Ingrid Ruffin Collection
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- A M113 Armored Personnel Carrier patrols in Iraq, circa 2003
- An M113 Armored Personnel Carrier [APC] patrols in Iraq. It appears to be armed with an M2 Browning Machine Gun and manned by U.S. soldiers. A building and Iraqi civilians can be seen in the background. Iraqi children can be seen playing in the foreground.
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- A female airman lifts weights in Iraq
- A female airman, in desert combat uniform, uses a barbell to workout while stationed in Iraq in 2003. Camouflage netting appears to cover the makeshift weight room.
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- AFN Crew in Iraq, 2003
- A member of the American Forces Network operates a camera outside of structure covered with camouflage netting while in Iraq in 2003. The cameraman is joined by a fellow AFN crew member (center) and a vehicle maintenance staff person.
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- Air Force personnel arrive in Iraq
- U.S. Air Force personnel, all wearing three-color camouflage desert combat uniforms, take a break after arriving in Iraq in 2003. Several sit on duffel bags and other forms of luggage. In the background a generator, several structures, supplies, and a military vehicle can be seen.
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- American military base in Iraq, 1003
- Photo of a U.S. military installation in Iraq in 2003.
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- American military camp in Iraq
- Rows of structures at an American military camp in Iraq, as seen from a radar hill in 2003. The large tent on the left is the Army and Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES) facility, the installation's store.
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- Base Exchange in Iraq
- Photo taken from a radar hill showing the large tented structure serving as the base exchange [BX] and surrounding buildings at a United States military installation in Iraq. Several high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles [HMMWV/Humvee], cargo trailers, civilian vehicles, and an earth mover are parked near the BX.
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- Bethany Gibson in Iraq
- Bethany Gibson is pictured at a U.S. military installation in Iraq while stationed there in April 2003. She wears the desert combat uniform with staff sergeant rank insignia and caries an M16 rifle, a boonie hat, and a rucksack with angle head flashlight attached. Equipment covered with camouflage webbing and a military cargo truck can bee seen in the background.
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- Bethany Gibson in Iraq
- U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Bethany Gibson, in three-color desert combat uniform, sits in an inflatable structure surrounded by boxes while stationed in Iraq in 2003.
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- Captured Iraqi munitions
- Captured Iraqi munitions are stacked in rows in a building in Iraq.
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- Chow line in Iraq
- A line of service people await entrance to the tent structure serving as the mess hall at a U.S. military installation in Iraq, 2003. The two green devices are hand washing stations.
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- Entrance to worksite in Iraq
- Entrance to the 606th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron work site in Iraq, 2003. The site contains equipment and structures covered in desert camouflage netting and an American flag next to a piece of Iraqi artillery.
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- Equipment at U.S. base in northern Iraq, 2003
- A row of generators can be seen beneath a TPS 75 radar on a hill in Iraq, 2003.
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- Erica Johnson in Iraq
- U.S. Air Force servicewoman Erica Johnson, in desert camouflage boonie hat, walks through a U.S. military installation in Iraq in 2003. Military vehicles and a tent can be seen in the background.
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- Erica Johnson in body armor
- U.S. Air Force servicewoman Erica Johnson poses in "coffee stain camouflage" three-color desert combat patterned body armor over a blue t-shirt in a Alaska Small Shelter in Iraq in 2003. On a hanger behind her is a pair of the desert camouflage daytime pattern trousers.
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- Female airman doing a pull-up
- A female airman does a pull-up exercise from a beam in a tent while stationed in Iraq in July 2003. A male airman looks on. Both service members are dressed in desert combat uniforms.
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- Female airmen with rifles in Iraq
- U.S. Air Force members Bethany Gibson (left) and Kenny Jo pose back to back holding their M16 rifles while stationed in Iraq in April 2003. Both women are dressed in three-color camouflage desert combat uniforms; Gibson's has staff sergeant [E5] rank insignia on the sleeve and Jo wears a boonie hat. Tents and equipment covered in camouflaged netting can be seen in the background.
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- Flag of the 606th ACS in Iraq
- An American flag flies over the work site of the 606th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron in Iraq in 2003. The flagpole is attached to a junked piece of Iraqi artillery.
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- Four female airmen by tank in Iraq
- U.S. Air Force members Howe, Ingrid Ruffin, Gina, and Katherine Mendez pose for a group photo in front of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle while they were stationed in Iraq in May 2003. The women are dressed in desert combat uniforms with boonie hats, and are carrying Meals, Ready-to-Eat [MREs] and water bottles.
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- General Tommy Franks with coalition troops in Iraq
- Army General Tommy Franks sits with coalition troops in Iraq, probably for a photograph. The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, and foreign forces are all represented.
