U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Operations

Images of U.S. soldiers engaged in various military operations in Iraq, showcasing teamwork and tactical engagement in different environments.

060121-A-5745M-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

110214-A-WO967-004 U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Bush with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment directs U.S. soldiers out of the landing zone as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands prior to Iraqi army live fire exercise on Tealeaf Island near Basra, Iraq, on Feb. 14, 2011. Iraqi forces conducted live fire exercises while U.S. soldiers assigned to 36th Infantry Division and 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 4th Infantry Division were on hand to provide assistance.

070130-A-7430N-017. Base: Hurriya Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

060412-A-7969G-015. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060208-A-1211S-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

041213-M-3988H-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030911-F-6844O-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

050622-A-0363C-032. Base: Shah Wali Ko State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF 76

050729-A-9889G-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060121-A-5745M-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait - U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion 4th Marines F Co. evacuate casualties from a kill zone after a notional IED attack during a training exercise here Nov. 26 while on deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit throughout the Western Pacific.

060314-A-2718K-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060410-A-5043I-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY DIVISION

040716-F-4884R-009. Base: Albu Hassan State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030224-M-8539K-045. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

030327-A-4835R-035. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kohi Sofi Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060223-A-6365W-055. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Ramegan State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

070107-A-7438M-006. State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

A U.S. Air Force medical team assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., listens to a crew brief prior to flying mission on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Emerald Warrior, March 2, 2011. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders.

030224-M-8539K-006. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

060123-A-1211S-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

At a live fire range near Bagram Airfield, Sergeant (SGT) Michael Volpe, with the 82nd Airborne Division's Long Range Surveillance Detachment, uses an AN/PSC-5 Spitfire UHF Manpack Terminal and a laptop computer to send still images by satellite, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the military transition team assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division take cover behind a car as they return fire during a smalls arms engagement in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 23, 2008. The Soldiers work side by side with the Iraqi Army to provide assistance and advice.

070205-A-1985S-041. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE

060102-A-5886H-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baqubah State: Diyaka Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND

030407-M-3692C-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 8th Army Division listen as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ditson Abraham, from 0832 Military Transition Team, gives a class on dismounted tactical movement techniques during training on Battle Position Eagle in Tanmiya, Iraq, Feb. 14, 2008.

U.S. Army Spc. Devin Bryant, 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, provides security in the village of Dahanar, Wardak province, Afghanistan, during a meeting with the village elders Dec. 2.

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, move between buildings while performing dry-fire training in an urban environment, during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 20, 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.

060414-A-5745M-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

030206-M-5753Q-094. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

070220-A-7430N-056. State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Adkins from Williamsville, N.Y., helps Spc. Julius Thomas from Grandview, Mo., attached to the Guardians Maneuver Element, 17th Fires Brigade get his equipment on during a patrol in Basra, Iraq, June 4. The mission was conducted to search for weapons caches abandoned during the first Gulf War.

060326-A-7969G-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060320-A-5745M-052. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

060123-A-1211S-120. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Spc. Kyle Murden of the 35th Infantry Division drags a patient to care during the Best Medic Competition on Camp Buehring, Kuwait May 14, 2022.

Soldiers assigned to "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, armed with 5.56 mm M-4 carbines and 9mm Beretta M9 pistols, run while conducting a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mission at Bagram Airfield in Kabul, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A U.S. Army UH-60L Loadmaster confirms pre-fliight check is done on his Blackhawk helicopter for a flight over Kunduz, Afghanistan.

030315-M-4419R-024. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 40548

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sean Morris, left, communications chief, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Noah Serigny, a corpsmen, both with the Provincial Police Advisory Team, provide security during a visit to Main Operating Base Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, April 18, 2013. Lt. Gen. Robert Neller, commanding general of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, and other staff conducted a battlefield circulation visit to Camp Dwyer and MOB Lashkar Gah in order to speak with Marines and Col. Abdul Nabi Elham, the Helmand Provincial Chief of Police.

060417-A-5745M-085. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

041222-M-4697Y-014. Base: Jalalabad Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BN, 3RD MARINES

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Juan Carlos, left, and Staff Sgt. Zach Lewis, both explosive ordinance technicians with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare their gear for a raid during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 10, 2022. The purpose of RUT is to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. John Morgan, civil engineer attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, patrols to specific locations to quality assure road projects in Qalat City, Afghanistan, Sept. 25. Morgan is deployed from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) East Africa Response Force (EARF), walk through the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, Aug. 15, 2022, while conducting a helicopter landing zone training. The EARF is augmented by U.S. Marine Corps aviation assets that transport and insert ground forces wherever they are needed throughout the region, supporting crisis response through seamless and immediate force deployment capabilities across vast distances.

041207-M-2583M-012. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060331-A-0559K-015. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Justin Hinckley, a team leader with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, talks to a local family of the Washer district during a security patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan on July 16, 2014. Patrols are conducted to disrupt enemy operations against Bastion- Leatherneck Complex.

050101-M-0173F-009. Country: Unknown

030314-M-5150A-022. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment prepare a wall charge during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2009. The Marines use wall charges to breach walls so they can clear areas occupied by the Taliban, and create a foothold for new forward operating bases.

060214-A-5745M-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

060114-A-5745M-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

050319-A-3211W-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM 3 Base: Al-Nasr State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION

060211-A-0527A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Reginald Conyers, 17th Security Forces military working dog handler, prepares a military working dog demonstration as a part of the celebration of National Police Week, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 19, 2022. Military working dogs play a vital role in force protection measures such as base defense, narcotics detection, and unexploded ordnance detection.

