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Iraq '05 - '07(28 images)
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Images from three trips to Iraq from 2005 to 2007 for Army Times. Visit http://www.jamesjlee.com for more.
  • On a long ride across the desert of western Iraq, in route to the town of Rawah, near the Syrian border, a soldier gazes up through the hatch of a Stryker armored vehicle awaiting his turn in the gun hatch. (James J. Lee / Army Times) By photographer James Lee
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  • A soldier searches a road culvert for weapons and booby traps in the border town of Rawah, Iraq. By photographer James Lee
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  • A U.S. Sniper receives refreshments from an Iraqi home owner on his rooftop where the sniper team watched for insurgent activities on the streets of Mosul, Iraq. Wednesday July 6, 2005. By photographer James Lee
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  • An Iraqi boy surrenders the family shotgun to a U.S. soldier in Rawah, Iraq. The gun was returned to the family for their personal protection. Sunday July 24, 2005. By photographer James Lee
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  • A .50 cal. gunner checks on his fellow soldiers in the back of his Stryker moments after it was hit by a suicide bomber. Monday, July 18. By photographer James Lee
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  • A U.S. mortar team fires"harassment and interdiction fire" outside the town of Rawah, Iraq. Thursday July 21, 2005 By photographer James Lee
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  • Soldiers with the 10th Mountain Division search a home in Mufarji Village near Yusifiyah, Iraq. By photographer James Lee
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  • A soldier drags an insurgents body from the street. A counter sniper team killed the three men who fired at an Iraqi checkpoint from their car. Mosul, Iraq. Friday July 8, 2005. By photographer James Lee
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  • A U.S. commander shouts orders to his men during a fire fight in Rawah, Iraq. Tuesday July 19, 2005 By photographer James Lee
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  • A U.S. commander takes a break from questioning a suspected insurgent at the combat outpost of Rawah, near the Syrian border. Tuesday July 19, 2005 By photographer James Lee
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  • Soldiers with B Co. 3/21 go through their morning rituals in the desert near the Syrian border. Saturday July 16, 2005. By photographer James Lee
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  • Soldiers play cards on top of "Meals Ready to Eat" boxes in the desert near Rawah, Iraq. Thursday August 4, 2005. By photographer James Lee
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  • Spc. Jacob Coppess, 23 of Anderson, IN, tends to Pfc. Tyson Ivie, in the Intensive Care Unit of the Ibn Sina 10th Combat Support Hospital (CSH) in Baghdad. Ivie, a soldier with the 1st Battalion, 502 Infantry, 101st Airborne Division had shrapnel removed from his chest. March, 10, 2006. (James J. Lee / Army Times) By photographer James Lee
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  • 1st Lt. Kathleen Williams, 37 of Ft. Sill, OK, visits a female patient with a shot wound in the Intensive Care Unit of the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. William was off duty but said that she choose to visit the victim to remind her that she had a lot to live for. The patient succombed to her injuries and died a few hours later. March, 8, 2006. (James J. Lee / Army Times) By photographer James Lee
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  • Spc. Josh Somma (left) and Spc. Brian Ahern, of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1-32 CAV, play original songs like,"I Eat IEDs for Breakfast" in their living quarters in Muqdadiyah, Iraq. By photographer James Lee
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  • Sgt. Joseph Fernadez, 22 of Ely, Minn., watches from the gunner's hatch of his humvee as Iraqi police from the Emergency Services Unit (ESU) arrive in Bayji before dawn Tuesday. The Rakkasans provided support as the Iraqi ESU conducted a two day, 200 man sweep of the town. By photographer James Lee
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  • Pfc. Brian Christopherson, 19 of LaCross, Wis., scans the banks of the Euphrates for threats from his Bridge Erection Boat. The boats are being used by the 50th Engineers to patrol the Euphrates near Iskandiriyah, Iraq. March, 18, 2006. (James J. Lee / Army Times) By photographer James Lee
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  • PFC Clifford Kaja, 21 of Baldwin, MI of Team Gator, a combined force of 1-32 Calvary, treads carefully over a rock outcropping while looking for IED and weapons caches near Muqdadiyah, Iraq. By photographer James Lee
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  • By photographer James Lee
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  • By photographer James Lee
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  • Spc. Stan Sneathen, 24 of Lubbock, TX passes an angry dog while on patrol on the streets of Mussayib, Iraq. Members of D Company 1-67 Armor were patrolling the town near Karbala as pilgrims pass through on the way to Arbayin religious festival. The dog was not injured. March 19, 2006. (James J. Lee / Army Times) By photographer James Lee
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  • Soldiers from 1-37 Armor patrol the streets of south-central Ramadi in Anbar province, running across ally's to avoid frequent sniper fire from the upper levels of closely packed houses. By photographer James Lee
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  • Soldiers from 1-37 Armor patrol the streets of south-central Ramadi with their Iraqi Army counterparts. Soldiers in the area frequently receive sniper fire from the upper levels of closely packed houses. By photographer James Lee
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  • A U.S. soldier celebrates the discovery of a weapons cache with a Iraqi Police commander outside of Ramadi, Iraq. (James J. Lee / Army Times) By photographer James Lee
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  • A soldier with the 10th Mountain Division is closely followed by villagers and their sheep near Yusifiyah, Iraq. By photographer James Lee
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