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A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to push dirt over a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to flatten and compress a burned out car in order to help fill a mortar impact crater on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a modified Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to chip away at a huge piece of concrete before beginning to reconstruct a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), seals the leaks in a broken pipe that is located next to a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a blow torch to cut the metal rails in preparation to start reconstructing a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), seals the leaks in a broken pipe that is located next to a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Seabee, Kalsu Detachment, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB-4), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to work on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Mahmuydiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a blow torch to cut the metal rails in preparation to start reconstructing a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a blow torch to weld two pieces of metal together in preparation to start reconstructing a bridge in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Caterpillar D6H LGP Bulldozer to work a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Lutafiyah

State: Babil

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Sarah A. Beavers, 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 Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Bravo Company (B Co.), Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mark their position with a white star cluster flare to alert other friendly forces during a fire fight while conducting a cordon-and-search operation in Jurf as Sakhr, Babil Province, Iraq. These Marines are participating in Operation PLYMOUTH ROCK, which is a combined US and British offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Mr. Tony Fisher an Archaeologist with the Suffolk County Council Archaeology Department, carefully digs for poetry and flints at the newly discovered Anglo-Saxon burial site at the 48TH Fighter Wings parking lot construction site located at Royal Air Force (RAF), Lakenheath, UK. The excavation site forms part of an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery complex first identified in 1956 and continues on from work carried out on different parts of the site. The present excavation has so far revealed 50 graves dating from a period between the late fifth and early seventh centuries, which brings the total of burials found in this area to more than 400

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Special Reaction Team (SRT) members cover USMC Sergeant (SGT) Mark Thompson and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) William Papple (not in image), both playing the role of perpetrators who had taken a hostage, during a Force Protection Exercise (FPEX) being conducted on Camp Smedley D. Butler, Okinawa, Japan (JPN). This phase of the base-wide FPEX was conducted so that the Camp Foster USMC SRT could test and improve their base security procedures and emergency situation response time in preparation for a real event

A US Navy (USN) Naval Construction Battalion Seabee, with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a Tractor, Rubber-tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose (TRAM) vehicle (multipurpose bucket) to push a large piece of concrete into the river to start working on a bridge that they are reconstructing in Lutafiyah (Babil Province), Iraq, which was severely damaged from repeated attacks by anti-Coalition insurgent militants. The 24th MEU is in conducting Security and Stability Operations (SASO) in Babil Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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