Archive photo of the day
Marching practice, 2005
Stars and Stripes
August 29, 2023
(Teri Weaver/Stars and Stripes)
Iraq, June 1, 2005: Iraqi soldiers practice marching in front of an unfinished mosque at Camp Independence in Baghdad. The mosque was being built before the war began and was meant to be the largest in the world, according to U.S. officers. The U.S. Army trained Iraqi soldiers at Independence. Read more about the training here.