The Last U.S. Troop Brigade In Iraq Departs Country After Over Eight Years Of War

NASIRIYAH, IRAQ - DECEMBER 16: Sergeant Daniel Martin (2nd L) of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division checks the equipment of colleagues outside a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) while preparing for the U.S. military's last combat patrol in the country on Highway 1 north of Camp Adder near Nasiriyah, Iraq Daniel Martin (2nd L) of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division performs a weapons check before going out on the U.S. military's last combat patrol in the country at Camp Adder on December 16, 2011 near Nasiriyah, Iraq. All U.S. troops were scheduled to have departed Iraq by December 31st, 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. (Photo by Lucas Jackson-Pool/Getty Images)