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Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

Images capturing military personnel conducting operations in urban and rural settings during various missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

060624-M-0914O-034. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: TF 1/6

060322-A-5043I-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BRIGADE

060624-M-0914O-034. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: TF 1/6

020524-F-9085B-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kubal Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

041115-A-1067B-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060223-A-6365W-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Baseramegan State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

051215-A-5745M-050. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD ID

050712-A-8255A-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hiazm State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041106-M-0036Y-013. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050331-A-1566H-008. Base: Ad Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030502-F-7924J-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060422-A-5745M-065. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

030518-M-5266H-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 25-Feb

FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Sangin, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Lance Cpl. Hugo Almanza, a team member with the Police Mentoring Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, walks last a vehicle in the local bazaar during a patrol with local Afghan Uniformed Police, Nov. 21. Almanza, a 20-year-old native of Greenville, Texas, and his fellow Marines establish relationships and patrol with the Afghans to train them to provide security to the area.

Armed US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Service Support Group (SSG), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), use an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) and two Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) trucks, to establish a perimeter as local Iraqi civilian gather to watch a construction project along the side of a major roadway at Al Rifa, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Rifa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030518-M-5266H-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 25-Feb

050628-A-1566H-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A490CA

040614-M-5555L-042. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041115-A-1067B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060412-A-7969G-013. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060322-A-5043I-055. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BRIGADE

050909-A-1327A-090. Base: Bak State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

U.S. Army Soldier from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team return fire on insurgents from a rooftop in Buhriz, Iraq, March 14, 2007. Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division are conducting their first mission in the Diyala province.

041115-A-1067B-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040627-M-8096M-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Saraw State: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060326-A-7969G-019. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060211-A-2718K-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

060121-A-2777C-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

An Afghan National Army Commander talks with locals in Peyo about security and reporting suspicious characters during a patrol through the village in Farah Prov., Bala Baluk District, Afghanistan, March 29. The coalition forces started the three-day CRP lead by the ANA with a dismounted patrol through Suji, Peyo and Pasaw, an air drop of humanitarian aide supplies for Aka Sadiq and a route recon through the mountainous terrain of eastern Bala Baluk.

030524-M-9792P-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

040605-M-4419R-050. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

First Lt. Daniel Grachanin of Edmond Okla., acting platoon leader in Company D, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team greets village elders as his platoon and Afghan National Security Forces walk through a village in southern Laghman province. Members of Company C and their ANSF conducted a combined operation to help provide security.

070105-A-6553F-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040610-M-5555L-055. Base: Junction City State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Army desert training at Fort Irwin

060118-A-7969G-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-66/IA

030413-M-4066S-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371

070206-A-1474P-010. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE

050101-M-0173F-003. Country: Unknown

050712-A-8255A-057. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A CO. 1/81 INF. 10TH MNT. DIV.

Iraqi army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 7th Iraqi Army Division patrol the streets of the Shaab-Ur section of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 18, 2007, during a joint reconnaissance mission with U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash.

050910-A-0575B-035. Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

030701-F-5586B-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011215-F-3961R-033. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060123-A-1211S-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

040729-M-5753Q-021. Base: Bashiri State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040531-F-1830P-003. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

060220-A-7969G-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B1-187

070308-M-5865P-136. Complete Scene Caption: March 8, 2007, Iraqi Army Soldiers march in formation after graduating from the School of Infantry (SOI) on Camp Yasser, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. 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 SGT. Andrew D. Pendracki) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

060104-A-7359K-133. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

041112-M-0173F-007. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Afghan men remove a door while U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment meet with civilian leaders in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2009. The Marines employ local Afghans to repair the city and help with the reconstruction process.

040323-A-6414T-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Uruzgan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

In the village of Bakhshi Kayal, village occupants gather around US Air Force (USAF) airmen, assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group (EOG), as they provide locals with clothing, shoes, food and school supplies, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bakhshi Kayal Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030418-M-4419R-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

041102-M-3658J-013. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070313-M-0948M-013. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

060424-A-6365W-150. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

BAGHDAD ñ Col. Byron Freeman, the commander of the 8th Military Police ìWatchdogî Brigade, Multi-National Division ñ Baghdad and a native of Norfolk, Va., visits a checkpoint Feb. 14 during the heightened security implementations at checkpoints throughout the city in preparation for the Arbaíeen holiday pilgrimage. The military police throughout the city of Baghdad have been conducting checkpoint over watch with their Iraqi Police partners.

