through the Suez Canal. Truman is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)

rifle of the Spanish civil war in Ca s Amitger of Punta de Amer, location of the battle of mallorca, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Soldiers work near camouflaged general purpose medium tents set up for an air defense artillery unit of the 155th Brigade during exercise Team Spirit '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Base: Yangdong Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

and in oman barbwire danger in the background

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, maneuver through urban terrain during dry-fire training in an urban environment during exercise Intrepid Maven 22-4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 21, 2022. Intrepid Maven 22.4 is a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command engagement series designed for bilateral and multilateral training engagements with partner nations and Marine Corps forces.

030822-M-7837W-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Blaire Airfield, Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

rifle of the Spanish civil war in Ca s Amitger of Punta de Amer, location of the battle of mallorca, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Straight on medium shot of a US Marine from the 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, he swims in the cold water at Iwakuni, Japan. A Mark V Zodiac raft is in the background next to the swimmer in case of emergency. The Marine is in the water for their 5th Force Recon cold water training exercises. Subject Operation/Series: 5TH FORCE RECON COLD WATER TRAINING Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines

051227-A-7359K-076. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Garbage in Trash Pit, Austere, Remote U.S. Marine Corps Combat Outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

060214-A-5745M-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

030217-M-5753Q-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Palestine, West Bank, Bethlehem, border to Israel

Boot mit zwei jungen Maennern im Weltkulturerbe Marschland, in Basra, 10.03.2023

Remnants of fortifications that were built by the crusaders in Ashqelon, Israel

091121-A-9950B-003Tour guide Mr. Dhaif looks on as Soldiers from the 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st Armored Division "Strike Force," explore what is thought to be the biblical home of Abraham. The ruins were discovered near the Great Ziggurat of Ur, built by the Sumerian to honor their moon god, Nanna. U.S. Army Spc. Shane P.S. Begg

040418-A-6713J-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qarah Tappah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

050623-A-6108G-149. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An overall view of the airport during Operation URGENT FURY. A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is visible to the right. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Point Salines Airport Country: Grenada (GRD)

rifle of the Spanish civil war in Ca s Amitger of Punta de Amer rifle of the Spanish civil war in Ca s Amitger of Punta de Amer, location of the battle of mallorca, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21250512

Personnel assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 Detachment Tinian complete repair work to demolish and reconstruct a Roll-on, Roll-off Discharge Facility (RRDF) in Tinian Harbor. This type of capability will enable logistics throughput where conventional port facilities are not available. This is one of many projects ongoing by Navy Expeditionary Combat Command during Exercise Valiant Shield 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photos by Lt. Tyler Baldino/Released)

040327-M-5150A-009. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Cliff fishermen and historic cannon in the Fortaleza de Sagres, Vila do Infante, Sagres, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

051229-A-7359K-070. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Bundle of muzzle-loading rifles

051015-A-4182R-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Haswah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A view from a rooftop bunker position as Marines observe the surrounding area during a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A Man Transportable Robotic System - Increment II robot, piloted by a 741st Ordnance Company (EOD) Soldier from a safe distance, works through a simulated bomb site during a training event at Fort Bliss, Texas, Sept. 14, 2022. Even with its electronic countermeasure abilities as it disables devices, the MTRS II is able to keep seamless connectivity with its pilot, who controls the robot remotely with help from an on-board camera. Team Bliss and its partners regularly hold installation exercises to stay sharp when it comes to swift and effective emergency response.

030107-F-9528H-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

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)

040612-M-5555L-063. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

RAF Upper Heyford, a Royal Air Force station located 5 miles away from Bicester. First used by the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. During the inter-war years and continuing through the Second World War the base was used mainly as a training facility. During the Cold War the base served as a base for United States Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) strategic bombers and later United States Air Forces In Europe (USAFE) tactical reconnaissance, fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft in the UK. Dated 20

Middle East, Syria, Archaeological guard with old shotgun guarding site of Halebiye

Boot Hill Cemetery, constructed by members of the 363rd Expeditionary Supply Squadron, Fuels Flight, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. Legend has it that if a fuels troop buries their boots there before leaving Prince Sultan Air Base, they'll never have to return. The 363rd is part of the coalition force here to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

030321-M-9124R-082. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Hungarian Army Engineers, Hungarian Army IFOR Pontoon Company, operate several bridging boat to keep the Bosnian shoreline anchored portion of a Hungarian steel PNP Class 60 Pontoon Bridge that crosses the Sava River at Slavonski Brod, Croatia, from floating downsteam. The loose portion of the pontoon bridge is seen in the foreground. The Hungarians are in Croatia in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Slavonski Brod Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Dramatization of the battlegrounds, Gallipoli, Canakkale, Turkey

A view of the motel in the combat village at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Collective Training Facility. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Mobile cannon on the ramparts of Essaouira, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

011014-F-1851B-036. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Tents In A Relief Camp After The 8 October 2005 Earthquake, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

Prison used for illegal aliens only.

