US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Gloria Torres, Prosthodontist, 257th Medical Company (Dental Service), Fort Bragg, North Carolina (NC), makes an adjustment to a synthetic tooth during dental implant surgery in the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Dental Clinic in Baghdad, Baghdad Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This implant surgery marks a milestone for the 257th MED CO (DS) and military dentistry because it is the first time that a procedures of this type has been done in a combat theater of operations

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US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Gloria Torres, Prosthodontist, 257th Medical Company (Dental Service), Fort Bragg, North Carolina (NC), makes an adjustment to a synthetic tooth during dental implant surgery in the 31st Combat Support Hospital (CSH) Dental Clinic in Baghdad, Baghdad Province, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This implant surgery marks a milestone for the 257th MED CO (DS) and military dentistry because it is the first time that a procedures of this type has been done in a combat theater of operations

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Baghdad

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jacob N Bailey, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Iraq War

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.