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Colombian Marines form a hasty defensive perimeter in front of a US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles that brought them ashore for a beach assault as part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
An LCM-8 mechanized landing craft waits at the shoreline as Colombian Marines form a hasty defensive perimeter in front of the US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles that brought the ashore. The beach assault is part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
Four US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles come ashore with a detachment of Colombian Marines making an amphibious assault as part of UNITAS XXV, an exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
A squad of Colombian Marines lays prone in the sand in front of a US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle as a second squad deploys from another AAVP-7 farther up the beach. The beach assault is part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
Gear is unloaded from an LCM-8 mechanized landing craft as Colombian Marines hold a hasty defensive perimeter in front of the US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles that brought them ashore. The beach assault is part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
Four U.S. Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles leave the surf as they head ashore with a detachment of Colombian Marines making an amphibious assault as part of Unitas XXV, an exercise involving forces from the U.S. and six South American nations
A US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle carrying a squad of Colombian Marines heads toward the shore for a beach assault on Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The assault is part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
After carrying a squad of Colombian Marines ashore for a beach assault on Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, a US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle returns to the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193). The assault is part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
As two squads of Colombian Marines fan out across the beach in front of the US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles that brought them ashore, three more AAVP-7s head for the beach with additional Marines. The assault is part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations
Colombian Marines rush to form a hasty defensive perimeter after leaving the LCM-8 mechanized landing craft and the U.S. Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles that brought them ashore. The beach assault is part of Unitas XXV , an exercise involving forces from the U.S. and six South American nations
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: UN ITAS XXV
Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads
State: Puerto Rico (PR)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erickson
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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