Armed US Army (USA) soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division perform a reconnaissance security patrol to assist USA Soldiers from 96th Civil Affairs Battalion and Joint Task Force 4 (JTF-4) as they conduct surveys and assess damage done by looting at Yarmuk Hospital in the City of Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.