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Eyes Wide Open is an exhibit created by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) observing the American soldiers and marines who died in the Iraq War (2003–2011). It contains a pair of combat boots to represent every American soldier and marine who died in the war, as well as shoes representing Iraqi civilians who lost their lives during ...
At the height of the occupation the US had 170,000 personnel in uniform stationed in 505 bases throughout all provinces of Iraq. Another 135,000 private military contractors were also working in Iraq. [1] [2] Due to International military intervention against ISIL, personnel have returned to old bases and new bases created.
Jessica Dawn Lynch (born April 26, 1983) is an American teacher, actress, and former United States Army soldier who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a private first class.
Two veterans who served with Secretary of Defense designee Pete Hegseath recounted his valor and bravery in combat during their service with him in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Iraq Against the War marching in Boston, October 2007. About Face (formerly Iraq Veterans Against the War) is an advocacy group founded in 2004 of formerly active-duty United States military personnel, Iraq War veterans, Afghanistan War veterans, and other veterans who have served since the September 11, 2001 attacks; who were opposed to the U.S. military invasion and occupation in Iraq from ...
Lioness is a 2008 documentary film directed by Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers [1] [2] about the first members of Team Lioness.This feature-length documentary tells the story of a group of Army servicewomen who went to Iraq as clerks, mechanics and engineers but ended up fighting alongside the Marines in some of the bloodiest battles of the Iraq war.
Instead, when commanders wanted to put talented women soldiers on combat teams, they did so by temporarily "attaching" them to those units, or sending them in a support role, rather than an official combat role, [4] thus Team Lioness was "attached," but not assigned to infantry units. Therefore, women were relegated to the "soft, hearts and ...
Then-Lt. Col. John Abizaid speaking with some Kurds in Northern Iraq during Operation Provide Comfort, 1991 Operation Provide Comfort and Provide Comfort II were military operations initiated by the United States and other Coalition nations of the Persian Gulf War, starting in April 1991, to defend Kurdish refugees fleeing their homes in northern Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, and to ...