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A flatbed truck carrying two High-Mobility Multipurpose

U.S. Marine Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) with 3rd

A soldier from Able Troop, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry

A Convoy Support Team from the 16th Sustainment Brigade

Residents of Trakh Nawa, Afghanistan, watch as the

An Afghan National Army soldier directs a humvee into

Cpl. Carlos Sanchez, a heavy equipment mechanic with

Soldiers from HHC, 2-7 Cav, 2nd BCT, 1ST Cav Div send some mortar rounds down range during combat operation in Fallujah on Nov. 12, 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. 1ST Class Johancharles Van Boers) (Released)

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) fire a Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missile at a building in Mosul, Iraq, in which Uday and Qusay Hussein, the Sons of Saddam Hussein, have barricaded themselves and refused to surrender to authorities

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A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), stands up in the top turret of a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) to adjust the 7.62 mm Machine Gun while helping to provide heavy fire support for other 1/8 Marines who are involved in combat operations engaging insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) provides heavy fire support for other 1/8 Marines who are engaging insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) provides heavy fire support for other 1/8 Marines who are engaging insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) provides heavy fire support for other 1/8 Marines who are engaging insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) provides heavy fire support for other 1/8 Marines who are engaging insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) provides heavy fire support for other 1/8 Marines who are engaging insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 2nd Tank Battalion (BN), fires it main gun into a building to provide suppressive counter fire against insurgents who fired on other USMC Marines during a fire fight in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq. These Marines are participating in Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), holds his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, equipped with a 40 mm M203 grenade launcher, at the ready while searching for insurgents and weapon caches during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine sniper, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), aims his 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, with a 40 mm M203 grenade launcher attached, through a hole in a wall in order to engage insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), stands up in the top turret of a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) to adjust the 7.62 mm Machine Gun while helping to provide heavy fire support for other 1/8 Marines who are involved in combat operations engaging insurgents during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Fallujah

State: Al Anbar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Joel A. Chaverri, 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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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Quinn Wicker, platoon commander

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cole Castro, a field radio operator

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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 44th Engineer Battalion and U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 1ST Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, find a large weapons cache near a graveyard during a patrol south of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Dec. 28, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dave Carbary (left), of Sterling

A High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle parked in front of a building at the former Agriculture College that is being converted to a Combat Outpost by the U.S. Army near the town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 3, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young)(Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines from 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Division, deliver school supplies near the town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The 1ST Marine Division, Operation Al Fajr in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Dec. 11, 2004 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

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