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US Marines from Weapons Company, Camp Pendleton, CA fire the M240G 7.62mm Machine Gun at a range in Susong Ri, Korea. During FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise, Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China

Several US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) wait at a wash down station for a thorough cleaning of all foreign matter before transiting back to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the end of Amphibious Ready Group Exercises 2004 (ARGEX 04), a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise held in the Republic of Korea (KOR)

Four US Marine Corps AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicles participate in live fire exercises at the range in Susong Ri, Korea. During FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China

A convoy of US Marine Corps AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicles from Weapons Company, Camp Pendleton, CA, participate in live fire exercises at the range in Susong Ri, Korea. During FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise, Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China

US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), maneuver through the waters of the Pacific Ocean and head towards the beach, during an amphibious landing exercise at Okinawa, Japan (JPN). Commander, Task Force 76 (CTF-76) ships, units and embarked 31st MEU elements are returning from operations supporting Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSOI) and Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2006. The Exercise is designed to strengthen interoperability between the US and the Republic of Korea (ROK)

A US Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1627 prepares to land and unload Republic of Korea Forces and cargo, along with U. S. soldiers from Okinawa, Japan. The tank coming off the ramp of the LCU is a Korean made Type 88 K1 Main Battle Tank with a 105mm M68 rifled tank gun. The combined amphibious beach assault at Tak San Ri Beach near Pohang, is in support of Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000. FOAL EAGLE is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from October 25th to November 3rd. About 25,000 U.S. troops will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve and National Guard troops from bases in the United States and elsewhere in the ...

A South Korea (Republic of Korea) contractor thoroughly washes down a US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) at a wash down station for a thorough cleaning of all foreign matter before this unit transits back to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the end of Amphibious Ready Group Exercises 2004 (ARGEX 04), a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise held in the Republic of Korea (KOR)

A South Korea (Republic of Korea) contractor thoroughly washes down a US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) at a wash down station for a thorough cleaning of all foreign matter before this unit transits back to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the end of Amphibious Ready Group Exercises 2004 (ARGEX 04), a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise held in the Republic of Korea (KOR)

A South Korea (Republic of Korea) contractor thoroughly washes down a US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) at a wash down station for a thorough cleaning of all foreign matter before this unit transits back to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), at the end of Amphibious Ready Group Exercises 2004 (ARGEX 04), a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise held in the Republic of Korea (KOR)

Left side medium shot of a US Marines Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LAV-25) from Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR), Weapons Company, fires its M-242 Bushmaster 25mm Automatic chain gun and a mounted M-240 7.62mm Machine Gun down a live fire range in Susong Ri, Korea. During FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China

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Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000

Base: Susong Ri

Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux

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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A Republic of Korea Marine rushes the shore line during an Amphibious landing at Jongsa-dong beach in Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. The Republic of Korea Marines are landing on the beach via Light Armed Amphibious Vehicles (LAV) in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle '98 is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea

CPL Donald L. Woolf, a gunner with the light armored infantry detachment aboard the amphibious transport dock USS NASHVILLE (LPD-13), cleans the M-242 25mm chain gun on a LAV-25 light armored vehicle in preparation for a beach landing during maritime interdiction operations

United States Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Company Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, aim the barrel of their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) across a gully towards enemy targets (Not shown) in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia during exercise Crocodile '99

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A group of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and an M2A1 Bradley Fighting Vehicle stop during a convoy heading towards the Twin Bridges training area in the Republic of Korea, Nov. 2, 1998. The vehicles come from the Task Force, 1ST Battalion 23rd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Wash. Upon arriving at the Twin Bridges training area, TF 123 will conduct an assault on two Infantry companies from a Republic of Korea armored brigade as part of Foal Eagle '98, a combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces

An American Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Amphibious Vehicle comes on shore at Jongsa-dong beach in Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. The LCAC Amphibious vehicles are landing on the beach to drop off U.S. and Republic of Korea Marine troops and their equipment in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle '98 is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. (U.S. Army photo by SPECIALIST Joel C. Miller) (Released)

Left side rear view of a US Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo plane on the ground with its rear cargo ramp lowered. A loadmaster assigned to the 61st Airlift Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas directs rapid runway repair equipment from the back of the aircraft at the Hoddur Airstrip in Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R) and members of Congress visit with US Air Force (USAF) officers and enlisted members at a forward-deployed location that was home for these deployed servicemen for the past two months during their support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Base support personnel from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming (WY) form a human chain to transfer their gear from a charter aircraft to a truck that will take it to the Air Base Combat Support Training complex, where the Airmen will participate in rapid

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Bree (B029), a US Air Force (USAF) Military Working Dog, with the 407th Expeditionary Security Forcese Squadron (ESFS), follows commands from his handler, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Derreck Bachner, as he attacks SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Steven Moolish during a "6 Phases of Aggression" exercise. The Military Working Dogs here are deployed with their handlers from home station for six months in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Marines with Company B, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance

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