Iraqi Freedom Operations

Images of military personnel engaged in operations during Iraqi Freedom, capturing soldiers on foot and in vehicles in combat situations.

Kandahar city, Southern Afghanistan. 2nd September 2021. The Taliban continued their victory celebrations with a military parade in the city of Kandahar. Kandahar is the spiritual city of the Taliban, and the group's capital during its 1996-2001 rule. Fighters waved white Taliban flags from Humvees and armored SUVs during the parade.

050813-A-5447B-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-0175R-101. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040513-M-2900S-017. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060413-A-5043I-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

041014-M-4358R-090. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041016-F-2034C-020. Base: Fob Mackenzie State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Kandahar city, Southern Afghanistan. 2nd September 2021. The Taliban continued their victory celebrations with a military parade in the city of Kandahar. Kandahar is the spiritual city of the Taliban, and the group's capital during its 1996-2001 rule. Fighters waved white Taliban flags from Humvees and armored SUVs during the parade.

041231M-3988H-015. Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040703-A-3978J-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-3 INF

070323-M-6412C-009. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines search the surrounding area for Anti Iraqi Force activity during Operation Zaidon II on March 23, 2007. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is conducting Operation Zaidon II in Zaidon, Iraq to clear the city of Anti Iraqi Forces and deny them further use of the area in the future. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar 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 CPL. Samuel D. Corum) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: ZAIDON Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

030906-F-6526V-090. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

041104-M-0036Y-024. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030402-M-5150A-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060315-A-7969G-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Seniya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

041210-M-3658J-019. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1FSSG

040812-M-4358R-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030420-M-5607A-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041113-M-0173F-023. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041202-M-2353F-042. Base: Iraqi / Syrian Border State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040605-M-4419R-062. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060104-A-7359K-173. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

030618-A-8982M-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041211-M-0036Y-002. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051206-A-2718K-101. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041008-F-8946M-007. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Caldwell State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041211-M-0036Y-001. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050712-A-8255A-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hiazm State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050712-A-8255A-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Satan Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C CO. 2/22ND CAV 10TH MNT DIV

041213-M-3988H-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040909-M-7371B-002. Base: Haswah State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040408-M-8096M-007. Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060124-A-5745M-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

030402-M-5150A-101. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tank BN

060320-A-5745M-058. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 MTN DIV

050728-A-2098S-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Combat Outpoist Rawah State: Rawah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40588

060411-A-6365W-159. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040813-M-0706S-008. Base: Nassir Wa Al Salam State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050226-F-8584G-119. Base: Al Iskandariyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S Army Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Brennan, from Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, provides security outside a local market in Hateen, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2008.

070117-A-6553A-020. Base: Fob Prosperity Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

030911-F-6844O-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

050630-A-9930K-050. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

040411-M-5440-016. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060317-A-5745M-052. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

041106-M-0036Y-018. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070322-M-6412C-013. Complete Scene Caption: A U.S. Marine with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines provides security outside of a house while other Marines search for weapons and suspicious activity on March 22nd, 2007. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is conducting Operation Zaidon II in Zaidon, Iraq to clear the city of Anti Iraqi Forces and deny them further use of the area in the future. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar 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 CPL. Samuel D. Corum) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: ZAIDON Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

030821-A-5447B-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kah Masazo Kalay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030409-M-4419R-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060118-A-7969G-053. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-66/IA

A member of the Iraqi Army guards a polling station for the constitutional referendum. The Iraqi Army guard wears a burgundy beret, covering his faces with cloth and dark glasses to conceal his identity.

040608-M-0706S-019. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060313-A-5043I-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

030407-M-0175R-137. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers of the 262nd Delaware OD, attached to the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Volunteer, patrol the area outside the Al Amal School for the Deaf in the Ar Rumaiytha district, Muthanna province, as hearing aids and school supplies are delivered.

060412-A-7969G-011. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030502-F-7924J-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050509-M-9019H-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Osorio, a motor transport operator with 3rd Landing Support Battalion and a native of Houston, Texas, stages a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle at the unit marshaling area in preparation for Balikatan 23 in Subic Bay, Philippines, March 27, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

041109-A-1067B-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

070317-M-2819S-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-2-1 MTT

060420-A-5043I-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ING

070317-M-2819S-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-2-1 MTT

030319-M-9124R-027. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

040608-M-0706S-003. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

030429-M-5607A-002. Base: An Nu' Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-0175R-117. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-0175R-057. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Demarcus M. Mcghee, with 3rd Platoon, Military Police Comapny, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, talks with Afghan National Police officers before a security patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2009. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th 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.

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii (July 9, 2022) A Mexican Naval Infantry Marine participates in Military Operations in Urban Terrain practice during Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Mexican Naval Infantry photo by Corporal Carolina Gutierrez)

051215-A-6365W-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 ID

050621-A-1566H-060. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dora State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SPT. PLT. HHC 2-6 INF. BRG.

A young boy leans over a wall trying to get the attention of Lt. Col. Jayson Allen as he hands out school supplies Oct. 14, 2011, during a patrol in the Laghman province in Afghanistan. The provincial reconstruction team traveled to the Deh E Ziarat to meet with the village elder and the people to talk about their community. Allen is the Laghman PRT commander.

060422-A-5745M-068. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

040605-M-4419R-042. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040821-F-4884R-017. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030413-M-4066S-036. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sikar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040425-M-8703S-002. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Trevor Warrior, from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, guides a Stryker fighting vehicle pulling off the front gate of a shop in order to be searched during a combined cordon and search with Iraqi army soldiers in Rusafah, Iraq, Jan. 11, 2007.

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment patrols past a water pump during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2009. The Marines patrol villages to search for any remaining Taliban.

050523-A-8255A-056. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A soldier of the Jordanian Armed Forces pulls security during a cordon and search training exercise during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 8, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

030822-M-7837W-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An Afghan National Army Soldier and a Local Afghan Militia Fighter, Resting During a Combat Operation, Outside the Town of Marjah, in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

041106-M-0036Y-008. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051015-A-2098S-074. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

040903-F-2034C-001. Base: Fob Paliwoda State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040605-M-4419R-030. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030401-M-5607A-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Sgt. Koppinger, from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, teaches room clearing techniques to members of the Afghanistan National Police during Operation Maiwan in the Ghazni province of Afghanistan May 30, 2007.

060211-A-6311S-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rasheed Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, 351st Civil Affairs Command, USACAPOC, dressed as role players watch their fellow Soldiers enter a village during a comprehensive simulated training exercise designed to test civil affairs teams ability to assess a village and engage key leaders August 27, 2022, in Junction City, a part of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Role players, dressed in garb and armed with elaborate scripts designed to challenge their peers, moved throughout the large village of Unjen (Junction City) and set up shop in buildings that mimicked an internet cafe, mosque, hotel and school, in order to provide the teams with realistic engagements and unique problems to solve that would mimic a real-world mission.

030824-M-7837W-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Badrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Rebels take heavy fire during an airstrike on March 8, 2011

Army Pfc. Joshua Ingraham (center), a 19-year-old rifleman from Bradenton, Fla., prepares to enter a house with Iraqi National Police officers during a clearance mission in eastern Baghdads Hay Nassir district, June 20, 2008. Ingrahams ability to speak Arabic is a great asset when working with Iraqi security forces. He is assigned to Multinational Division Baghdad with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.

041124-M-2583M-008. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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