Iraqi Army Operations

Images of Iraqi soldiers engaging in various operations, inspections, and interactions with citizens, highlighting military training and community relations.

U.S. Sgt. Justin Parks from Altoon, Pa., of 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, is searching a vehicle outside of Joint Security Station Old Mod, Baghdad, Iraq on March 27, 2009. He and his platoon are setting up random vehicle inspection points to search for any illegal material.

060419-A-7969G-017. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

070324-M-2166H-025. Complete Scene Caption: An Iraqi Army Soldier in the School of Infantry (SOI) inspects an ID and calls in the information to his instructor over an imaginary radio during a practice exercise at Camp Yasser on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 2007. 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. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the 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 Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

060324-A-7969G-020. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030505-F-8362B-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041008-M-0173F-001. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040903-M-9792P-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH MARINES REGIMENT

030415-F-7203T-011. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050822-A-3240S-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Sgt. Justin Parks from Altoon, Pa., of 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, is searching a vehicle outside of Joint Security Station Old Mod, Baghdad, Iraq on March 27, 2009. He and his platoon are setting up random vehicle inspection points to search for any illegal material.

050712-A-8255A-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hiazm State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060413-A-5043I-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

070326-M-2819S-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

040609-F-0193C-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060327-A-5745M-129. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

Capt. Eric A. Meador, commanding officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, greets Haji Abdullah Jan, Garmsir District governor here Sept. 9, 2009. The battalion hosted a shura with the governor and local villagers to discuss the future of the area. Villagers trickled into the shura throughout the meeting to bring their concerns to the governors attention. This shura was one of three held this week and Meador intends to hold a one every week to assure the villagers the Marines are here to stay and help.

060420-A-5043I-035. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

070326-M-6312K-004. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marine Corps MAJ. Greg Hendrix attached to Lima Company, Second Battalion Tenth Marines (Lima 2/0), Second Marine Division, Second Marine Expeditionary Force speaks to the local Imam in the courtyard of a 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

060329-A-1211S-117. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warhorse Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

060322-A-5043I-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BRIGADE

030408-F-8362B-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces

050704-A-9039F-046. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

050918-A-7186W-008. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marine CPL. William Poe of Camp Pendleton, CA, and Trooper Samuel Adugu of the Nigerian Army stand guard at the seaport in Mogadishu. The Nigerian's primary mission in Mogadishu is port security. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

040613-M-5555L-005. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050510-M-8172E-071. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3/25 LIMA CO

040606-M-5555L-088. Complete Scene Caption: US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Richard M. Cabrey (center), Commanding Officer (CO), Headquarter and Headquarter Company (H&HC), 1ST Battalion, 5th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division, talks with Iraqi Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Salah, Police CHIEF for the Al Horeiya Iraqi Police Station, during the After Action Report, following the practice house raid, conducted near Camp Hurricane Point, located on the outskirts of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. US Army (USA) Soldiers attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), are engaged in Training Iraqi Police while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030703-M-5753Q-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Shabakah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040314-F-5735S-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Cpl. Alex Smith, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the police mentoring team, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, teaches an Afghan boy the fist bump during a patrol, May 24. Smith, a 23-year-old native of Latrobe, Pa., said the PMT Marines interact with the local children to help establish a good relationship in the village.

020823-A-6042E-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030408-M-5607A-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060412-A-7969G-002. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

110308-A-CE832-072 U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Fox (left), with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, assists Iraqi army soldiers assigned to 8th Iraqi army Brigade, 1st Division, as the soldiers practice Military Operations in Urban Terrain procedures at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, on March 8, 2011.

050628-A-1566H-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BN, 41ST FA

Iraqi Air Force Staff Maj. Gen. Abbas Fadel Damer, the commander of Al Asad Air Base, Lt. Col. Nathan Adkins, commander of Coalition forces on Al Asad Air Base, Maj. Ahmed Sabri Al-Zahrra, a medical officer at Ain Al Asad Medical Center, and Maj. Heather Real, the 208th Area Support Medical Company commander, finish inspecting two ambulances for divestment to the Ain Al Asad Medical Center on May 12, 2022. The ambulances were divested as part of the U.S.-funded Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund program that is administered by Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. The CTEF program builds partner capabilities by providing resources to Iraqi forces to assist and enable their continued efforts to defeat Daesh and protect stability in the region.

