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Marines with 1ST Marine Division, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, Echo Company, conduct an informal meeting to go over map coordinates during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '99 held at Camp Pendleton, California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations
US Marine Corps soldiers from Company 4 hang out of an Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV), enroute to Range L-5 for the live fire portion of Situational Training Exercise -3, COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills
TSGT Charles Gunter, the non-commissioned officer in charge of radar maintenance for the 611th Tactical Control Flight, stands by on security duty during a simulated chemical warfare attack, taking place as part of Exercise UREX '82
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The 39th Signal Battalion and 44th Expeditionary Signal
US Army General Dennis J. Reimer, CHIEF of STAFF, US Army, and US Army Lieutenant General George A. Crocker, Commander, I Corps and Fort Lewis, Washington, (right), observe a Platoon Live Fire conducted by 1-23 Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Lewis Training Area during GEN Reimer's visit to Fort Lewis, Washington
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Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney greets a Saudi Arabian military officer as he prepares to depart from the area after attending a meeting regarding the Allied military coalition during Operation Desert Shield.
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Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney listens to troops during a visit to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield.
Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney addresses members of the 2nd Bn., 7th Marines, 1ST Marine Div., while visiting their camp during Operation Desert Shield
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD
Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Reid
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.