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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines board a USMC KC-130 Hercules, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 (VMGR), at Ali Al Salem Air Base (AB), Kuwait for their flight to Al Kut, Iraq. The US Marines are currently deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines depart a KC-130 Hercules, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 (VMGR), upon arriving at Al Kut, Iraq. The US Marines are currently deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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A lone US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine walks to a USMC CH-53 Sea Stallion on the flightline at Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. In the background is a USMC KC-130 Hercules, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 (VMGR)
On board a US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130 Hercules, USMC Reservist Major (MAJ) William Becker, Copilot, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 (VMGR-234), reads a map during a flight somewhere over Kuwait. US Marines deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft takes off at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, for a mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Jared Hansbrough (left), assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC), sits next to The Honorable Dionel M. Aviles, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Financial Management and Comptroller, onboard a KC-130 Hercules aircraft at Kuwait City International Airport (IAP), Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Onboard a US Marine Corps (USMC) C-130 Hercules aircraft, Three Iraqi children, Ali Hussen Mouhamed (left), Farah Arkan Moustafa, and Siad Mouhamad Hamza talk with Mr. Bassil Kalil, an Iraqi interpreter assigned with the USMC 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), as they are airlifted back home to Iraq, following medical treatment in Kuwait
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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Unknown
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Melissa Lavadour, 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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