At the U.S. Army Training support Center, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, sand bags are used instead of actual foxholes, as soldiers train for deployment to Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 65th Reserve Support Command soldiers are stationed at Camp Santiago, in Salinas, Puerto Rico. (U.S. Army PHOTO by Carlos V. Rivera, CIV) (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.