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A civilian lifts his arms to be searched by a Marine while being processed aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) during Operation Sharp Edge. Civilians are being brought aboard U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Liberia after being evacuated from the midst of that country's civil war

Marines carry luggage onto a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 162 (HMM-162) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy during Operation Sharp Edge. The helicopter will carry a group of civilians fleeing Liberia's civil war to one of the ships of an amphibioius ready group on station off the Liberian coast. The ready group is also helping to evacuate civilians caught in Liberia's civil war

Marines disconnect the sling from a fuel bladder dropped off at the U.S. Embassy by a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 162 (HMM-162) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. The embassy is receiving personnel and logistic support from an amphibious ready group that is on station off the coast of Liberia. The ready group is also helping to evacuate civilians caught in Liberia's civil war

Two Marines in the enlisted dining facility aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST 1197) share a table with some of the civilians evacuated from Liberia during Operation SHARP EDGE. After going through processing aboard the ship, the civilians will be flown to Freetown, Sierra Leone

Marines watch the street from a guard post on the roof of the U.S. Embassy during Operation Sharp Edge. The embassy is receiving personnel and logistic support from an amphibious ready group that is on station off the coast of Liberia. The ready group is also helping to evacuate civilians caught in Liberia's civil war

A Marine shows a group of evacuees how to properly don their cranial helmets before they board a Marine Corps helicopter on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy during Operation Sharp Edge. The evacuees, who are fleeing the civil war in Liberia, were first processed aboard one of the ships of an amphibious ready group that is on station off the Liberian coast

Civilians wearing life preservers and cranial helmets board a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) during Operation Sharp Edge. The civilians, who will be flown to Freetown, Sierra Leone, were brought to the BARNSTABLE COUNTY after being evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia

Marines watch fuel being pumped from a bladder into a tanker truck on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy during Operation Sharp Edge. The embassy is receiving personnel and logistic support from an amphibious ready group that is on station off the coast of Liberia. The ready group is also helping to evacuate civilians caught in Liberia's civil war

A flight deck crewman carries an infant across the flight deck of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) after taking the child off of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. Civilians are being brought aboard U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Liberia after being evacuated from the midst of that country's civil war

Marines conduct a quick check of the contents of bags brought aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST 1197) by civilians flown onto the ship during Operation Sharp Edge. Civilians are being brought aboard U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Liberia after being evacuated from the midst of that country's civil war

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Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE

Base: USS Barnstable County (LST 1197)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii

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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LT Eric Hansen, the medical officer of the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197), watches as a West African officer adjusts his camera as they pull into Pointe Noire for the first port call of the 1991 West Africa Training Cruise. Several officers from West African nations traveled aboard the BARNSTABLE COUNTY as observers during its journey from Brazil to the Congo at the start of the annual cruise

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marcella Hengehold,

Personnel aboard the frigate USS CAPODANNO (FF 1093) participate in radio interoperability tests between US and Soviet naval forces being conducted under guidelines in the Dangerous Military Activities Agreement

A port quarter view of the tank landing ship USS FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST-1193) on the Potomac River arriving at Alexandria, VA for a port visit to the ship's namesake, Fairfax County. This is the last visit before the ship is transferred to the Australian Navy later this month

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