The War in Afghanistan, the start of Operation Enduring Freedom, 25th anniversary on 7 October

Oct 7, 2026

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Operation Enduring Freedom Dec 17, 2001; Camp Rhino, Afghanistan; Cpl. ANTHONY CARDENAS (L), and Cpl. PPAUL VELEZ-SALAZAR (R), man their squad automatic weapons atop a humvee before going on patrol. Camp Rhino California USA Copyright: xEarniexGraftonx
Operation Enduring Freedom Dec 17, 2001; Camp Rhino, Afghanistan; Cpl. JOSHUA REHFELDT, from Sacramento, Calif., watches the newly raised American flag signed by people from New York City who lost loved ones on Sept. 11 and sent to the Marines here. Camp Rhino California USA Copyright: xEarniexGraftonx
California News - October 29, 2001 (PUBLISHED 10 31 2001, A-3) - ER30oct0103-ABOARD THE USS PELELIU SOMEWHERE IN THE ARABIAN SEA-- Marine Lance Cpl. Clinton J. Bates, from Hugonton, Kansas, practices weapons drills on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu Oct. 30. Bates, who is assigned to the lst Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion s detachment from Camp Pendleton, and other Marines are here in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. POOL PHOTO by Earnie Grafton Union-Tribune CAMP RHINO California AFG Copyright: xEarniexGraftonx
California News - September 18, 2000 (PUBLISHED 11 02 2001, Cropped A-1; A-5 full) - ER1nov01001-ABOARD THE USS PELELIU SOMEWHERE IN THE ARABIAN SEA-- U.S. Marines load up on a CH-53E Sea Stallion on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu Nov. 1 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. POOL PHOTO by Earnie Grafton The San Diego Union-Tribune8BIM CAMP RHINO California AFG Copyright: xEarniexGraftonx
Operation Enduring Freedom Dec 01, 2001; San Diego, CA, USA; Cpl. FRANK ZEPEDA wipes tears from his wife AMANDA s cheek before the USS BONHOMME RICHARD leaves San Diego Naval Station. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit on board the Bonhomme Richard, along with the USS Odgen & USS Pearl Harbor, head for the Arabian Sea to support military operations.. Copyright: xAndrewxSilkx
Operation Enduring Freedom Dec 01, 2001; San Diego, CA, USA; Family & friends watch the USS BONHOMME RICHARD leave San Diego Naval Station. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit on board the Bonhomme Richard, along with the USS Odgen & USS Pearl Harbor, head for the Arabian Sea to support military operations.. Copyright: xAndrewxSilkx
KRT WORLD NEWS STORY SLUGGED: SEPT11-HUNT KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID SWANSON PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (September 4) On an ISAF patrol, British soldier, Pvt. James Kent, 18, patrols the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 27, 2003. (nk) 2003 KABUL KABUL AFG EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx KRT DAVIDxSWANSONx krtphotoslive096618
Bush Meets National Security Advisors Washington, DC - September 20, 2001 -- United States President George W. Bush meets with his national security advisors in the Situation Room of the White House prior to addressing a Joint Session of Congress on September 20, 2001. Left to right: CIA Director George J. Tenet; Attorney General John Ashcroft; Secretary of the Treasury Paul O Neill; Vice President Dick Cheney; President George W. Bush; Secretary of State Colin Powell; Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; Henry J. Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz is at the far left of the photo. Mandatory Credit: Eric Draper - The White House via CNP Washington Di Copyright: xx NSC meeting 9.20 P7588-29 EricxA.xDraperx cnpphotos033152
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN 7 9 03 IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN--Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and General Tommy R. Franks, Commander, United States Central Command, testify during the Senate Armed Services hearing on Òlessons learnedÓ during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY PHOTO BY SCOTT J. FERRELL WASHINGTON DC USA EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xCongressionalxQuarterlyxInc.x ScottxJ.xFerrellx cqphotos017206
**Preparing For Take Off** 10 8 2001 F A-18 Hornet from Fighter Attack Squadron (VFA) 94 launches from USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) for a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Credit: Charles Crowell Black Star EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: x2001xCharlesxCrowel BlackxStarx CharlesxCrowelx media flight deck 005
America Fires First Tomahawks to Take Down Taliban in response to 9 11 Attacks 7 OCTOBER 2001 -- NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA -- PHOTOGRAPH BY BARRY IVERSON-- THE FIRST TOMAHAWK MISSILE IS LAUNCHED OFF THE USS PHILIPPINE SEA IN THE NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA OFF THE COAST OF PAKISTON DURING OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM TO TAKE DOWN THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS BY BIN LADEN AND AL QAIDA AGAINST THE UNITED STATES ON 9 11. PHOTOGRAPH BY BARRY IVERSON Off the Coast of Pakistan NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: xx BarryxIversonxPhotographyx bivphotos003493
RECORD DATE NOT STATED 011217-F-3961R-009. Subject Operation Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Copyright: xpiemagsx nararecdefpie08012022d-21338 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
IMAGO History, Anschläge vom 11. September aus New York und Washington D.C 20 Jahre Anschläge vom 11. September: World Trade Center World Trade Center, NYC World Trade Center, New York City terrorist attack, September 11, 2001. New York NY USA Copyright: xChrisxTrotman DUOMO PCNx VV1272 106045
General Tommy Franks Commander of U.S. Central Command in Afghanistan chats with U.S. Air Force troops deployed to Moron Air Base Spain on Nov. 25 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_130) Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_130) PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL025 EC035
Afghans mostly men and boys greet Marines on patrol in a village near Kandahar. U.S. and coalition forces entered the Kandahar region a month earlier in late Nov. 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_30) Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_30) PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL024 EC197
Fully geared U.S. Marines in helicopter about to be deployed in Afghanistan from the amphibious command ship USS Bataan. Dec. 14 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_27) Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_27) PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL024 EC193
An Special Operations infantry company move across the desert in a file after the seizure of a forward operating baseduring the U.S. lead coalition s invasion of Afghanistan after the 9 11 al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the U.S. Nov. 26 2001., Photo by:Eve Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_209) PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL024 EC180
U.S. Sailor and a Marine bring a wounded Pashtun fighter from Afghanistan aboard the USS Bataan for medical treatment in the first months of the U.S. fighting after the al Qaeda 9 11 terrorist attacks. Dec. 6 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_ Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_80) PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL024 EC172
Infantryman carries a full combat load including a machine gun after seizing a forward operating base during the U.S. lead coalition s invasion of Afghanistan after the 9 11 al Qaeda terrorist attacks on the U.S. Nov. 25 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection Everett Collection(BSLOC_2011_6_74) PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL024 EC165
March 9, 2003 - Undisclosed - Combat controllers practice firing movements on the range at a forward-deployed location supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Air Force combat controller teams are trained to conduct and support special operations under clandestine, covert or low-visibility conditions. Undisclosed - ZUMAz03_ 20030309_sha_z03_440 Copyright: xMasterxSgt.xJeremyxT.xLockx
Mar 21, 2008 - Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan - Captain JACOB BAILEY of Clyde, Texas, spends the flight time from Kyrgyzstan to Afghanistan reading Steve Coll s ,Ghost War, about the CIA s history in the central Asia. Captain Bailey is part of the 101st Airborne Division Headquarters that is deploying to Afghanistan to assume from the 82nd Airborne Division command of the US s eastern regional command for Operation Enduring Freedom. - ZUMAav2_ 20080321_jac_av2_210
Rawah, Iraq, September 7, 2007 A U.S. Special Forces soldier conducts rehearsal, training and pre-operation conformation on the MK-12 sniper rifle. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk104387m
Aug. 12, 2012 - Shah Wali Kot, Kandahar, Afghanistan - US special force commandos provide security as troops off-load from a Black Hawk helicopter during a clearing operation August 12, 2012 in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Shah Wali Kot Afghanistan - ZUMAp138
Amerikanischer Pilot im Cockpit einer F-14 Tomcat auf dem Deck der USS Theodore Roosevelt im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom - wax2001110702
Amerikanische Marinesoldaten entschärfen Munition auf dem Gelände einer Operationsbasis in der Nähe von Kandahar im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom wap2001122711
USS Theodore Roosevelt im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom im Roten Meer nav2001121009 !ACHTUNG LUFTAUFNAHME 100% HONORARAUFSCHLAG!
Ehrensalut für den gefallenen Soldaten Evander Andrews auf dem Nationalfriedhof in Arlington - Andrews ist das erste Opfer der Operation Enduring Freedom - (WAP2001102209)

