Iraqi Freedom Operations

Soldiers engaged in combat and security operations in Iraq, reflecting the challenges and realities of military service in conflict zones.

040605-M-4419R-067. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060228-A-1211S-145. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

DA-SC-87-07960. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060224-A-6365W-063. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Ramegan State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - An Afghan National Army soldier fires a grenade from a launcher on his AK-47 at Taliban insurgents from Marjeh firing on their position Feb. 9 at the Five Points” intersection. A group of ANA soldiers joined the Marines of Charlie Co. as they conducted a helicopter-borne assault earlier that morning to seize the key intersection of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province.

040605-M-4419R-067. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040815-F-1351B-003. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970503-M-8731B-001. Complete Scene Caption: Marines from 2d Radio Battalion Detachment, 2d Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Intelligence Group, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, fire M-16 A2 Service Rifles at Range 103 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070322-M-6412C-022. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marines with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines patrol the streets of Zaidon, Iraq in search of Anti Iraqi Force activity during Operation Zaidon II 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

An Afghan National Army soldier posts security in a Marjah residential area during a patrol through Marjah, Afghanistan, March 27, 2010. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, have partnered with and mentored ANA soldiers through training, joint patrolling and counterinsurgency operations.

041209-M-0036Y-035. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041028-F-0848C-007. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050628-A-1566H-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040626-F-4884R-002. Base: Lsa Anaconda State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sgt. Cruz Munoz, 164th Military Police Company, 3rd Platoon squad leader and Chicago, Ill. native, leads a patrol with Iraqi police through the streets of Yethrib, Iraq. Months ago, terrorist would not have allowed a patrol of this sort to happen. With the help of coalition forces, Yethrib citizens have begun to take over their streets

051115-A-4545F-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Speicher Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060420-A-5043I-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

060313-A-5043I-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

060422-A-6365W-064. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

The 10th Chemical Company (Hazardous Response) supported the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade during Exercise Roving Sands on Fort Bliss, Texas, May 18 - 24. The chemical unit helped to enable lethality and safeguard ADA forces during an all hazards fight on the modern battlefield. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Maria Y. Malkin.

070324-M-2166H-021. Complete Scene Caption: An Iraqi Army Soldier in the School of Infantry (SOI) simulates setting an ambush during a practice exercise while another squad practices a patrol and how to counter an ambush 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: M

060427-A-6365W-107. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

DF-ST-86-07870. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

020611-A-8466M-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Sulamain Khel Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060430-A-6365W-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040604-F-4884R-011. Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040729-M-5753Q-005. Base: Abu Hayat State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050712-A-8255A-045. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A CO. 1/81 INF. 10TH MNT. DIV.

Staff Sgt. Yobany Flores, motor transport maintenance advisor with the Combat Logistics Battalion 5 Embedded Partnering Team, observes an Afghan National Army soldier during a live-fire weapons range, May 29, at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. The EPT conducts weekly ranges with their ANA counterparts to improve their accuracy with multiple weapons systems.

050226-F-8584G-143. Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A line of recruits from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, train on the M14A2 and its attached M203 Grenade Launcher at the Edison live fire range. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD9802352 or search 940303M6123N005). A line of recruits from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, train on the M14A2 and its attached M203 Grenade Launcher at the Edison live fire range. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD9802352 or search 940303M6123N005)

030416-A-0363C-134. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khar Bolaq Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040607-M-0706S-008. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

030322-M-5753Q-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

060123-A-1211S-113. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

040719-A-2746R-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines at forward operating base Marjah stand under the protection of a guard tower built by Combat Logistics Battalion 1, in Marjah, Afghanistan, Feb. 22. The 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion and CLB-1 worked together to build approximately 12 guard towers, and convoyed them with other fortification supplies used for the fortification of 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment positions in Marjah, Afghanistan.

060322-A-5043I-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BRIGADE

030916-F-2185F-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

NIGERIEN AIR BASE 201, Niger - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Eric Milindi, middle, 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron civil engineer flight member, de-escalates a simulated hostile situation during the 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron augmentee training at Nigerien Air Base 201 in Niger, Aug. 19. The squadrons mission is to protect and defend the base, however, in times of increased threat levels or reduced manpower, an augmentee program is needed to fulfill the need for additional personnel to support installation-level force protection requirements.

070324-M-6412C-018. Complete Scene Caption: A U.S. Marine with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines searches the area for signs of 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

030418-M-4419R-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

050127-A-5043I-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN

040817-A-8033W-016. Base: Sadr City Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030722-A-8887A-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffery Harisch, a Brainerd, Minn., native, now a team leader with 4th Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, leaves the bizarre at Shor Tepah in northern Balkh province, Afghanistan, during a patrol, April 14.

Moroccan Army Paratroopers prepare to load onto a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Paratroopers are preparing to do static line drops on Ben Guerir Airfield, Morocco, during Operation BLUE SANDS. Moroccan Army Paratroopers prepare to load onto a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Paratroopers are preparing to do static line drops on Ben Guerir Airfield, Morocco, during Operation BLUE SANDS.

