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Armed with Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) members of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable) ambush an objective during live-fire training in Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) member from Echo "E" Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable), fire at silhouette targets in a safe impact area, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) member from Echo "E" Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable), provides suppressing fire for fellow Marines during a live-fire exercise in Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) member from Echo "E" Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable), fire at silhouette targets in a safe impact area, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), fires an M136 AT-4 Light Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) during a live fire exercise at the Udairi Range, in Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, a US Marine Corps (USMC) troop with Echo "E" Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable), dashes over foothills and trenches towards an objective in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team [CAAT] Weapons Company 1ST Battalion 7th Marines, practice firing procedures with their 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

At Fort Benning, Georgia, a Marine from Company "F" 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battalion Landing Team 2/2, armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle takes part in a live fire training raid

US Marine (USMC) Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team [CAAT] Weapons Company 1ST Battalion 7th Marines, practice firing procedures with their 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, a US Marine Corps (USMC) member from Echo "E" Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable), provides suppressing fire for fellow Marines during a live-fire exercise in Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Major Command Shown: Echo Co

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brian L. Wickliffe, 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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