 Garrels aiva mumwe wevatapi venhau vokuMadokero 16 vakaramba vari muBaghdad uye vakashuma vari vapenyu munguva yeHondo yeIraq ya2003. Achangodzoka kubva kuIraq, akabudisa bhuku rinonzi Naked in Baghdad, iro rinotsanangura zvaiitika panguva yaakapinda muIraq. Iye gare gare akadzokera kuIraq kanoverengeka nokuda kweNPR. Akanga ari mutori wenhau akabatanidzwa neU.S. Marines mukati mokurwiswa kwaNovember 2004 paFallujah. Garrels akafukidzawo sarudzo dzegore ra2005 dzeIraq dzehurumende yenguva pfupi, pamwe nereferendamu yebumbiro remutemo uye sarudzo dzaDecember 2005 dzehurumende yekutanga yeIraq. Sezvo masimba masimba orudzidziso akapararira muruzhinji rwepakati peIraq Garrels akapfuurira kushuma kubva kuBaghdad, Najaf neBasra. 