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Three US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU), waits to exit the rear 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 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 Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), off loads Light Armored Vehicles (LAV), onto the beach at Tok Sok Ri, Korea. Marines from Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR), Weapons Company, Camp Pendleton, CA., are part of FOAL EGALE 2000 exercise. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 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) craft make its way ashore a beach at Bellows Air Force Station (AFS), Hawaii (HI), during an amphibious assault training during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2006. The exercise designed to increase the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined sea operations. RIMPAC 2006 brings together military forces from Australia (AUS), Canada (CAN), Chile (CHL), Peru (PER), Japan (JPN), the Republic of Korea (KOR), United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US)
A US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC-61) moves ashore to load US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and their gear to transport them back to the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), in preparation to transit back to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the end of Amphibious Ready Group Exercises 2004 (ARGEX 04), a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise held in the Republic of Korea (KOR)
Two US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air Cushion vessels (LCAC-61 and LCAC-75) wait ashore to transport US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and their gear back to the USN Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), in preparation to transit back to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the end of Amphibious Ready Group Exercises 2004 (ARGEX 04), a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise held in the Republic of Korea (KOR)
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
The US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC-63) craft assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU-5), arrives on the beach to offload elements of the US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) on the beach at Hat Yao, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2006. The Exercise is a combined annual joint training exercise with the US Military and Royal Thai Military aimed at developing interoperability, strengthening relationships between services and developing cross-cultural understanding among participating nations
The US Navys (USN) Landing Craft Air-Cushion (LCAC-57) craft comes ashore while conducting beach assault training during combined Exercises Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration/Foal Eagle 2002 (RSOI/FE 02). RSOI is an annual combined/Joint Command Post Exercise held by Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea and US Forces Commanders to train and evaluate command capabilities to receive US forces from bases outside of Korea. Foal Eagle is a Counter Infiltration Field Training Exercise. 2002 marks the first time that the two major exercises have been conducted simultaneously
A US Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) gets turned around with the help of the Beach MASTER before returning to the USS Essay (LHD 2), off the coast of Tok Sok Ri, Korea. During FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGELE 2000
Base: Tok Sok Ri
Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux
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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