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Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) file aboard a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) board a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are led to a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) lift off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are led to a helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter lifts off from the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) are led to a helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

A Marine Medium Helicopter Squadon 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter comes in for a landing aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Three CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) depart the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) file aboard a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during a rehearsal for Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE

Base: USS Saipan (LHA 2)

Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kip Burke

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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Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to fire their M-249 squad automatic weapons from the stern of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during weapons training held prior Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia

Navy and Marine officers receive an operational status briefing in the wardroom aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2). The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

Civilians disembark from a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 162 (HMM-162) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter at the Lungi airport, just north of Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The civilians, who were evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia, were processed aboard a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Liberia before being flown to Sierra Leone

A Marine with Helicopter Marine Medium Squadron 365 (HMM-365) (Reinforced) tends a pit fire near the Air Command Element Headquarters at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The USS CORONADO (LPD 11) follows closely behind the USS TARAWA (LHA 1) during underway replinishment for Exercsie KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

A family has one of its bags searched while being processed aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) prior to a flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The family was brought to the BARNSTABLE COUNTY after being evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia

Off-duty sailors and Marines congregate on the weather decks aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181). The Sumter is on station off the coast of Liberia for Operation Sharp Edge

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 3rd Battalion 3rd Marine Regiment (MAR REGT) I Company (CO) and Combat Service Support Detachment 77 (CSSD-77) wait on shore to embark the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS TARAWA (LHA 1) at pier K-10, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (HI). The TARAWA is participating in the amphibious exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004

A port bow view of amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) underway during the NATO Southern Region exercise DRAGON HAMMER '90. In the background is the British light aircraft carrier HMS INVINCIBLE (R-05)

One Marine helps another climb into the bed of an M-1008 cargo truck near a landing zone in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter, left, and an AH-1T Sea Cobra helicopter are in the background. An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) is in the foreground at left

A pallet of supplies is passed on a wire highline rig between the fleet oiler USNS NEOSHO (T-AO 143) and the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) as an underway replenishment is conducted off the coast of Liberia during Operation Sharp Edge. Marines embarked aboard the SAIPAN have been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces

A Marine at the U.S. Embassy places a life preserver on a child before a group of evacuees boards a helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. The helicopter will carry the evacuees, who are fleeing Liberia's civil war, to one of the ships of an amphibious ready group on station off the Liberian coast. The ready group is also providing personnel and logistic support for the embassy

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