060317-A-5745M-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

060320-A-5745M-075. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Dailey, of 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from Palmer, Penn., stops by a check point in the city of Baghdad on Oct. 30, 2008. The U.S. Soldiers like to check up on the Iraqi army manning post to see if they need supply or equipment.

040325-M-5753Q-008. Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060430-A-6365W-268. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040607-M-0706S-021. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060112-A-4545F-064. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041223-M-2353F-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, search an Afghan locals car while participating in Operation Viper in the Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050704-A-9039F-023. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

040531-M-0706S-005. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060313-A-5043I-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

040719-A-2746R-058. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050718-A-9039F-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr Al Yusufiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT2 C CO. 1-75TH 101ST ABN DIV

060129-A-6311S-022. Subject Operation/Series: TAJI SHORE Base: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/6TH IRAQI ARMY

030408-M-5607A-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Three Rivers Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030411-F-8362B-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Marine on a Combat Patrol Near the City of Haditha, Iraq

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Biggs bandages the head of a student from Baghdad University in western Mosul, Iraq, April 6, 2008. A group of Baghdad University students were kidnapped and later escaped when an Iraqi police helicopter spotted and fired warning shots at the vehicle.

During a Humanitarian Civilian Assistance Team Village visit, STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Joel Tejeda, from "A" Company, 9th Psychological Operation Battalion (PSYOPS) which is attach to Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, shakes hands with an elder from the village of Haji Lalay Kalacha, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Haji Lalay Kalacha Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

070313-M-0948M-004. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

050901-A-0527A-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

031202-F-9629J-006. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

060124-A-5745M-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

050228-F-1631A-011. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Army Military Police from the Headquarters Headquarters Battery (HHB), 1ST Battalion, 102nd Field Artillery Unit, pull security while they help transport about 100 protected persons to their country's border somewhere in Iraq on Feb. 28, 2005. Iraqi members of the Ministry of Human Rights conducted interviews with protected persons at an undisclosed location. The team's mission is to document the voluntary release/repatriation of the protected persons to their native country by video and written statements. After voluntary return statements were collected, the protected persons were safely delivered to the International Committee of the Red Cross and their homeland. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Dave Ahlschwede) (Released) Base: Somwhere In Iraq Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040606-M-0049F-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050520-A-1566H-023. Base: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060515-A-4576B-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Ghazni Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

A U.S. Marine And Local Children During a Combat Operation Near the Town of Marjah, in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

041115-A-1067B-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060418-A-6365W-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

050420-M-9470H-031. Base: Al Kharma State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 8-Mar

Canadian Armed Forces Cpl. Kishan Patel, an Operational Support Hub electrical distribution technician, and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Imani Reed, a 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems apprentice, perform electrical maintenance at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 29, 2023. Canadian and American forces engaged in a personnel exchange, allowing their electricians to work together and gain a better understanding of how each force operates. Joint ventures like this improve coalition cohesion on both a micro and macro level and enhance the overall capabilities of allied forces in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

US Army STAFF Sergeant Milton Robinson documents the 315th Tactical Psychological Operations (PYSOPS) Company out of Upland, California, as they pass out humanitarian Aid (HA) items to Serbian families in need in Kosovo. SSG Robinson is a photographer/videographer assigned to the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) out of Fort Meade, Maryland. The HA items were donated by families back in the United States and consisted of clothing, school supplies, school supplies and toys. State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)

060304-A-7969G-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

050614-A-1566H-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 463 MP CO, 376 BTL/ 49 BRG, MNCI

040716-F-4884R-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Major General (MGEN) Herbert A. Altschuler, Commander, US Army (USA) Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC), looks at goods made and sold by Afghan locals at a bazaar near a base in Kabul, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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