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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special s Capable (SOC), carry their wounded comrades and enemy detainees out of the rugged Afghani mountains after a firefight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan during Asbury Park. The ensuing firefight resulted in five Taliban fighters dead, three Marines wounded, and three enemy combatants being captured. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifles and a 7.62 mm M240G Machine gun, engage in a fire fight with Taliban snipers on a mountain range near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan, during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifles search the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), search the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), shows off a ballooned round found in a Taliban fighting position from which the Marines where engaged minutes earlier near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan, during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special s Capable (SOC), carry their wounded comrades and enemy detainees out of the rugged Afghani mountains after a firefight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan during Asbury Park. The ensuing firefight resulted in five Taliban fighters dead, three Marines wounded, and three enemy combatants being captured. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), engage in a fire fight with Taliban snipers on a mountain range near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan, during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), kicks in a locked door during a search of the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), search the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), provides security as his comrades search the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during ASBURY PARK, June 3, 2004. During eight days of intense fighting in early June, more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Khabargho

State: Zabol

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, 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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US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) David Johnson (left), GUNNER, and Sergeant (SGT) Justin Javar (right), Assistant GUNNER, Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 17th Infantry Regiment (1/17th), 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), fire illumination flares from inside their Stryker Mortar Carrier Vehicle (MCV) 120 mm mortar cannon, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, in order to light-up the night sky over Mosul, Ninawa Province, Iraq (IRQ), in order to deny Iraqi insurgents the opportunity to place improvised explosive devices (IEDs) under the cover of darkness

A column of US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1), from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), prepare for a mission in the Central Command's Area of Responsibility during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An Afghan National Army commando mans a security position

Lance Cpl. Thierry Decort, a native of Covington, La.,

An Afghan and coalition force provides security during

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

U.S. Army Pfc. Kangni S. Attiogbe, assigned to B Troop,

Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Todd Bolger (left), USAF, Commander, 66th Rescue Squadron (RS), Nellis AFB, Nevada, pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on retired First Lieutenant (1LT) Gilman L. Weber, Army Air Forces/United States Army (AAF/USA), for extraordinary accomplishment on 24 March 1945. He downed a German Messerschmitt ME-109 about to attack one of his fighter aircraft patrol comrades. His actions were not recognized until now

4th Battalion recruits practice the manual of arms under the supervision of a drill instructor. The 4th Battalion is the only all female unit in the Marine Corps

Fire fighters with the 55th Civil Engineer Squadron's Fire Department fill a temporary water reservoir for use during the Operational Readiness Exercise at the Ability to Survive and Operation (ATSO) north area in preparation for an upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection at the base

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