A group of Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) perform a maintenance check on a refueling drogue basket of their KC-130 before making another flight from their forward operating base back into Afghanistan. In the background, an Air Force 10K-AT forklift is driven by for another load for the KC-130. It is part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352

050704-A-9039F-050. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

060114-A-4545F-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051004-N-6901L-009. Base: Naf El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041202-M-2353F-013. Base: Iraqi / Syrian Border State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041104-M-0036Y-008. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040501-F-9927R-008. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: STRATCOM

A member of the 1ST Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, stands by as a Saudi Arabian national guardsman sights an FIM-92A Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile launcher. The Stinger is being exhibited as part of an equipment and hardware static display during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040116-F-7234P-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 186 Military Police Company

021016-A-5790R-185. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Col. John Riscassi, from 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, and Lt. Col. Mario Diaz, from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, greet local government leaders at the Governance Center in Nasir Wasalam, Iraq, March 4, 2008.

040731-M-4419R-013. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Iraqi air force aerial gunner trainees are issued their gear before a training mission over Camp Taji, Iraq, Thursday, May 29, 2008. Gunner belts and helmets are standard safety items used by U.S. Air Force gunner and the same level of safety is required for the Iraqi air force gunners.

020512-F-2902B-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Jabel Saraj Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040604-M-0706S-007. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Thomas Tosto of "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, examines a local Afghans eye while participating in Operation Viper in the Baghran Valley, during an assault in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040613-M-5555L-003. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030409-M-9792P-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

050628-A-1566H-055. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD C, 2BN,1 BDE, 4 DIV

030331-M-5455N-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020715-F-0201H-035. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Maj. Loren Adams of New Liberty, Iowa, Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team veterinary officer, encourages Dr. Roshan, a licensed veterinarian who is part of a team directed by the Kunar provincial veterinarian.

040606-M-4419R-040. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030416-A-0363C-185. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khar Bolaq Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040610-M-7514K-080. Base: Al Walbde Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

030321-M-9124R-078. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Mujeheddin troops, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

031230-F-1798W-005. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050630-A-9930K-084. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Jonathan Spears, a logistics officer with 1st Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, briefs Saudi Armed Forces at a logistics support area established in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 10, 2022. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enables U.S. Marine Corps Central Command and U.S. Central Command to receive and employ forces and resources rapidly in the region through a growing network of western geographic access and staging points.

041104-M-0036Y-002. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060403-A-5745M-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

041110-M-2789C-007. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060127-A-0527A-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030415-M-4419R-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

060422-A-5745M-047. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

070319-M-7772K-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D BRIGADE, 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVIS

030420-M-5607A-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Nu'Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041125-F-7564C-348. Base: Forward Operating Base Cobra State: Abu Ghraib Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041104-M-0036Y-001. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040909-M-5121S-002. Base: Haswah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-0175R-086. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030616-A-7096B-055. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hamdania State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050524-A-8255A-074. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Riyadh Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

050623-A-6108G-156. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Afghan National Army soldier and police officer practice looking for mines after receiving a mine clearing class from soldiers from U.S. Army Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division May 28, 2007, on Forward Operation Base Warrior, Afghanistan.

041112-M-0173F-012. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050729-A-9889G-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040716-F-1351B-091. Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970309-A-0000L-001. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060422-A-5745M-077. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

051122-A-5886H-010. Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030324-M-4779G-012. Base: Al Shur Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT

030315-M-5753Q-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030502-F-7924J-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060127-A-5745M-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031203-F-0981H-034. Base: Coalition Provisional Authority State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CPA/Strategic Communications

030424-A-7096B-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Capt. Andrew Schoenmaker, with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, talks with leaders at a meeting in the Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 15. The Battalion is deployed in support of NATO's International Security Assistance Force.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan Uniformed Police from Police Sub Station 1 and Spc. Danielle Sillman, a military police Soldier with the 58th Military Police Company attached to 385th MP Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, find a hole that was covered up with bags during a cordon and search in Sub District 1, April 24. There was nothing hidden in the hole, but the compound has been known to house insurgents.

030310-F-9528H-033. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

A Militia Member Speaks on a Cellular Phone During a Combat Operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

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