US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Phillip Atherton, 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Brigade (BDE) Commando,"Wolf Pack", Special Police Training Team (SPTT), provides over-watch security during a join operation with the Iraqi Special Police while conducting a cordon and search for illegal weapons and munitions during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Duplicate image, see also 060410-N-7586B-204 or DN-SD-06-15770)

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.