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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Bubb, and Staff Sgt.

U.S. Army Capt. Erik Hickly, a Provincial Reconstruction

A First Army Observer Coach/Trainer watches as Soldiers

The action is hot and heavy as US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Mark Cobb with the 43rd Security Forces Squadron from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, coordinates security during a simulated attack on Camp Mackall Army Airfield. This image was used in the October 1999 AIRMAN Magazine article "A Herculean Task"

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Nigerian Army Special Forces Soldiers assist US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), with security operations at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Bleau, Headquarters Company (HQ Co.), 6th Marine Regiment (6th MARS), prepares to engage his target with an 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle as part of an advanced marksmanship live-fire exercise conducted at Bagram Airfield, Bagram, Parvan Province, Afghanistan (AFG). The 6th MARS is deployed to Afghanistan to provide command and control in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), U.S. Navy PETTY Officer 3rd Class Will Hurley, a Hospital Corpsman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security for the convoy during on a long security halt in the Khowst-Gardez Pass, Afghanistan, on Dec. 31, 2004. These Marines are conducting security and stabilization operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL James L. Yarboro) (Released)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Pablo M. Rioshernandez assigned to Lima/Battery, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1ST Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, takes up a defensive posture armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle during an exercise with Nigerian Army Soldiers, while deployed at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Leah Cobble, Public Affairs, shows an image on her digital camera to female Kenyan Army soldiers at the Stony-Athi Range in Nairobi, Kenya (KEN). Dutch, French, and US service members from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (JTF-HOA) are participating in the East African Armed Forces Rifle Championship in Nairobi

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Michael Golembesky, Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion (BN), 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), provides security in the midst of a block ambush during a field operation in the North Fuji Training Area as part of Fuji Combined Arms Operation FY-04-2

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL), James E. Stauffer (left), assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 (MWSS-273) checks in a 5.56mm M16A2 service rifles being returned the armory, following an exercise at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Travis L. Sanchez assigned to Lima/Battery, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1ST Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, takes up a defensive posture armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle during an exercise with Nigerian Army Soldiers, while deployed at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

Marines, armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, from Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), begin a patrol after coming ashore and securing a landing site for Exercise EDGE MALLET 2003 in Manda Bay, Kenya

A Nigerian Army Soldier armed with a 5.45mm AK-74 assault rifle provides security as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), move into position around the runway at Roberts International Airport, Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia

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Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE LIBERIA

Base: Roberts International Airport

Country: Liberia (LBR)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nathan E. Eason, 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.

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A U.S. Marine advisor with Task Force Southwest shows

An Egyptian ranger battalion stands in formation holding AK-47 assault rifles in a demonstration for visiting dignitaries during Operation Desert Shield.

Command Sgt. Maj. James Kennedy, top non-commissioned

U.S. Army SGT. Kelly Black from 3-187th Infantry Regiment shoot an AK-47 and demonstrates the firing procedures to Iraqi Police men during a firing training at Forward Operating Base Remagen, Tikrit on April 27, 2006. Alpha company, 3-187th Infantry Regiment is in charge of training the local Iraqi police in Forward Operating Base Remagen. The 101st Airborne Division is currently deployed in the Tikrit area and Northern Iraq on support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.(U.S.. Army photo by SPC. Teddy Wade) (Released)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 1ST Squad, 2nd Platoon, F/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), equipped with riot shields and batons, practice non-lethal crowd control techniques, aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

Estonian Army Corporal (CPL) Roman Metsatalu, assigned to the Scouts Battalion, Estonian Defense Forces, Estonian Peacekeeping Center, holds his position armed with a Vektor R6 5.56mm compact assault rifle while awaiting orders to move out on a foot patrol in Western Baghdad, Iraq. Estonian Army Soldiers are working with US Army (USA) Soldiers from 10th Mountain Division, as part of the Multi-National Corps to secure a 15-kilometer section of road in Western Baghdad, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

AK-47 magazines and a bayonet (not for AK-47) acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents that attacked the police station in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Constructionman SEAMAN Michael Jackson (foreground), assigned to Alpha Company, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One (NMCB-1), helps to fill a portable potable water tank, at the South Mississippi Kidney Center located in North Gulfport, Mississippi (MS), during Hurricane Katrina disaster assistance relief operations. The center is currently treating more than 300 dialysis patients with the use of emergency generators. The USN is assisting in humanitarian assistance operations, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD)

Secretary Alphonso Jackson with Nigerian Minister Olusegun Rahman Mimiko and Associates - Secretary Alphonso Jackson meeting with Nigeria's Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Olusegun Rahman Mimiko, and associates, at HUD Headquarters

United States Air Force personnel from the 86th Airlift Wing out of Ramstein Air Base Germany load supplies and equipment belonging to Economic Community Military Observation Group (ECOMOG) Mali Army Troops onto a United States Air Force C-130E Hercules, at Bamako/Senou Airport in Mali. The troops and supplies will be transported to Roberts International Airport in Liberia for a six month deployment in support of Operation ASSURED LIFT. ASSURED LIFT is a Joint Task Force (JTF) operation to provide airlift and other logistical support to West an states that are deploying more than 600 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping mission. Most of the inbound West...

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a Saco 7.72 mm M60 gereral purpose machine gun, ride in a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVE) enroute to secure the Ba'th Party Headquarters building in Qalat Sukar, Iraq

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