Soldiers from Red Platoon, 1-26 Infantry company, 2nd BCT, 1st I.D. patrol Southern Samarra, Iraq on October 3, 2004. Civilians who venture outside carry prominent white flags to identify themselves as non combatants.
Gilbertson has focussed almost exclusively on the War in Iraq since 2002, covering the conflict from pre-Occupation through the Surge of 2008. A selection of this work, as well as essays detailing Gilbertson's experiences, were published as the acclaimed 2007 book, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War.