Members of B Company 1ST Battalion, 109th Infantry conduct a foot patrol through a local village outside of Forward Operating Base Blue Diamond near Ramadi, Iraq on March 13, 2006 as part of operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class David D. Isakson) (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.