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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

U.S. Army Sgt. Dustin Thompson, a team leader assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, checks an abandoned vehicle for explosives and weapons during a routine presence patrol through the Al Furat section of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2007.

030331-M-9106S-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Joseph Connell (foreground left), Commander, 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, uses a coalition forces interpreter to talk with Mr. Daood Ganoom Ali (center), the Mayor from the village of Qarah Tappah, Iraq, about the significance of armor piercing rounds found during a search of his village during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The search was conducted to locate and confiscate any illegal contraband that could be used against coalition forces. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qarah Tappah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050712-A-8255A-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hiazm State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041211-M-0173F-021. Country: Unknown

Marines from Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) patrol the streets of Qalat Sukar with Iraqi policemen during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Three Royal British Army (UK) Soldiers armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles, assigned with the British Royal Gurkha Rifles, monitor activities around the Coalition Provisional Authority compound in Baghdad, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured left-to-right are Mr. Tej Bahadur, Mr. Gopal Gurung, and Mr. Chitra Bahadur Chhetri. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030408-F-8362B-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces

051016-A-9297R-025. Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

050826-A-1327A-031. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Salerno State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BDE 82ND ABN

060223-A-7969G-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2/4IA

050927-A-7186W-001. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050920-A-2098S-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 172ND SBCT

040605-M-4419R-059. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031007-M-8703S-008. Base: Magtftc Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 4-Mar

050601-A-8255A-149. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070326-M-6312K-006. Complete Scene Caption: HM3 Owen Leaver from Lima Company, Second Battalion Tenth Marines (Lima 2/0), Second Marine Division, Second Marine Expeditionary Force prepares to work on a child's hand injured by an IED ten days earlier near local school in Namer on March 26, 2007. Lima 2/0 provided medical supplies, hygiene item and soccer balls to the students during a one day mission to the school. Lima 2/0 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Ambar Province of Iraq to develop Iraqi security forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CHIEF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Brook R. Kelsey) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Namer State: Ambar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: LIMA 2/10

030401-M-477G-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050518-M-0616L-043. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5-Jan

031231-F-1798W-005. Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

070105-A-6553F-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070905-A-5406P-023.JPG -Sgt. Yasser Ahmed, a soldier from the Iraqi Armys 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 11th Infantry Division, talks with local women during a patrol in the Grayaat area of Baghdads Adhamiyah District Sep. 5. Yasser is currently taking part in a program that embeds Iraqi Soldiers for two months with platoons from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

051229-A-7359K-057. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

051215-A-6365W-061. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 ID

060130-A-5745M-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

Egyptian soldiers participating in the joint Exercise Bright Star '83. The soldier on the left is armed with a Soviet RPG-7 portable rocket launcher. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

060317-A-5745M-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

041116-M-4855P-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Habbaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030401-M-3692C-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

An Afghan air force member jumps into the arms of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Prosymchak near Forward Operating Base Oqab, Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 13, 2015. Prosymchak is assigned to the Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air security forces and is deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

Afghan children ask U.S. soldiers in their humvee for candy on the streets of Kunduz in Northern Afghanistan.

060320-A-5745M-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

040606-M-5555L-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment dig a drainage trench at Patrol Base Jaker in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2009. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan are deployed to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force and will participate in counterinsurgency operations. They will train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces to improve security and stability in the country.

060320-A-5745M-051. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

041014-M-4358R-080. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Julie Leggett and Sgt. Leonard Doan, from the 25th Special Troops Battalion Security Detachment, 25th Infantry Division, talk with local town leaders and residents during a site survey of businesses, in Al Sequor, Iraq, Aug. 12.

050520-A-1566H-060. Base: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070319-M-7772K-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D BRIGADE, 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVIS

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Morgan Boyd, from 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, meets with bazaar shop owners in Hutal, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2010.

030410-M-9792P-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

050114-F-3252P-008. Base: Ali Base, Tallil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Shot from a high angle looking out the back of US Marine 5-ton, stake rack truck as Marines and Somali men unload bags of grain in a crowded village. This is part of a humanitarian relief effort in the Somali town of Bardera. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bardera Country: Somalia (SOM)

An Afghan fighter of the government coalition forces (loyal to Pres. Burhanuddin Rabbani) fires a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at position of the Hezb-i-Wahdat forces during a street battle in Dehmazang.

030609-M-0367H-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR

041123-M-2583M-034. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Two Somali men each hold a bag of grain they received from the back of a US Marine M54 Series 5-ton Cargo Truck manned by Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendeton, California. The Marines are conducting an arms for food transfer with the Somalis in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

060320-A-5745M-050. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

Muslim rebel with automatic rifle and machine-gun belt

Muslim rebel with automatic rifle and machine-gun belt

040713-M-5505M-008. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040607-M-0706S-001. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

021219-N-5319A-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Arabian Sea

040622-F-1351B-591. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Iraqi Military

050718-A-9039F-009. Subject Operation/Series: GLORY LIGHT Base: Sadr Al Yusufiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT2 C CO. 1-75TH 101ST ABN DIV

Iraqi children wave at US Marine Corps (USMC) troops with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1ST Marines, 1ST Marine Division, as they patrol near Fallujah, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060320-A-5745M-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

060419-A-7969G-015. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

040201-F-9871C-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041123-M-4358R-131. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051003-A-8255A-174. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060126-F-7823A-025. Base: Bi'Aj State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) David Bessho of the 360th Civil Affairs Brigade (CAB) meets with Afghan building contractors about the construction of a new school in the village of Chenari, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Chenari Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

020819-A-6042E-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A Special Forces company commander meets with village elders and members of the 1st Kandak, 209th Afghan National Army Corps April 10, 2007, to discuss military operations in the Sangin District area at an undisclosed forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

030409-M-4419R-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

050822-A-0527A-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Baghran Valley State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030812-M-7837W-036. Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-234

070317-A-5406P-014_JPG. - Staff Sgt. Buddy Tucker, of Denver, Colo., a paratrooper with Headquarters Co., 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, guards the entrance to a schoolhouse converted into a medical clinic for joint U.S. - Iraqi medical operation in Sadr City, Baghdad Mar. 17.

051215-A-5745M-036. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD ID

060127-A-0527A-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

With the assistance of a linguist, Chief Warrant Officer Ronald Brooks, right, talks with a land owner about irrigation during a trip to a village near Shahr-e Safa, Afghanistan, Jan. 19. Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zubul visited the village to assess future projects and speak to elders about issues within the village.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Marcus Martin, a 32-year-old squad leader with Guard Force Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and native of Charlottesville, Va., practices Pashto with Afghan boys while providing security outside the district center here, Nov. 28. Guard Force isnt a traditional infantry platoon. Its a melting pot of Marines from various occupational specialties that functions as the main security element for the battalion headquarters at Forward Operating Base Delhi. During their seven-month deployment, the Guard Force Marines will labor through an endless cycle of standing post and conducting security patrols in the local area. In their down time, they stand ready to function as a quick reaction team.

070318-M-2819S-040. Complete Scene Caption: A Soldier in the Iraqi Army passes out school supplies. The Fallujah Iraqi Police and Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army supply the Anbar School with toys and school supplies as a combined forces exercise on March 8, 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

050409-A-1238J-007. Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-9 FA

Muslim rebel with rifle.

060403-A-5745M-063. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

Local Afghanis ride a taxi at the Mazar-e Sharif airfield during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mazar-E Sharif Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060420-A-4576B-039. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Sergeant (SGT) Mark Herbst and a translator, screen and sign in people of the Haji Lalay Kalacha village for medical care by visiting US Army (USA) Doctors, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Haji Lalay Kalacha Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050805-F-4441R-072. Base: White Gold Village State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040330-M-0367H-004. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050707-A-1566H-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030214-A-4962B-067. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Cjcmotf State: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A soldier from the Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes - FAN) gently brushes away the dirt from a simulated improvised explosive device while fellow soldiers look on during a joint counter improvised explosive device (C-IED) exercise with U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group at the FANs Genie Compound in Agadez, Niger, May 19, 2022. These C-IED joint training opportunities occur twice weekly, allowing both the FAN and U.S. forces to hone and bolster their skill sets, enabling increased security and stability for the government of Niger and its citizens.

011231-F-3961R-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sherberghan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: army

041202-M-2583M-043. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The police have the necessary effort with this practice arrest.

In Raqqa, Syria on January 17, 2026, the Syrian Army secures dozens of towns and villages in the northeast countryside. This deployment comes after the withdrawal of Kurdish fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) under a agreement aimed at avoiding direct military confrontation, Raqqa, Raqqa, Syria

A Local Militia Fighter, Outside the Town of Marjah, in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), train members of the Armed Forces of Djibouti (FAD), Bataillon dintervention rapide (BIR), on Glock 19 handling procedures, Djibouti, April 7, 2022. The SFAB trains and advises foreign security forces to improve partner capabilities and facilitate achievement of U.S. strategic objectives.

041202-M-2583M-040. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060320-A-5745M-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

Anti-Gaddafi troops at a Ras Lanouf checkpoint.

U.S. Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe, meet with villagers during a key leader engagement near Forward Operating Base Lane, Zabul, Afghanistan, March 11, 2009.

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