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STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Grippen, USMC, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, hand fires an M224 60mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) during a live fire exercise at the Udari Range in Kuwait
Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Norcross, USMC, 1ST Platoon Lima Company 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, throws a fragmentary hand grenade during live fire training at the Udari Range in Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Kilo Company (K Co), 1ST Platoon (PLT), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), conduct mortar firing drills with a 60 mm M224 Mortar System at Camp Udairi, Kuwait (KWT), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Benjamin Kaszycki, Charlie Company (C Co.), 1ST Platoon (PLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 7th Marine Regiment (1/7th MARS), fires suppressive fire with a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) while participating in a Company level live-fire assault training exercise being conducted on Range 400, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGGC) / Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) (MCAGCC/MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Esteran Rojas, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marines (MAR), loads prepares to slide a loaded magazine into his 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifle at Wilcox Range 101, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), during his annual field fire qualification
US Marines Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jeremy Carter, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Weapons Platoon, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), on patrol outside the city of Qa dawi Baghdad durring Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marines are armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Al Lambdin, Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion (BN), 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), pulls the lanyard to fire an M198 155mm Towed Howitzer during a field operation in the North Fuji Training Area as part of Fuji Combined Arms Operation FY-04-2
US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion prepare to fire an M252 81 mm mortar from a Light Armored Vehicle-Mortar (LAV-M) during the Final Exercise (FINEX) of a Combined Arms Exercise (CAX). Marine Corps Base (MCB) Twentynine Palms, California
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Stephen Harget, Charlie Company (C Co.), 1ST Platoon (PLT), 1ST Battalion (BN), 7th Marine Regiment (1/7th MARS), clears a jam in 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle while participating in a Company level live-fire assault training exercise being conducted on Range 400, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGGC) / Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) (MCAGCC/MAGTFTC), Twentynine Palms, California (CA)
Lance Corporals (LCPL) Shane Palmerton, USMC, and Justin Dixon, USMC, Lima Company 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, prepare to hand fire an M224 60mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) during life fire training at the Udari Range, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Ta Coyote
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, 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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