A view from a concrete bunker in the nearly deserted Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah, Iraq, 16 December 2011. Around 500 other troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ended their presence on Camp Adder, the last remaining American base, and departed in the final American military convoy out of Iraq, arriving into Kuwait in the early morning hours of 18 December 2011. All U.S. troops were scheduled to have departed Iraq by 31 December 2011. At least 4,485 U.S. military personnel died in service in Iraq. According to the Iraq Body Count, more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died from war-related violence. EPA/MARIO TAMA / POOL
US soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, attend a casing of the colors ceremony by handwritten names of soldiers at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah, Iraq, 17 December 2011. Around 500 other troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ended their presence on Camp Adder, the last remaining American base, and departed in the final American military convoy out of Iraq, arriving into Kuwait in the early morning hours of 18 December 2011. All U.S. troops were scheduled to have departed Iraq by 31 December 2011. At least 4,485 U.S. military personnel died in service in Iraq. According to the Iraq Body Count, more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died from war-related violence. EPA/MARIO TAMA / POOL
US soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division board a C-17 transport plane to depart from Iraq at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah, Iraq, 17 December 2011. Around 500 other troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ended their presence on Camp Adder, the last remaining American base, and departed in the final American military convoy out of Iraq, arriving into Kuwait in the early morning hours of 18 December 2011. All U.S. troops were scheduled to have departed Iraq by 31 December 2011. At least 4,485 U.S. military personnel died in service in Iraq. According to the Iraq Body Count, more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died from war-related violence. EPA/MARIO TAMA / POOL
US Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division salute during a re-enlistment ceremony for Staff Sergeant Brant Smith, from Dothan, Alabama, while preparing to depart in the last convoy from Iraq at Camp Adder, now known as Imam Ali Base, near Nasiriyah, Iraq, 17 December 2011. Around 500 other troops from the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division ended their presence on Camp Adder, the last remaining American base, and departed in the final American military convoy out of Iraq, arriving into Kuwait in the early morning hours of 18 December 2011. All U.S. troops were scheduled to have departed Iraq by 31 December 2011. At least 4,485 U.S. military personnel died in service in Iraq. According to the Iraq Body Count, more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died from war-related violence. EPA/MARIO TAMA / POOL
Specialist Dante Battle with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division watches the sun rise from within his Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle as his crew nears the Kuwaiti border while traveling in the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Specialist Brian Hamedi smiles as he drives a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle across the Kuwaiti border with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division perform a security check on their vehicles near the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
A soldier with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division folds up a U.S. flag outside their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle before leaving Camp Adder to travel with the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Specialist Robert Rodriguez smiles as he mans the gun of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division near the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Staff Sergeant Prince House from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division smiles as his Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle nears Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division sit inside their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle before leaving Camp Adder to travel with the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Captain Mark Askew gives soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division a mission brief before leaving Camp Adder to travel with the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division perform a security check on their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles near the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division pose with a U.S. flag outside their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle before leaving Camp Adder to travel with the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Specialist Christopher Conner smiles with Specialist Dante Battle (R) as their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle approaches the Kuwaiti border with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Staff Sergeant Prince House from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division assembles his team back to their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle after crossing the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Specialist Marion Church (C) and Specialist Robert Yow (C-R) from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division laugh outside their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle after crossing the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
The Kuwaiti desert stretches beyond a U.S. flag on the dashboard of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division that is part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Staff Sergeant Prince House from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division rides in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle on the way to cross the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
US Army General Lloyd Austin, commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, greets the last group of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to cross the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
U.S. Army General Lloyd Austin, commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq, greets the last group of soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to cross the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Iraqis wave behind a U.S. flag on the dashboard of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
A line of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division that are part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq drive south on Highway 1 towards Kuwait, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Soldiers from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division unload their weapons after crossing the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
Specialist Dante Battle from the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division secures the perimeter outside of a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle on the way to cross the Kuwaiti border as part of the last U.S. military convoy to leave Iraq, 18 December 2011. The last convoy of U.S. soldiers pulled out of Iraq on Sunday, ending nearly nine years of war that cost almost 4,500 American and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives and left a country still grappling with political uncertainty. EPA/LUCAS JACKSON / POOL
