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A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, light armored vehicles (LAV) and trucks. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, light armored vehicles (LAV) and trucks. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II
A US Navy LCAC (landing craft air cushion) in the Indian Ocean returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia, in support of UNOSOM II
A US Navy LCAC returns to the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II
Sailors stationed onboard the USS Portland watch fellow crewmemebers from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit refuel Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) craft in the well deck. The LCAC is carrying light armored vehicles (LAVs) and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) used by the Marines in an exercise on Black Beach in support of UNOSOM II
A Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Lejeune, NC, marshals vehicles off an air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC-41) during a training exercise at Black Beach, Somalia. The 24th MEU is deployed to Somalia in support of UNOSOM II
A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), departs from the USS Essex (LHD 2), for a training mission. The US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China
A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), exits the well deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2) for a training mission. The US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China
A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) Vessel comes ashore to join other USN LCAC vessels sitting on Onslow Beach, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), waiting for US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Marines to board for a six-month deployment
A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) enters the USS Portland with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were taking part in an exercise on Black Beach, Somalia in support of UNOSOM II
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Subject Operation/Series: UNISOM II
Base: Black Beach
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. James Mossman
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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