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Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
United States military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "American military personnel of the Iraq War" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
On 15 December, an American military ceremony was held in Baghdad putting a formal end to the US mission in Iraq. [358] The last US combat troops withdrew from Iraq on 18 December 2011, although the US embassy and consulates continue to maintain a staff of more than 20,000 including 100+ military personnel within the Office of Security ...
As of June 2018 total of US World War II casualties listed as MIA is 72,823 [94] e. ^ Korean War : Note: [ 20 ] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177. The American Battle Monuments Commission database for the Korean War reports that "The Department of Defense reports that 54,246 American service men and women lost their ...
U.S. Marines in Iraq along the Euphrates River, 2005. The combatants of the Iraq War include the Multinational Force in Iraq and armed Iraqi insurgent groups. Below is a list of armed groups or combatants that participated in the Iraq War of 2003–2011.
The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American ...
Battle: Was the first military confrontation in the Second Iraq War. Battle of Nasiriyah: 23 March 2003: 29 March 2003: Nasiriyah: Battle: During the fighting 18 marines and 11 soldiers were killed and about 50 were wounded, while the Iraqi resistance was neutralized fairly rapidly thereafter. Operation Northern Delay: 26 March 2003: 26 March ...
It was the largest naval convoy operation since World War II. [18] 1987–1988: Persian Gulf: Operation Prime Chance was a United States Special Operations Command operation intended to protect U.S.-flagged oil tankers from Iranian attack during the Iran–Iraq War. The operation took place roughly at the same time as Operation Earnest Will.