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U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Wimegar, left, and Sgt. Troy Bearden, both from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, pull security on the rooftop of the District Council Hall in the Mashtal area of East Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2007.

060123-A-1211S-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

040229-M-5753Q-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Udairi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Lance Cpl. Adam J. Allen, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, talks with an Afghan national security force member during a patrol of villages north of the Buji Bhast pass Jan. 27.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Rod, of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, provides rear security as his special forces team clears a stairway while testing a new laser collective combat advanced training system (LCCATS) during annual training on Camp Grayling in Michigan June 16, 2008. The LCCATS is a wireless-based training system that reinforces marksmanship and tactical skills.

U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Whitmire, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from Fountain, Colo., demonstrates the walk and turn sobriety test to Iraqi police officers in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 6, 2008. The Iraqi officers were taught how to identify a driver that is under the influence of alcohol and how to conduct field sobriety tests.

AL HAMRA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (June 14, 2022) - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command conduct bilateral training with the United Arab Emirate Presidential Guard during exercise Iron Defender 22 at Al Hamra training camp, UAE, June 14. Iron Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and forces from the United Arab Emirates. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, mine countermeasures and harbor defense.

050622-A-0363C-085. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Shah Wali Ko State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF 76

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Daniel Smith (foreground) and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Force Services Support Group (FSSG), unpack a Chemical Biological Protective Shelter (CBPS), from its M1113 Expanded Capacity Vehicle (ECV) 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)

030221-M-8539K-002. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

040828-F-8946M-007. Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030222-F-4376W-003. Subject Operation/Series: RUGGED ARCH Country: Unknown

Marines with a female engagement team, Marine Headquarters Group, assist in a vehicle interdiction operation by questioning an Afghan national in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan May 17, 2012. The Vehicle interdiction operation was conducted to prevent the transportation of drugs and weapons throughout Afghanistan.

040916-M-0706S-021. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BCT

Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team prepare to simulate an air assault mission during Exportable Combat Training Capability program at Camp Roberts, California, July 18, 2022. To start the mission Soldiers simulated air transportation support using light medium tactical vehicles and conducted security operations at the offload point.

DF-ST-85-05900. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

060420-N-7586B-157. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Paul Knudtson, center, talks with Romanian troops and Afghan National Police members during a humanitarian aid mission to the village of Mogul Zai, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2010. The aid consisted of well materials and winter clothing supplies. Lieutenant Knudtson is a civil affairs officer assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul.

031202-F-1798W-003. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, speaks to Mission Sustainment Team 3 members during his visit at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., Jan. 18, 2023. Robinson visited Cannon in order to learn the Mission Sustainment Team, their capabilities, equipment, and training employed in exercises and deployed environments.

A U.S. Marine with Landing Support Company, Helicopter Support Team, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) prepare cargo to attach to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter deployed with 3rd Marine Air Wing aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 15, 2010. U.S. Marines with LS Company, HST, CLR-15, 1st MLG (FWD), assist in logistical operations in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

040318-M-8683D-019. Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060224-A-7969G-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041207-M-2583M-005. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines of Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment and Combat Logistics Battalion 24 get classes on the MK-19 weapons system aboard U.S. Army Base Fort A.P. Hill, Va. July 28. After the Marines completed the classes a display of the MK-19's shooting ability is done.

030222-F-9528H-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

030312-M-3138H-022. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

CAMP TITIN, Jordan - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) conduct a live fire squad attack range during Exercise Eager Lion 22 at Camp Titin, Jordan, September 7, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepare to board aC17 Globemaster III Aircraft from 86AW/37th Airlift Squadron at Aviano Air Base, in Pordenone, Italy Sept. 7, 2022 in preparation for an airborne operation onto Hohenfels Drop Zone, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Armys 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Armys Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022.

050920-A-8255A-156. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060911-N-0576H-001. Base: Khost Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: PRT KHOST

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Hector Figueroa, 2nd Squad (SQD), 1ST Platoon (PLT), Fox Company (F CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 2nd Marines, stands in a doorway while the home is searched for weapons during Operation Trifecta under Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. LCPL Figueroa is armed with a KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4 rifle. Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, takes cover during Marine Warfighting Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 3, 2022. This exercise is the culminating event of the Service Level Training Exercise, challenging the MAGTF to fight against a free thinking adversary with similar capabilities in a force-on-force environment.

030419-M-3692C-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030213-M-6538A-005. Base: Grizzly Range Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5-Feb

040602-M-8096M-101. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Siah Chub Kalay State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Iraq

An Iraqi army soldier from 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 8th Iraqi Army Division uses U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jay Carey, with 0832 Military Transition Team, to practice the fireman's carry during training on Battle Position Slaughterhouse in Al Wehda, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2008.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Colton Carson from Brighton, Michigan, a Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) gunner with 2nd LAAD Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing readies his Humvee prior to convoy operations during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Site 50, near Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 11, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, maneuver through urban terrain while performing dry-fire training 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.

U.S. Army Capt. Gino Davis, with the Military Transition Team, provides overhead security as Iraqi army soldiers from 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division conduct house raids in Tahrir, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007, during a three-day operation. The purpose of operation is to eliminate Tahrir as an operating base for improvised explosive device building cells and key leaders of the Al-Qaeda forces in Iraq.

060225-A-7969G-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

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