LT. Jamin McCullum from the 122nd Engineer Co, 101st Airborne Division, gives a mission brief before heading out on a road clearance patrol in Tikrit, Iraq, on February 19, 2006, during Operation Trail Blazer. The 101st is currently deployed in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Released) (US Army photo by Private First Class William Servinski II)

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.