STAFF SGT. Castello from B Battery, 4-320th Field Artillery Battalion, 101st Division patrols a field during operation blackfoot in the Zafaraniyah District, Baghdad on January 16, 2005. The Iraqi Police and US Soldiers were looking for Weapons caches suspected to be hidden in that area. The 101st Division is currently deployed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Army photo by SPECIALIST Teddy Wade) (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.