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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with Marine Attack Squadron-513 (VMA-513), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona (AZ), stand at parade rest as they wait for the 3rd Marine Air Wing (MAW), Commanding General, to arrive and address them at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan. US Marines are currently deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM
Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire the M-240G medium machine gun during a shoot on the flight deck of the Amphibious Assault Ship USS BATAAN (LHD 5), March 2, 2007. Echo Company hones their skills in order to be poised for combat. The 26th MEU and Bataan Strike Group are currently supporting maritime security operations in the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command area of operations. (Official USMC photo by SGT. Freddy G. Cantu) (Released)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), take a break in the shade as a USMC AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 266 (HMM-226) (Reinforced), the aviation combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), provides overhead cover near the village of Zamburay, Afghanistan during Operation Thunder Road. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from F Company (F CO), 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (2/6), 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), and Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment, Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, sing the Marines Hymn during a static weapons display from both forces in the Ojojibara maneuver area at Sendai, Japan (JPN), as a part of exercise Forest Light 2004. Forest Light 2004 is a bilateral training Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004. FOREST LIGHT 2004 is a bi-lateral training exercise between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF)
A US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Unit, CH-53E cargo helicopter flies a short distance over a landing zone (LZ) on Camp Mujuk, located near Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR), carrying two Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) howitzers during a joint USMC and ROKMC training exercise conducted as part of Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). ARGEX 04 is a joint USMC and US Navy (USN) training exercise designed to acquaint each service about the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with the deployment of a MEU(SOC) Unit
U.S. Marine Corps MASTER SGT. Dawsey of the All Marine Team, stationed EWTGLANT, Norfolk, Va. takes a shot at the Women's Armed Forces Championship Game between the Marines and Navy on March 19, 2006. The Tournament was hosted aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar from the 19-24 of March. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. Jessica L. Grear) (Released)
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine from F Company (F CO), 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (2/6), 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), shows a Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Regiment, the proper firing position for the FNMI 7.62 mm M240G machine gun during a static weapons display from both forces in the Ojojibara maneuver area at Sendai, Japan (JPN), as a part of Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004. FOREST LIGHT 2004 is a bilateral training exercise between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces (JGSDF)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Single Marine Program participate in the Birthday Pageant celebrating the 229th anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps. This portion of the pageant shows some Marines wearing historical uniforms standing at attention and others recreating a living version of the Marine Corps Memorial. This event was held at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC), on November 10, 2004
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines prepare for the traditional cake-cutting ceremony during the opening of the 227th Marine Corps Birthday Celebration, being held at the Hodja Village Pub, located in tent city, Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey, during Combined Task Force (CTF), Operation NORTHERN WATCH. Pictured left-to-right, Sergeant (SGT) Richard Molnar, STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Keith Seitz and Corporal (CPL) Nicholas Koumalatsos
Marines and civilians from the Yuma community enjoy festivities at the 2007 Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Air Show on Feb. 24, 2007 as hot air balloons pass over a display of F-5 Tigers from VMFT-40 Marine Adversaries Squadron. VMFT-40 Marine Adversaries are a reserve training squadron whose function is to act as oppositional forces during aviation training.(U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL. Annette Spurgeon) (Released)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma
State: Arizona (AZ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: MCAS YUMA
Scene Camera Operator: CPL Annette Spurgeon, 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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