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Military Operations in Iraq and Kuwait

Visuals of U.S. military operations featuring tanks, tents, and checkpoints, emphasizing various logistical aspects and exercises in Middle Eastern regions.

Checkpoint Of The Ministry Of Transport Housed In A Container In The Outskirts Of Kabul,, Afghanistan

Grave By The Kabul To Sarobi Road, Kabul Province, Afghanistan

060227-A-7969G-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040729-M-5753Q-010. Base: Bashiri State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of Reserve Naval Construction Battalion Hospital Unit 22 carry a tent liner into position as they set up Fleet Hospital Six during Operation Desert Shield. Civilian workers have been contracted to assist in the hospital's construction. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Bahrain (BHR)

Young women walk past destroyed Ethiopian army tanks behind a defensive berm near Afabet, Eritrea.

051215-A-7359K-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

060507-A-1067B-023. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041228-M-5585B-001. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051007-A-0527A-013. Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Henderson serving with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, with his military working dog Satin, searches an Afghan home in the village of Spine Gundey, Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 10, as Afghan National Police look on. The ANP and coalition forces were conducting a joint patrol in the village.

A platoon of Marines marches down a road outside the city. They are participating as members of a multinational peacekeeping force. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Liberia, War, Un Peacekeeping Operation Transporting People Displaced By Civil War.

Camping tent in remote desert

030814-M-7837W-010. Base: Mohammed Al Ahmed Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030417-M-5607A-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Idlib, Syria. 11th February 2023. On the 6th February an earthquake struck northern and western Syria. The catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake has so far killed more than 3500 people, while 5.3 million people in Syria may be homeless after the earthquake. It is the deadliest earthquake to have affected Syria since the 1822 Aleppo earthquake.

030328-M-4779G-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Marine from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) waits in a demolition pit as the team prepares to destroy a load of ordnance. The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-86-07923. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

DF-ST-85-03600. Base: Port Of Sudan Country: Sudan (SDN)

030419-M-5607A-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Trip to Western States: White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. President John F. Kennedy (center left, back to camera) views missile demonstrations at the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico. Seated right of President Kennedy, left to right: Governor of New Mexico, Jack Campbell (wearing glasses); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond L. Telles (at far right). A Nike Zeus missile is visible in the background.

This is the main gate looking toward the flightline of the Port au Prince International Airport. The gate is secured by a fence and armed U.S. military security guards. A bunker on top of security building is constantly manned in support of Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019Le 4 et 5 Mai, dans la Creuse, le Teknival a eu lieu sous la neige.FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019On May 4 and 5, in the Creuse, Teknival took place under the snow.

040712-M-5505M-006. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, are setting up a random inspection point outside of Joint Security Station Old Mod, Baghdad, Iraq, on March 27, 2009. The reason they are setting up random vehicle inspection points is to search for any illegal material.

Saudi Arabia, Tabuk Province, Tayma. Historical reenactors at the ancient oasis town. (Editorial Use Only)

051228-A-7969G-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 320FA,CA

030402-M-5150A-060. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A view of building damaged by bombing during a confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. U.S. Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A tribal lunch at cavalry post at Tel-el-Meleiha, 20 miles North of Beersheba, Jan. 18, 1940. Coffee being served before meal (Holme, Bell, Atawneh). 1940, Israel

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

Soldier climbing in bus at pathar sahib gurudwara Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir India NOMR Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

980224-F-7910D-009. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Emergency crew members return to the orbiter crew compartment mock-up that is the scene of a Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose of the Mode VII is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews are responding to the volunteer astronauts” simulating various injuries inside the mock-up compartment. Rescuers have had to remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.

Sandbags and barricades in front of the city administration, Schytomir, Ukraine, Europe

Air Force and Army personnel eat lunch together in the mess tent during exercise Brim Frost '83. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '83 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030828-M-7837W-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

050713-A-6108G-614. Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050414-A-5886W-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Zanko State: Arbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

High security fences separate the Spanish exclave of Melilla, Spain from Morocco, north Africa, January 2015

U.S. Soldiers from White Tank, 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment walk along the bank of a stream looking for weapons caches while on patrol in Zabul province, Afghanistan, June 25, 2010. The Soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Saudi Arabia, Tabuk Province, Tayma. Historical reenactors at the ancient oasis town. (Editorial Use Only)

041123-M-2583M-029. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar conduct a squadron hike at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, June 2, 2022. The squadron conducted a five-mile conditioning hike to enhance combat fitness, build cohesion, and promote unit camaraderie throughout the squadron.