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Operation Enduring Freedom Dec 17, 2001; Camp Rhino, Afghanistan; Cpl. ANTHONY CARDENAS (L), and Cpl. PPAUL VELEZ-SALAZAR (R), man their squad automatic weapons atop a humvee before going on patrol. Camp Rhino California USA Copyright: xEarniexGraftonx

RECORD DATE NOT STATED 011217-F-3961R-009. Subject Operation Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Copyright: xpiemagsx nararecdefpie08012022d-21338 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

IMAGO History, Anschläge vom 11. September aus New York und Washington D.C 20 Jahre Anschläge vom 11. September: World Trade Center World Trade Center, NYC World Trade Center, New York City terrorist attack, September 11, 2001. New York NY USA Copyright: xChrisxTrotman DUOMO PCNx VV1272 106045

Rawah, Iraq, September 7, 2007 A U.S. Special Forces soldier conducts rehearsal, training and pre-operation conformation on the MK-12 sniper rifle. Copyright: StocktrekxImages stk104387m

Aug. 12, 2012 - Shah Wali Kot, Kandahar, Afghanistan - US special force commandos provide security as troops off-load from a Black Hawk helicopter during a clearing operation August 12, 2012 in Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Shah Wali Kot Afghanistan - ZUMAp138

Amerikanischer Pilot im Cockpit einer F-14 Tomcat auf dem Deck der USS Theodore Roosevelt im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom - wax2001110702

Amerikanische Marinesoldaten entschärfen Munition auf dem Gelände einer Operationsbasis in der Nähe von Kandahar im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom wap2001122711

USS Theodore Roosevelt im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom im Roten Meer nav2001121009 !ACHTUNG LUFTAUFNAHME 100% HONORARAUFSCHLAG!

Ehrensalut für den gefallenen Soldaten Evander Andrews auf dem Nationalfriedhof in Arlington - Andrews ist das erste Opfer der Operation Enduring Freedom - (WAP2001102209)