War Murals

Close up from The War Murals Project Trading Card Sample Set:

This set includes three sealed trading card packs, each containing 8 cards, for a total of 24 cards. The cards feature real murals and barrier art created by the troops, for the troops deployed across CENTCOM during the Global War on Terror (GWOT), paired with historical context and storytelling inspired by classic military trading cards of the 1990s and early 2000s.

What’s Included
- 24 unique cards total in each set from the limited-edition sample run
- 3 sealed trading card packs with 8 cards per pack in a fixed order. Not randomized.
- 3 Stickers of recreated GWOT graffiti.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/WarMurals

FOB Kalsu, Iraq 2010- Chaplain Coffee House
'And on the third day, God created the coffee bean, And He saw that it was good'

From "Ode to a T-Wall" by David Mallen (2014)

New T-wall art from Operation Epic Fury by a USAF barrier maintenance section responsible for aircraft arresting systems (AAS).

Aircraft arresting systems (AAS) are essential safety infrastructure at airfields, providing a controlled method to stop aircraft during aborted takeoffs, overshoots, or emergency landings.

Via Joe Snuffy

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar 2026
Twall art by the 1st Expeditionary Theater Support Group (1 ETSG)
The 1st ETSG specializes in one essential task: rapidly transforming warm bases or underdeveloped locations into fully functioning bases capable of supporting U.S. and coalition forces. From reception to beddown, the group plans, constructs, and operates installations where service members live and work—often in a matter of weeks.

Via Joe Snuffy

Delta Company 'Chupacabras', 2nd Battalion (General Support), 149th Aviation Regiment , 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard deployed 2008-2010.
Camp Buehring, Kuwait
2011 photo via Loeren Hutsell
2017 photo via Christopher Strozier

T-walls made for the LSA Anaconda/ Balad Air Base Reunion last weekend at VFW Post 8905 Cypress, Texas.
The big walls were displayed out front and made by a local carpenter.
The mini t-walls were the center piece for all the tables.

Photos from anonymous.

15 JUNE 2014
Start of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE [ISIL – Iraq/Syria]

Operation Inherent Resolve [OIR] began on 15 June 2014 as the United States responded to the rapid advance of the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Earlier that month, ISIS captured several major cities in Iraq, to include Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, and Iraq second largest city, Mosul, threatening the stability of the Iraqi government and the security of the region. In response, U.S. military personnel were deployed to assess the situation, protect American interests, and support Iraqi security forces.

Operation Inherent Resolve evolved into a multinational campaign involving more than 80 partner nations and organizations dedicated to defeating ISIS in Iraq and Syria. This operation combined airstrikes, intelligence sharing, training, advising, and assistance to local forces. U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Navy, and coalition personnel worked together to help Iraqi and Syrian partner forces reclaim territory occupied by ISIS. Over time, the campaign significantly degraded ISIS’s military capabilities, destroyed key leadership networks, and contributed to the liberation of millions of people from terrorist control.

To learn more about our Army’s role during Operation Inherent Resolve, come by the National Infantry Museum and visit our exhibit gallery “A Global Presence: 1989 – Present” which covers from the invasion of Panama in 1989 through to current operations today – I am the Infantry! FOLLOW ME!

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LSA Anaconda, Iraq 2009- Twall art by the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, "Nighthawk Brigade" of the Indiana Army National Guard and 38th Infantry Division.

At the bottom:

'Some people live an intire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the word. The men and women of the Military don't have that problem' - Ronald Reagan

Photo by James Ball