US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Keith Lackey, with the 407th Expeditionary Communications Squadron (ECS), uses a motorized ditch-digger to dig a trench where fiber optic cables for a Visual Information (VI) unit will be buried in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, at Tallil Air Base (AB), Iraq

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.