US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Samuel Brown, 982nd Signal Company (SIG CO) (Combat Camera) [COMCAM] (Reserve) Wilson, North Carolina (NC), records the action on the streets of Al Hawijah as part of Operation Bayonet Lightning during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Bayonet Lightning is a 173rd Brigade level joint cordon operation to locate and question persons of interest and a show of force in the Iraqi city of Al Hawijah

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.