Iraqi subcontractors transport wet cement across the scaffolding tracks, while pouring the foundation at the construction site for the Public Order Battalion (POB) complex, located in Baghdad, Iraq. This large rehabilitation and new construction project has been planned, managed, and quality-controlled by US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and site managers. Taken 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.