LT. Eric Robinson from Bravo Battery 4-320 Field Artillery, 101st Airborne Division briefs his troops before a sweep, in search of weapons and items used in making IED's in Baghdad, Iraq, on February 8, 2006, during operation Blind Dog. The 101st is currently deployed in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (US Army photo by Private First Class William Servinski II)(Released)

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.