070324-M-6412C-012. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines set up a blocking position while other Marines search the surrounding area for signs of 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

060127-A-5745M-055. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030410-M-5753Q-068. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cassandra Cooper attach to Task Force Kandahar, Canadian STAB A, Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) escorted by a Canadian soldier march toward the crime scene. EOD water detonated a bicycle suspected of carrying an unexploded device in the streets of Kandahar City, Afghanistan on July 21, 2010.

070320-M-7404B-016. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) practice squad patrolling formations on Camp Yasser, Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 20, 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. (Official USMC photograph by CPL Sheila M. Brooks)(Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

030821-M-7837W-069. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040605-M-4419R-066. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan West, left, from Minneapolis, Mo., serving with C Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Calvary Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, and an Afghan National Army soldier, search for a possible weapons cache, Nov. 29, 2011, outside Camp Parsa, Khowst province, Afghanistan. Making themselves a constant presence, U.S. and Afghan forces work to introduce themselves to the locals and discourage insurgent activity.

060324-A-7969G-002. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, and Royal Moroccan Army soldiers works together to clear buildings in close-quarters combat training in Tifnit, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 23, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner-nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

031113-F-0981H-084. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

060416-A-6365W-103. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030304-M-0367H-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

010118-F-9033M-005. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET ROADRUNNER 2001 Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040607-M-0631S-010. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-BCT

030402-M-5150A-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030411-M-5753Q-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

041008-F-8946M-006. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Caldwell State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060322-A-5043I-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD BRIGADE

060316-A-7969G-003. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Keith Mrozinski instructs Marines of Charlie Company, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB) on the proper use of the ANPSS 12 Mine Detector at Camp Coyote Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Headquarters Battalion 1ST Marine Division, Regimental Combat Team, 5th Marines (MARDIV RCT-5), Camp Pendleton, California (CA), securing the weapons cache found inside the private Baghdad residence in the background during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers of Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, search homes for illegal weapons in the city of Baghdad, Iraq on Feb. 1, 2009. They are trying to find the unlawful weapons to try to make the city a safer place to live.

030324-M-9933D-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU (SOC)

U.S. and Iraqi Army Soldiers conduct an early morning search of a suspected improvised explosive device factory in Tikrit, Iraq, April 28, 2007. The U.S. Soldiers are with Bravo Battery, 2nd Platoon, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment.

060117-A-5745M-052. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

060206-A-6311S-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Southern Mamadia Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A CO. 1-502ND INF 101 ABN

Members of the Communications Plt., Headquarters and Service Co., 3rd Marine Regt., build a bunker during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

030502-F-7924J-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041123-M-2583M-047. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040331-M-5753Q-023. Base: Barwana State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060220-A-7969G-033. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B1-187

060324-A-7969G-030. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030409-M-4419R-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

040608-M-0706S-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kharma State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060411-A-6365W-168. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030404-M-4779G-035. Base: A'Namaneah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070324-M-2166H-004. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army instructors at the School of Infantry (SOI) give the signal for the Iraqi Soldiers to get down and hide during a training 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

041115-A-1067B-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Soldier from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, 351st Civil Affairs Command, USACAPOC, calls in a radio report during a training scenario meant to test radio etiquette and reporting abilities August 27, 2022, in Junction City, a part of the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Soldiers identified what they saw in a makeshift sand table and then used live radios to call in SALUTE reports to their peers; SALUTE reports are relayed over the radio during a patrol or mission in order to inform the chain of command of an encountered enemys size, activity, location and unit, as well as the time of the incident and any equipment the enemy might have.

A member of the Kentucky Air National Guards 123rd Security Forces Squadron fires his service rifle during an exercise at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., May 19, 2022. The event was part of law-and-order training completed by more than 20 unit members over six days in central California.

050822-A-0527A-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Baghran Valley State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Two Kazakhstan Soldiers, one armed with a 5.56 mm AK-74 assault rifle, man an entry check point during the start of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), 15 September 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other .... Complete Scene Caption: Two Kazakhstan Soldiers, one armed with a 5.56 mm AK-74 assault rifle, man an entry check point during the start of Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000, Almaty, Kazakhstan (KAZ), 15 September 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and hum

050706-A-1566H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Province Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040605-M-4419R-060. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

AIR BASE 201, Niger - Members of the (FAN) Niger Armed Forces, (French: Forces armées nigériennes), participate in medical field training on their first day of training by the 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Air Advisors, along with the 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion and 724th Expeditionary Air Base Group Fire and Emergency Services Flight at Air Base 201, Niger, Oct. 17, 2022. The partnership between the U.S. and Africa is critical to overcoming geographic challenges and building an international model of security cooperation across the continent.

060102-A-7359K-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

A Tunisian explosive ordnance disposal team with the 61st Engineering Group prepares to execute the hook and pull procedure on unexploded ordnance detected during a practice run during African Lion 22 at a Tunisian Armed Forces Base in Bizerte, Tunisia, June 24, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

030324-A-XXXXX-280. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041115-A-1067B-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Karmah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060307-A-1211S-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

TREK NAWA, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, patrol through Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, during Operation Mako, Sept. 21, 2010. Mako was a one-day clearing mission to disrupt enemy activity.

Member of Navy SEAL Team with weapons in action.

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