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Irish Peacekeeper Pte Seán Rooney (24) out of the 27th Infantry Battalion in Dundalk, Ireland was killed south Lebanon after an armored vehicle carrying four soldiers was attacked on the 14th of December 2022.

Mural painted and finished in memory…

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713th EN CO
Indiana National Guard
2011-2012
Forward Operating Base Frontenac, in the Arghandab River valley, north of Kandahar.

Indiana Army National Guard combat engineers of the 713th Engineer Company, 81st Troop Command, returned home to…

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Mural was dedicated to SGT Joe Nurre who was KIA. He was apart of the 463rd Engineer Battalion, U.S. Army Reserve

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Pedro 66 Memorial
' These things we do that others may live.'
Pirinçlik Air Base- Diyarbakır, Turkey 2017
Photo via Andreas Sanchez

HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter of the 66th Rescue Squadron, 563rd Rescue Group, US Air Force call sign Pedro 66,…

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Jacobson Barrier, the memorial dedicated in honor of Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Jacobson, was retouched, updated and rededicated recently by 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen.

Originally placed in front of the 386th ESFS…

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The Memorial to 11 USAF Air Advisors killed in green on blue attacks was originally established at FOB Oqab, at the Kabul International Airport by members of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing. At some point it was transported from Kabul and set up at…

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'This memorial is dedicated to those Airmen who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and have made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. Many were called to serve in the Global War on Terrorism, all have sacrificed. For those who are memorialized…

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Al Dhafra, AB UAE 2017.
September 11, 2001 Monument/Memorial at ADAB- home of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing
In support of Operation Freedom Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve.
September 11, 2001 monument/memorial
Photo via @chris.r1776

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Photos by courtesy of James Von Holland

As troop levels dropped and the base closed the T-Walls began to be painted over and the murals were destroyed. A contractor at Bagram James photographed the remaining walls, memorials, and documented the…

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Balad Air Base- Iraq 2006-09 'All these pics came from the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, 332nd Expeditionary Ops Group, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Balad Iraq. The ones you see with names listed are from specific unit tours. The second…

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Walls of the “Warrior’s Lounge” at the US Air Force Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility (CASF) at Joint Base Balad Air Force Theater Hospital in Iraq 2011. Hundreds of handwritten notes were scribbled by medical staff and wounded troops waiting…

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"The sun will rise and the day will end,
The battle is fought and never ends
Let us not forget those who fall
For the price of freedom
The sacrificed all"

The memorial was dedicated to the fallen of the 5th Engineer Battalion, 35th Engineer…

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The Camp Cann monument honors Sgt. Adam Cann, a dog handler killed by an explosion in Ramadi, Iraq. The memorial sits outside of the base canine kennel complex known as Camp Cann. The memorial is made from a barrier “T-Wall” that was originally…

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On November 5, 2009, a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas. Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured 31 others. It was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base. Hasan…

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The smiling image of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Carletta S. Davis that adorns the entrance to the clinic would, "welcome patients to one of the best level II medical facilities in Iraq," Lt. Col. Joseph R. Novack, Jr., Brigade Support Battalion commander…

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Memorial On A Concrete Blast Barrier https://pbase.com/junk_camera_soldier/in_iraq&page=4

Army Staff Sgt. Jerome Lemon, 42, of North Charleston, S.C.; assigned to the 1052nd Transportation Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, Kingstree,…

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The t-wall sign from Camp Knott in Fallujah Iraq. Camp Knott was named in memory of SW2 Eric W. Knott who died in a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq, on September 4, 2004, while serving with NMCB 4. The Camp Knott sign was painted on a K-Rail, a…

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On May 28, 2014, the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Wainwright, Alaska established a memorial to the fallen Bobcats from Operation Enduring Freedom ’11-‘12. The memorial t-wall…

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Memorial by British Armed Forces for Lance Bombardier James Dwyer of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, aged 22. L/Bdr Dwyer died whilst on a patrol in Southern Helmand province when the vehicle he was driving struck an anti-tank mine on December…

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On Sept. 4, 2004, the 21 year-old Seabee, Steelworker 3rd Class Eric L. Knott was two weeks into his second tour in Iraq with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 fabricating parts critical to enhancing security at Camp Fallujah when a 122mm…

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Soldier art in the SF/ SFAB quarters at Camp Marmal 2021: Mazar-e-Sharif Airport, Northern Afghanistan left behind during the withdrawal.
'I don't make threats, I make sincere predictions.' 'Don't thread on me.'
Photos via @fp_dude87…

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"I was an embedded reporter with Army Times. The unit I was with was the 2-17 FA of 2nd ID. They left Korea, went to Iraq, and then to Fort Carson. Very difficult for them and families."
Photo via Gina Cavallaro @ginaginacav

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Thank you to William Rich for submitting photos of the murals his unit created while at Convoy Support Center (CSC) Scania (Nippur), on MSR Tampa about 4 miles west of Al Shomali. These are from Iraq in 2005 I was deployed with Alpha Battery 1/623RD…

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On May 28, 2014, the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment established a memorial to the fallen Bobcats from Operation Enduring Freedom ’11-‘12. The memorial t-wall itself was part of the command bunker at Combat Outpost Shoja and was a functional…

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T-Wall Memorial to DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal created at Camp Patriot/KNB in 2010. It reportedly almost got painted over before being saved and transported to Cape May. On 24 April 2004, the USCG Patrol Boat USS Firebolt (PC-10) rigid-hulled inflatable…

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Camp Adder War Memorial on the grounds of the Tallil Airbase southwest of the city of An Nasiriyah . This image was shot in…

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Faded mural at Al Jaber Air Base Kuwait by the 129th Rescue Wing, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (332 AEW) for TSgt Johnny "Luv" Horton.
TSgt Horton was a National Champion Skydiver, Pararescue Trainer, Combat Medic, Combat Scuba Diver, and Senior…

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'During Operation Impact, a Canadian Armed Forces member lays a poppy at the permanent Camp Patrice Vincent commemorative wall after the Remembrance Day ceremony in Kuwait on November 11, 2014. Warrant Officer Vincent was intentionally killed by a…

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The Camp Manion sign that has been welcoming troops to Al Taqaddum (TQ) Air Base. Iraq since 2016 sits on a lot at Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base Kuwait in 2021.

The sign will be sent back to the United States, undergo a restoration process, and assume…

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https://www.warmurals.com/cos-echo-iraq-2011

9/11 Memorial and memory for:
PFC Jones, R
SSG Winder, N
CPL Langaria, V
SGT Kennedy, A

3rd photo of the 9/11 memorial from @j_gack taken in 2008

CONTINGENCY OPERATION STATION ECHO,…
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