US Army (USA) Sergeant Major (SGM) Richard Fischer, Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC), Iraqi Civil Defense Course (ICDC), and USA Brigadier General (BGEN) Curtis M. Scaparrotti, Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver), 1ST Armored Division (AD), review the new Iraqi Civil Defense Force troops at their graduation ceremony. The ICDC conducted weekly in Baghdad, Iraq, to train new Iraqi recruits on soldier skills and to prepare them to work with coalition forces supporting 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.

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