Tents fill a clearing along the base of a hill at one of the refugee camps near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR)

Memorial to the Zulu fallen, Isandlwana, Natal Province on the Battlefields Route, site of British defeat 22 January 1879.

DM-ST-86-07493. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990424-M-7028L-002. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare for combat service support area operations during a CSSA exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 10, 2023. A CSSA provides Marines on the ground with food, water, and fuel to support the mission and sustain an area of operations. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. military civil engineers and members of the Timor-Leste Defense Force repair a school as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 15, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participate in PAC ANGEL operations in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners.

A successful Orion parachute test takes place at U.S. Army Yuma Proving ground in Arizona on March 8, 2017. This is the second test in a series of eight that will certify Orion's parachutes for human space flight.

U.S. Marines with Weapons Field Training Battalion mark and show targets during the Educators' Workshop at Edson Range, Camp Pendleton, California, June 15, 2022. The Educators' Workshop is a five-day program designed to better inform teachers, coaches, counselors and influencers about the benefits and opportunities available during service in the Marine Corps. This allows attendees to return home and provide firsthand experience and knowledge to individuals interested in military service.

Ammunition Hill Israel Jerusalem

050721-A-6108G-346. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

World War II Commonwealth War Graves, Alamein, Egypt

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-27. Hurricane Katrina

050620-A-6108G-633. Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACoE

San Ysidro, California, Three U.S. Border Patrol vehicles patrol the international border between the United States and Mexico. The Border Patrol's new fence is at right; the old fence is visible in some places at left. Tijuana is on the left.

030801-F-3838S-181. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Dakar Country: Senegal (SEN)

Line-up of trailers at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) camp for defense workers, San Diego, California, USA, Russell Lee, U.S. Farm Security Administration, June 1941

An aerial view of one of the Kurdish refugee camps near the Turkey-Iraq border. Thousands of Kurds fled into Turkey after fighting broke out between Kurdish groups and Iraqi government forces following Operation Desert Storm. Troops from the U.S. and other nations are working at the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Country: Unknown

030327-M-3138H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Shot of the two tier connex rooms where hospital personnel live ajacent to the German-French Mash Unit at a temporary naval base located in Troger (Trogir), Croatia, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Troger Country: Croatia (HRV)

A view of one of the refugee camps in the hills near Turkey's border with Iraq. The camps were established by the thousands of Kurds who fled their homes in northern Iraq to escape Iraqi government forces. Troops from the U.S. and other nations have come to the camps to distribute aid and prepare the refugees for a move to organized camps within Iraq as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Turkey (TUR)

Paramotor landing at the center of Palmyra Syria

Mussey, Vassincourt, Meuse, Lorraine, France on the set, between Mussey and Vassincourt, a tomb , 1914-1915 - Devastated zones, North and East of France - Jean Brunhes, Auguste Léon and Georges Chevalier - (December 1914 -April 1915) (French - Mussey , Vassincourt , Meuse , Lorraine , France Sur le plateau , entre Mussey et Vassincourt , une tombe). Back-fronst, snow, tomb, Christianity, forehead, First World War, religion, France, on the set, between Mussey & Vassincourt, a tomb

041123-M-2583M-008. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A view of Threat Site Two used for the simulation of surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft artillery by transmitting radar waves that are tracked at KOTAR Range, South Korea. Base: Korean Tactical Range Country: South Korea

The old military barrack has been transformed in a cozy lodge for visitors. Outside thousands of Lysan Albatross nesting.

041207-N-4614W-015. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.... A view of a portion of the center, showing some of its new facilities. Base: Bridgeport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sa Coma factory, General Bayo's headquarters during the republican landing, Spanish civil war, Son Servera, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

030412-M-5753Q-158. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Taiwan, Kinmen County, Jincheng, Minefield next to Triangle Fort

030406-M-3138H-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A graphic explaining the Common Ground Station battlefield sensor system. Country: Unknown

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