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A group of Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) perform a maintenance check on a refueling drogue basket of their KC-130 before making another flight from their forward operating base back into Afghanistan. It is part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A group of Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) perform a maintenance check on a refueling drogue basket of their KC-130 before making another flight from their forward operating base back into Afghanistan. It is part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A group of Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) perform a maintenance check on a refueling drogue basket of their KC-130 before making another flight from their forward operating base back into Afghanistan. In the background, an Air Force 10K-AT forklift is driven by for another load for the KC-130. It is part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Inside the KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) get ready to depart after landing at Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A Marine Corps KC-130/R from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) sits, engines running, at a forward operating airstrip waiting to be loaded with Marines and supplies from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)). They will be flown back into Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A Marine with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, prepares to board a Marine Corps KC-130 on a mission in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The KC-130 is part of Marine Aerial Refueling Squadron VMGR-352
Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) listen to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) Loadmaster Sergeant Jessica Lujick, USMC, present a flight brief inside her KC-130/R aircraft before a flight into Kandahar during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
An overall view of the ramp where Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58, work to swap an engine on a US Marine KC 130 Hercules aircraft at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations
As night falls a maintenance Marine from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) checks out engine number one on his KC-130/R after his plane returns to a forward operating base from flights over Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A group of Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) perform a maintenance check on a refueling drogue basket of their KC-130 before making another flight from their forward operating base back into Afghanistan. It is part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352
Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.