1,215 American soldiers, airmen, marines and seamen prayed before the pledge of enlistment on July 4, 2008 at a massive re-enlistment ceremony in Al Faw palace in Baghdad, Iraq.
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.
