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A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft drops food on a drop zone in the North Eastern Province of Kenya during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98, Joint Task Force Kenya

A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft, flys over the Rift Valley in the north eastern Province of Kenya, during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-02-04705 or search 980306-M-5083B-002)

A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler/ Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, completes a combat off-load mission at Wajir Air Field in northern Kenya during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-01-06051 or search 980304-M-4605W-005)

Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander, Joint Task Force Kenya, greets a Kenyan Air Force AIRMAN in front of a United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response

A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR 352), pulls onto the tarmac at Wajir air field in northern Kenya to execute a combat off-load during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response

A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft, drops food on the flooded out areas in the north eastern province of Kenya during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98, Joint Task Force Kenya. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD0106066 or search 980306M5083B001)

Corporals Dudley, Shelley, and Attikisson, Load Masters for Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR 352), load up food onto the the back of a C-130 Hercules aircraft in preparation for an air delivery mission in northern Kenya in support of Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response

US Marine Corps Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander for JTF Kenya, greets a Kenyan Air Force Air Men in front of a United States Marine Corps KC-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE'98

A busted bag of corn on the ground at Mado Gashi after an air drop mission by a Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft (not shown), during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response

A United States Marine Corps C-130 Hercules aircraft flys over the Rift Valley in the North Eastern Province of Kenya, during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98, Joint Task Force Kenya

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Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98

Country: Unknown

Scene Camera Operator: CPL M.A. Butler, 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 Kenya Defense Force 1st Canine Regiment military

US Marine Corps General Whitlow, Joint Task Force Kenya Commander (right), escorts Hajib Balalab, Mayor of Mombasa (center), and General Kibwana, Commander of Kenya Navy (left), to the briefing room after their arrival at the Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) facility during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98, JTF Kenya. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-01-06038 or search 980302-M-5083B-004)

Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC, (right) and Lance Corporal Andres Almaguer, USMC, (left), make adjustments on the Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58

U.S. Air Force personnel prepare a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, for an air drop during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 11, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

A loadmaster from the 136th Airlift Wing (AW), Fort Worth, Texas, marshalls a grader on to a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Gulfport Guard Combat Training Center, Mississippi. Members of the 136th AW are deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, participating in exercise IGX-5. IGX-5 is an ORI (Operational Readiness Exercise) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location. The exercise, which lasts just under a week, is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel

An air-to-air left front view of a 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130E Hercules aircraft

Interior shot looking out the window of an air traffic control tower as a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, departs from Hoedspruit Air Force Base, South Africa, during Operation Atlas Response. The U.S. aircraft are deployed to South Africa to provide humanitarian relief to the people (not shown) forced from their homes in the flooded regions of Mozambique

Straight on medium shot of US Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Elder, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, lands safely with his MC5 Freefall Square Parachute after completing a 9-thousand foot combat jump from a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (Not shown) during Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

U.S. Army Sgt. Dan Bruegger from the Massachusetts

TSGT D.K. Kottwick, loadmaster, 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, helps members of Co. C, 3rd Bn., 325th Inf., Airborne Combat Team out the door as they drop from their C-130E Hercules aircraft. The squadron is supporting an Army training and evaluation program (ARTEP) mission

STAFF SGT. Penland, 317th Field Maintenance Squadron, uses a forklift to move a C-130 Hercules engine into place during Exercise Market Square III

An aerial bow view of exercise Unitas XX task force underway. From left to right are the guided missile destroyer USS DEWEY (DDG-45), the frigates USS TRIPPE (FF-1075) and USS JESSE L. BROWN (FF-1089)

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