US Army (USA) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Susan Raymond, Head Intensive Care Unit Nurse, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, speaks live via satellite with the NBC Today Show, on the current condition of patients that sustained wounds during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Air Force (USAF) Second Lieutenant (2LT) Bates holds an umbrella to shield equipment from the light rain

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.