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Marines from 3rd Battalion 7th Marines India Company, listen to a World War II battlefield sites tour guide on Peleliu after a simulated airfield seizure during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
Marines from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Division India Company, practice and perfect a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP) during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include a TRAP, airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
Navy Lieutenant Adam Pacal, a flight surgeon from HMH-463, gives advice to patient Timothy Jutim in Peleliu during a community relations project during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
Navy Lieutenant Adam Pacal, a flight surgeon from HMH-463, checks into the eyes of Kikuwo Kodeb, a diabetes patient in Peleliu in a community relations project during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
Lance Corporal Hugo Raul Sandoval a radio operator from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines India Company, sets up an antenna for communications during an airfield seizure during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
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
US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Unit Marines and Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marines attach two ROKMC howitzers to a USMC 31st MEU(SOC) Unit CH-53E cargo helicopter at a landing zone (LZ) on Camp Mujuk, located near Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR), in preparation to be transported 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
A US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Unit, CH-53E cargo helicopter lifts off from 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
Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, India Company, role-play as an opposing force defending a third-world county at Pacific Missle Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, against Marines from 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, California, who attacked with Assault Amphibious Vehicles (AAV) and Marines from the 11th MEUs Ground Combat Element during RIMPAC 96. The amphibious assault involved Navy and Marine air, ground and sea forces for training as a combined amphibious assault force
Marines from 3rd Battalion 7th India Company, take a moment to acknowledge a Peleliu World War II battlesite, after a simulated airfield seizure during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001
Base: Peleliu
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 7th Marines
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Marcus D Henry, 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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