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Marines, armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, from Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), begin a patrol after coming ashore and securing a landing site for Exercise EDGE MALLET 2003 in Manda Bay, Kenya
Marines from Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) leave the USS AUSTIN (LPD-4) in Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Crafts (CRRC) as they head out to secure the beach landing site for "Exercise EDGED MALLET 2003" at Manda Bay, Kenya
United States Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Scott M. Pomager, a scout observer with the Marine Liaison Element (MLE), assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Captain (CPT) Michael C. Rainwater, Officer-In-Charge (OIC) MLE, scan the skies for aircraft during a simulated call for close air support
Lance Corporal (LCPL) Ryan Keegan, USMC, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) GUNNER, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), fires the 9mm L2A3 Sterling Sub-Machine Gun (SMG) during a cross training portion of Exercise EDGED MALLET 2003 in Manda Bay, Kenya
Lance Corporal (LCPL) Thomas Karlick, USMC, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) GUNNER, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), establishes a security perimeter after securing the beach during Exercise EDGE MALLET 2003 at Manda Bay, Kenya
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Lance Corporal (LCPL) Steven Bredenkoetter, USMC, Radio Operator, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), calls in helicopter support as the 24th MEU SOC begins Exercise EDGE MALLET 2003 in Manda Bay, Kenya
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Manda Bay
State: Coast
Country: Kenya (KEN)
Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2
Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jeff Sisto, 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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