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US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) David Preira, Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), prepares a Hughes TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire command link guided missile) heavy anti-tank weapon system onboard an AM General HMMWV (High-Mobility, Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) M998 Series Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during a live-fire exercise as a part of Fuji Combined Arms Operation FY-04-2
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) E. M. Kwiatkowski, Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (left), Commanding Officer (CO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Brian Cramer, assigned to the Combined Anti-Armor Team [CAAT] of W/Company, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines, slings his 5.56mm M16A2 rifle as he dons his gas mask during weapons firing drills at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Mattew Fontenot and Private First Class (PFC) Bryan Englert, Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), prepare a Hughes TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire command link guided missile) heavy anti-tank weapon system during a live-fire exercise as a part of Fuji Combined Arms Operation FY-04-2
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) K. E. Rogers form the 3rd Marines, 1ST Battalion India Company, Weapons Platoon and his partner PFC J. C. Cervantes, in the background, act as road-guards on Range 400 at the US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (USMC AGCC), Twenty-nine Palms, California (CA)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Jose Mendoza, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines, Charlie Company, 3rd Platoon, practices squad drills with the rest of his platoon on the outskirts of camp at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. PFC Mendoza is armed with an FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) and wearing body armor
US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Josue J. Paredes, assigned to C Company, 1ST Engineers, 1ST Infantry Division Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), participates in a dismounted patrol to search for hidden weapons during a raid on a suspected weapons cache, in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Jeremy Schumacher, a Rifleman assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, uses his 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) to provide security, during a landing zone insertion and extractions exercise conducted at Camp Eggers in Asadabad, Afghanistan, while conducting Security And Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Private First Class J. Graham, a machine gunner with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines aims his M-60 machine gun from a foxhole as his "A" gunner, PFC J. Pilar, feeds the bullets. They are part of Battalion Landing Team 2/4 participating in the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation System (MCCRES) test at Camp Schwab
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
State: Okinawa
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT R. Lynch
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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