US Navy Photographer's Mate Second Class (PH2) John Parker (right) is awarded the red card by referee Chris Cejka during a Joint Service soccer tournament held at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Loyalty, located in East Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQ FREEDOM
Base: Fob Loyalty
State: Baghdad
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Bart A. Bauer, USN
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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Date
23/04/2006
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