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A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Sea Elks" of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (HMM-166) prepares to take off from the flight deck aboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) during early-morning flight operations. PELELIU and Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG-3) are underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California conducting their Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) in preparation for an upcoming deployment

A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the "Sea Elks" of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (HMM-166) takes off from the flight deck aboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS PELELIU (LHA 5) during early-morning flight operations. PELELIU and Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG-3) are underway in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California conducting their Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) in preparation for an upcoming deployment

A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Knight, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262 (HMM-262), Marine Aircraft Group-36, 1ST Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares to take off after dropping off Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia

A US Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (HMM-166) prepares to lift-off at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Station, HI. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA conducted simulated Noncombatant Evacuation exercises during Operation RIMPAC 96

Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 161 (HMM-161) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters line the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA-3) during flight operations off the coast of San Diego

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters fly by as a USMC EA-6B Prowler, Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron-3 (VMAQ-3), Moondogs, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC), prepares to take off from Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro, California (CA). VMAQ-3 is operating at NAF El Centro in support of Combined Arms Exercise (CAX)

A CH-46 Sea Knight, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-166 (Reinforced) (HMM-166), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Miramar, California, debarks from a fueling station at Naval Air Field El Centro, operated by Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 (MWSS 373) Bulk Fuels, MCAS Miramar

A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Knight, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262 (HMM-262), Marine Aircraft Group-36, 1ST Marine Aircraft Wing, takes off after dropping off Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia

Flight deck crewmen prepare a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter for takeoff from the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (HMM-166), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, California (CA), prepares to land on the flightdeck of an amphibious assault ship while under way in the Pacific Ocean

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Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Zack Baddorf, Usn

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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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US Navy (USN) Gunners Mate, SEAMAN (SN) Travis D. Parker, onboard the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), prepares to shoot a 7.62 mm M14 rifle with a shot line adapter to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler, USNS WALTER S. DIEHL (T-AO 193) during an underway replenishment (UNREP), while the USS ESSEX is conducting Spring Patrol operations and exercises in the Philippine Sea

A close-up of two C-5s on the flight line, soon to be on their way to Mogadishu, Somalia

A US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter assigned to the Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron One Six Two (HMM-162), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), lands at the Al Qatranah Range, in Jordan, while conducting a bi-lateral training exercise with the Jordanian Armed Forces

An F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VFMA-531) rolls down the taxi way

Crewmembers participate in a volleyball tournament during the steel beach picnic on the flightdeck. The USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) celebrated its 58th day out at sea by having a steel beach picnic, which includes food and games on the flightdeck along with a swim call

A port side stern view showing the USN Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), a part of the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) underway in the Philippine Sea, enroute to provide much needed humanitarian assistance for the victims of a devastating land and mudslide that buried a village in the southern part of the Island of Leyte, Republic of the Philippines

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), USN Command MASTER CHIEF (CMC) Richard Makowski (foreground), stands with Out-going Ship Commander, USN Captain (CAPT) John E. Roberti (center), and In-coming Ship Commander, CAPT Michael W. Brannon, during a Change of Command Ceremony, held aboard ship while underway in the Indian Ocean. The NASSAU is deployed as flagship for Expeditionary Strike Group 8 (ESG-8) supporting Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the 5th Fleet Area of Operations

An Army National Guard CH-47D Chinook helicopter from Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation Davenport, Iowa is loaded into a 436th Airlift Wing, 3rd Airlift Squadron's C-5B Galaxy airlifter. The Chinook is on its way to Georgetown, Guyana in support of New Horizon '97, the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training

A right front view of a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), as a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands behind it during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon

US Navy (USN) Yeoman Third Class (YN3) Heidi Romine describes her medals and ribbons to a 12-year-old patient at the Chris Evert Pediatric Hospital. YN3 Romine is one of nine Sailors from the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), who are visiting the Hospital during a port call in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FL)

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter is prepared for flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS IWO JIMA (LPH 2) during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

Civilians disembark from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 162 (HMM-162) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at the Lungi airport, just north of Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The civilians, who were evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia, were processed aboard a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Liberia before being flown to Sierra Leone

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