A young boy runs behind a Stryker and waves to soldiers with Head Quarters Troup, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment (Personal Security Detachment) while the soldiers are on a convoy in Mosul Iraq, Oct. 11, 2005. The 11th ACR PSD is in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army photo By SPC. Jory C. Randall) (Released)

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.