Workers load boxes containing meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) onto a Red Cross truck after the supplies were delivered to Ethiopia by Military Airlift Command C-5A Galaxy aircraft. The Red Cross will deliver the MREs to refugees suffering due to Ethiopia's civil unrest. The MREs are excess military supplies and are made available by authority of the McCallum Program and the DOD Excess Property Program. Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH)

040731-F-1351B-018. Base: Al Shoula State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers and Afghan National Army soldiers walk with Afghan civilians as they travel back to the site where they will be picked up by aircraft in the village of Kopak, Mohammud-Agha District, Logar Province, Afghanistan, April 22, 2010. The U.S. Soldiers are from the Ground Combat Platoon, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. The soldiers went to the village to discuss developments and check on conditions in the area.

030417-M-3692C-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Marine Walks Past A Chalkboard Reminding at the Combat Outpost in Barwana, Iraq

Temporary camp for victims of earthquake disaster in Algiers, Algeria, October 1980

030404-M-5753Q-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

031217-F-0881Z-001. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Local armed guard with trekking group, Simien Mountains National Park; Amhara region, Ethiopia

030426-F-5855M-010. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 615 AMOG

980411-F-4116M-001. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030321-M-3138H-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A US Marine gate sentry from the Provost Marshal's Office checks ID at the main gate at Nebo, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California. Base: Usmc Logistics Base, Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Images of Port-au-Prince, Haiti taken on Jan 15, 2010 following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort

Military escorting tourists in Ethiopia

William Moody, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) technician with Facilities Maintenance Branch, Public Works Division (PWD), Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), stands on a roof after operating an air conditioning unit at MCGACC, Twentynine Palms, California, July 22, 2022. Despite the extreme heat of the high desert, the PWD, HVAC section maintains performance of air-cooling systems on buildings at the Combat Center.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Gene Miguel, right, with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, re-enlists on a camel during a cultural day at a Logistics Support Area established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 17, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Prepositioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

030822-M-7837W-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)

LTC Robin Swan (USA), TF1-26 Batallion Commander, and CHIEF Vosic, CHIEF of Police for Zvornik, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Charlie Hayes, International Police Task Force (IPTF), walk in a field beside a muddy road, accompained by US Army TF 1-26 soldiers, Bosnia police officers, and Bosnia civilians, through Mahala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, prior to Bosnia Muslims resettling in to the village during Operation Pollux, which is part of Operation Joint Guard, which is part of Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor 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: POLLUXJOINT GUARD JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

041211-M-2583M-054. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-ST-86-04422. Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

060422-A-5043I-081. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

U.S. Marines with 1st Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve ride camels around the pyramids on a tour for cultural day during exercise Bright Star 23 at Giza, Egypt, Sept. 8, 2023. Bright Star 23 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land, and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios.

Wall art painted by U.S. Soldiers with 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 4th Infantry Division, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 14, 2022. 1st SBCT Soldiers recently completed their mobilization in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission to advise, assist and enable partnered forces in the enduring defeat of Daesh within designated areas of Iraq and Syria.

Mongolian Armed Forces, and U.S. service members participate in checkpoint lane training during Exercise Khaan Quest 2022 in Tavantolgoi, Mongolia, June 18, 2022. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled multinational exercise hosted annually by Mongolian Armed Forces and co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific. Khaan Quest 2022 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security. This year marks the 18th iteration of this event. (U.S. Navy Pictures by: MC3 Kelly Meyer)

graves, German soldier cemetery, Karas Region, Namibia, Africa

041123-M-4358R-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020331-F-2719U-002. Base: Al Udeid Air Base, Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

040203-M-9792P-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH MARINES REGIMENT

041202-M-2583M-069. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Office of the Deputy Secretary (David Sampson) - Deputy Secretary Sampson's Visit to Morocco

NAPLES, Italy (Nov. 18, 2019) Volunteers from Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, the Allied Joint Forces Command (JFC) International Club, U.S. Naval Hospital Naples and other NSA Naples tenant commands collect refuse and take care of gardening tasks around the Capua Amphitheater in Caserta, Italy, Nov. 18, 2019. The community relations event is organized by the NSA Naples First Class Petty Officers Association. NSA Naples is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied and partner nation forces to be where they are needed, when they are needed to ensure security and stability in Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia.

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