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Military Operations in the Middle East

Images of soldiers engaged in military operations across desert terrains, reflecting training and preparedness during conflict situations.

U.S Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment move into position to support Afghan National police who are moving in to apprehend a suspect during a cordon and search of Pana, Afghanistan, June 9, 2007.
U.S Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment move into position to support Afghan National police who are moving in to apprehend a suspect during a cordon and search of Pana, Afghanistan, June 9, 2007.
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A U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, identifies and calls in an unexploded chemical munition during a partner nation Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear response exercise at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 29, 2022. The exercise was purely simulation, no chemical, explosive or fire hazards were present during the training. The 378th ECESs Emergency Management flight, also known by many as CBRN, is responsible for working with RSAF to build and establish response and recovery actions for a wide variety of scenarios.
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031231-F-1798W-015. Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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FARAH, Afghanistan 110926-F-JP934-085 / U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Lescord, from Brookefield, Mass., of 1-182 Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, security force for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, relays information over the radio while on patrol, Purchaman District, Farah Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 26. PRT members escorted members of Farah's Provincial Government to a shura where elders resolve community issues and communicate concerns to the provincial government. PRT Farah attends shuras throughout Farah Province to demonstrate support for the shura elders, the district governor and provincial governance. (ISAF photo/ USAF SrA Alexandra Hoachlander)
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030314-M-5150A-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines
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030317-M-4419R-136. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines
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Afghan and DEA Special Agents destroying hashish bunkers
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030816-F-5586B-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), stand for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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040429-F-9927R-007. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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A British soldier from the Queen's Dragoon Guards shows a Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, how to operate a British L1A1 rifle as they take part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation DESERT SHIELD. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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Spc. Myles Gaudet, left, and Spc. Matthew Tempesta pull security as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, Arghandab detachment, meet with elders from Deh Afghanan village, May 27. Specialists Gaudet and Tempesta are assigned to the PRT's security force.
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040314-F-2902B-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Marines and Sailors with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment transport an injured Afghan boy for medical treatment at Forward Operating Base Golestan in the Helmand province of Afghanistan Nov. 1, 2009. The boy fell from an unknown height and was in critical condition.
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030418-M-4419R-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines
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050514-F-5435R-012. Base: Camp Kasul Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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041115-M-3658J-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers with Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), train with members of the French Foreign Legion at the French Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) site, Djibouti, April 15, 2022. Members of CJTF-HOA regularly train with and work alongside Allies, partners and government organizations to achieve a unified effort to improve safety, security and prosperity in East Africa.
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040813-M-0706S-018. Base: Nassir Wa Al Salam State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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101008-A-1182G-034 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Paul Worthington (left), a cavalry officer with 1st platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, listens to an interpreter while speaking with an Afghan National Policeman about security issues during a visit to a National Police outpost in the Jabal Saraj district of the Parwan province of Afghanistan on Oct. 8, 2010. Soldiers with Worthingtonís unit visited the outpost to check on security forces and to conduct an area recon.
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040613-M-5555L-051. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Iraqi security forces work with U.S. Soldiers on a clearing mission during a coalition forces operation in Windia, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2008.
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A U.S. Army soldier plays with Iraqi children during a patrol in Balad, Iraq, July 25, 2008. The soldier is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Air Force
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030206-M-5753Q-041. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines
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070326-M-2819S-006. Complete Scene Caption: COL. Richard Simcock and SGT. MAJ. Terry listen to the convoy brief before departing Camp Fallujah on March 26, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 Personal Security Detail travels by convoy to the Fallujah City Council Meeting to discuss future operations. 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: RCT-6
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030327-M-0175R-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)
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U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Click, a 22-year-old dog handler with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Windy, an improvised explosive device detection dog, search the perimeter of the Safar School compound here, March 18. Approximately 40 elders and 150 students met with Afghan National Security Forces and 3/3 Marines during a shura at the newly constructed school to discuss the growth of education in Garmsir district. While there are several small schools in the surrounding area, the school was the first built in Safar by the local government with the aid of coalition forces. Despite requiring some finishing touches, the school is a vast improvement from its predecessor, a mud hut capable of supporting only 80 students.
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030317-M-4419R-072. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines
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030125-F-2185F-006. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Oct. 28, 2012) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus tours areas damaged in an insurgent attack at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Mabus met with senior leaders, Sailors and Marines to discuss security in the region and to thank them for their service and sacrifice. America's Sailors are Warfighters, a fast and flexible force deployed worldwide. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.
