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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG), are give a tour of the ancient ruins of Babylon, during a visit to the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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FIREBASE SAENZ, Helmand province, Afghanistan - Sgt.

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines collect bedding for disposal found while on patrol in search for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines collect bedding for disposal found while on patrol in search for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines walk back to a collection point for weapons found in houses with an AK-47 assault rifle and a magazine with 7.62mm rounds found while on patrol in search for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, armed with a 7.62mm M240G machine gun, patrols the streets in search for insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles and a 7.62mm M240G machine gun, walk away from a house just after gathering intel and weapons while on patrol in search for insurgents in the streets of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines collect bedding for disposal found while on patrol in search for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines burn a stock pile of bedding and food supplies found while on patrol in search for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines mans a security post in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines prepare a C-4 plastic explosive charge to blow a safe open to search for illegal weapons or documents while conducting searches for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury. (SUBSTANDARD)

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, throws a fragmentation grenade in hopes to clear the front area of a house while on patrol in search for insurgents in the City of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation Phantom Fury

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Fallujah

State: Al Anbar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jeremy W. Ferguson, 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. Navy Lieutenant James N. Vandenburg (left) speaks through Ahmed Jihad Ahmed (right), his interpreter, with Iraqi construction workers (center) while U.S. Marine Corps 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines are conducting a site survey of an Iraqi Border Fort, located along the Iraqi-Syrian border in the U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Marine Division Area of Operations, on Dec. 2, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Jeremy W. Ferguson) (Released)

US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SFC) Krystal Darcey, 554th Military Police (MP) Company (CO), attached to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE), provides perimeter security with an MK 19 Mod 3 40 mm grenade machine gun system, during a meeting between an American commander and a local sheik outside of Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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

COMBAT OUTPOST OUELLETTE, Helmand province, Islamic

Soldiers of 1ST Platoon, C Company, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbourne Division conducted a dismounted patrol through As Saliniyah, Iraq on February 24, 2006. Patrols such as this help to show an active presence in the community and enforce local rules. (US Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill)(Released)

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Stephen Blevins, Security Forces Journeyman, 86th Contingency Response Group (CRG), mans a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) from a bunkered position near the perimeter at Bashur Airfield in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Afghan National Army commando mans a security position

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

Lance Cpl. Brian Schaeffer, a Lakeland, Fla., native

AIRMAN 1ST Class Darryl Hawkins of the 857th Security Police Squadron scans the perimeter of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft alert area through the sight of an M16 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher

AK-47 magazines and a bayonet (not for AK-47) acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents that attacked the police station in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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