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US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Wayne Meyers (right) connects with a right jab to the face of Specialists (SPC) Christopher Mauro, during the Inter-Company Friday Flight Fights held at Camp Victory, in Baghdad, Iraq. Both Soldiers are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company (H&HC), 20th Engineer Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, and are volunteer participants in the program designed to bust the morale of Soldiers deployed in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: SPC James B. Smith Jr., USA
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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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