Keywords: The final convoy 111218-N-YY383-007.jpg en A man stands beside the road at the last checkpost heading south out of Iraq an small Iraqi police installation on the Iraqi side of the border as the final vehicles of the final convoy approach As those six vehicles crossed into Kuwait Operation New Dawn came to a quiet end In a fitting end to Operation New Dawn taking place in the morning hours of Dec 18 2011 the final crossing of U S forces from Iraq took place just after dawn and provided a visible end to one of the longest chapters in U S military history During the 8 years and 9 months spent in Iraq more than one million U S service members took part in myriad missions across Iraq 2011-12-18 Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Mendez https //www dvidshub net/image/501869 111218-N-YY383-007 2011-12-19 15 50 CAMP ARIFJAN KW PD-USGov-Military-Navy Camp Arifjan Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |