PSYOPs Photograph Library

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
At sea aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) Dec. 30, 2002 --
Cryptologic Technician 1st Class Steve Reed from Westbury, N.Y., loads leaflets into canisters that will be loaded on coalition aircraft and dropped over Iraq. This is the first time ever that leaflets have been printed on a U.S. Navy ship and then used operationally. U.S. planes patrolling the no-fly zones have begun dropping leaflets encouraging Iraqis to listen for news broadcasts on special radio channels. The leaflets also mention not to shoot at coalition aircraft. Constellation is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Richard Moore. (RELEASED)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
At sea aboard USS Constellation (CV 64) Dec. 30, 2002 --
Lithographer 2nd Class Michael Gomez from Guam prepares leaflets that will be dropped over Iraq. This is the first time ever that leaflets have been printed on a U.S. Navy ship and then used operationally. U.S. planes patrolling the no-fly zones have begun dropping leaflets encouraging Iraqis to listen for news broadcasts on special radio channels. The leaflets also mention not to shoot at coalition aircraft. Constellation is on a regularly scheduled six-month deployment conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Richard Moore. (RELEASED)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 20, 2003) --
Two F/A-18 Hornets, one assigned to the 'Kestrels' of Strike Fighter Squadron One Three Seven (VFA-137) (lower-right) and the 'Death Rattlers' of Marine Strike Fighter Squadron Three Two Three (VMFA-323), prepare to launch from the flight deck on board the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64). Constellation and Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are deployed conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraq Freedom. Both aircraft are carrying BDU-5 bombs under the wing, designed to explode and disburse informational leaflets to the Iraqi people and military forces.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Charles E. Alvarado. (RELEASED)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Sergeant First Class Dain Christensen, of Charlie Company, 9th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Battalion out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, places anti terrorist flyers over graffiti in Mosul, Iraq on August 16, 2004. Psyops is patrolling this area of Mosul to battle false propaganda put out by Anti-Iraqi forces. 9th POB are in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
Sgt. 1st Class Dain Christensen, right, places anti terrorist flyers over graffiti in Mosul, Iraq, as a fellow service member holds materials. Christensen is assigned to the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion, which is helping to combat false information disseminated by anti-Iraqi forces in Iraq.

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
3rd Brigade Combat Team Psychological Operations personnel patrol the streets of Baghdad's Karada District, countering Muqtada al-Sadr supporters.

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
USACAPOC Soldier with Iraqis - Spc. Andrew Fyfe, psychological operations specialist, 361st Psychological Operations Company, lets his guard down for a photo with a group of Iraqi youth in Al-Fallujah, Iraq.

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
350th PSYOPS Company passes out leaflets and broadcasts important messages to the marketplaces and poor neighborhoods in Al Kut, Iraq.
(Official photo by Sgt. 1st. Class Donald R. Dunn II, USA)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
An MC-130E Combat Talon loadmaster ties down boxes containing leaflets to be dropped over Basra, Iraq. The leaflets send a message that coalition forces are here to help, ask that Iraqi civilians not get in the way of coalition forces and ask Iraqi soldiers to capitulate.
(U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Air Force (USAF) MC-130E Combat Talon loadmaster discusses with the crew the aircrafts cargo of boxes containing 120,000 leaflets that will be dropped over Basra, Iraq, sending a message to Iraqis that they not get in the way of coalition forces and that soldiers capitulate, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.

Spc. Jarod Delhotal, a psychological operations specialist assigned to Company B, 9th PSYOP Battalion, operates a portable loudspeaker as he broadcasts messages in Russian to role players in the Military Operations in Urban Terrain city at Range 68 on Feb. 5. Delhotal and three other Soldiers were at the range participating in a weeklong assessment and selection course for assignment to Tactical PSYOP Detachment 940, which provides direct PSYOP support to the 75th Ranger Regiment. Missions at the range's MOUT site included a village assessment and combat loudspeaker operations. Five candidates spent the week in tough physical and mental trials while vying for spots in the detachment. TPD 940 is assigned to Company B, 9th Battalion, 4th PSYOP Group (Airborne).

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
01/24/05 - Three Iraqi men stand in front of a water pump being tested for purification by the 1st COSCOM G-5, on Jan. 24, 2005. All three will hand out voting fliers to encourage local members to vote in the upcoming elections.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
01/24/05 - Young Iraqi boys hold a voting flyer, on Jan. 24, 2005. 350th PSYOPS Company from LSA Anaconda is responsible for getting the word out to the surrounding communities of the upcoming Jan. 30th Iraqi elections.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
01/26/05 - An Iraqi boy holds a flyer about the upcoming Iraqi elections in Balad, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2005.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kurt Gibbons III) (Released)

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
A troop with Polish Psyops passes out leaflets to children during a CIMIC (Civilian/Military Cooperation) patrol in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq on January 10, 2006.
(U.S. Army photo by PFC Timothy J. Villareal)(released)