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970414-F-7666R-178. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)
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Though the Chin Afghani Clinic in the Pusht Rod District of Farah Province, Afghanistan, is situated next to an Afghan National Police compound, U.S. Army Sgt. Victor Cruz, a member of the Guam Army National Guard and security force member for the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), provides security during a clinic assessment, Dec. 29, 2009. The Farah Provincial Health Director, Dr. Abdul Jabar, and other Farah Hospital medical providers were transported and accompanied by members of the PRT to conduct the assessment. They wouldn’t have the means to or feel secure enough to travel to the clinic on their own,” said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Harvey Wilds, the commander of the PRT medical team. Dr. Jabar has already informed me of another clinic he would like to visit,” said Wilds. Dr. Jabar’s report of the comprehensive health clinic (CHC) will be forwarded to the Ministry of Public Health in Kabul for review.
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US Navy (USN) Corpsmen and US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST and 2nd Force Services Support Groups (FSSG), erect a Chemical Biological Protective Shelter (CBPS) during a training exercise conducted at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The CBPS is a highly mobile chemically protected shelter system designed for emergency medical use in forward battle areas. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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041209-M-0036Y-028. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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041201-M-5901F-004. Base: Jurf As Sakhr State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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United States Army ranger medic treating the wounds of an injured soldier.
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070909-A-5406P-026.JPG -Hillsboro, Ohio-native Pfc. Todd Thomas (center), a radio operator with B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, leaves the Intesar Girls School along with several Iraqi Army counterparts after checking on the progress of renovations being done on the school Sep. 7. The school is one of six being renovated by Thomas platoon in the Grayaat neighborhood of Baghdads Adhamiyah District.
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U.S. Army Gen. David D. McKiernan, commander of International Security Assistance Force
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(From left to right) Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Breece, the Tennessee Army National Guard command sergeant major, and native of Tellford, Tenn., 1st Sgt. Gary Peters a native of Telford, Tenn., and first sergeant for the 776th Maintenance Company, 419th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, Capt. Stacy Kunz a native of Smyrna, Tenn., and captain for the 776th Maint. Co., Brig. Gen. Terry "Max" Haston, the Tennessee Army National Guard assistant to the Adjutant General, Lt. Col. Kristan L.K. Hericks, a native of Irvine, Calif., and Command Sgt. Maj. Paul Swanson, a Perris, Calif. native, say goodbye at the air field.
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Personnel from the 5th Combat Comm. Group, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia assemble a tent to house the deployed USAF personnel at a Jordanian Air Field for the upcoming Air Power Expeditionary Force Operation, a joint operation between Jordan and the United States. Subject Operation/Series: AIR POWER EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Country: Jordan (JOR)
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060204-A-6365W-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST
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030224-M-8539K-003. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division
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U.S. Marines grapple each other during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course culminating event, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 06, 2022. The purpose of the MCMAIC culminating event was to challenge and test the course participants on both MCMAP techniques and endurance before becoming a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor.
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Lance Cpl. Michael Murray, a fire team leader with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, pets a goat while soldiers from the Afghan National Army and Marines search a compound during a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers patrolled through a residential area of the city to conduct counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.
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030213-M-5753Q-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines
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Diorama showing WW2 US soldiers fighting at Omaha beach in the Overlord Museum about WWII D-Day, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Europe
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030419-M-5607A-066. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers offload barrier equipment at an Iraqi check point in Jamia, Iraq, July 29, 2007.
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DN-ST-91-05543. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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041222-M-4697Y-012. Base: Jalalabad Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES
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Soldiers of Co. B, 4th Bn., 325th Airborne Infantry Reg., 82nd Airborne Div., armed with M-16A2 rifles, clear a four-room "house" made of tires during an urban terrain, live-fire exercise during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)
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030508-M-0542A-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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030923-F-2185G-001. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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A public officer (PAO) reads a newspaper outside a tent used as an office during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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061211-A-5332O-031. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Logistic Support Area Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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U.S. Army Spc. Katelyn Kruckenberg, a U.S. Army Guardsman assigned to Task Force Red Dragon (TFRD), Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, calls for artillery support during a training and familiarization event with the French Forces in Djibouti near Arta, Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2022. During the event, members of TFRD worked directly with French forces to conduct artillery fire support. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)
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The Joint Combat Camera Team poses for a group picture at the entrance of a sandbagged tent. Left to right, MASTER Sergeant Knutti, Corporal C. Schindler, and Corporal P. Royston. Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman David Cummings, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul medic, talks to an Afghan boy outside of the hospital during a dismounted patrol in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, Nov. 21, 2011. Members of PRT Zabul went to the hospital to conduct a key leader engagement. Cummings is deployed from Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.