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The Honorable Dionel M. Aviles (left) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Financial Management and Comptroller, and US Marine Corps (USMC) General (GEN) William L. Nyland (second from left), Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, are given a tour of the facilities at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, by USMC Brigadier General (BGEN) Terry Robling, acting Commanding General, Third Marine Air Wing Forward (III MAW Forward), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
The Honorable Dionel M. Aviles, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Financial Management and Comptroller, and US Marine Corps (USMC) General (GEN) William L. Nyland, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, disembark from a CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Two Six Eight (HMM-268) after arriving at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) General (GEN) William L. Nyland (center), Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, shares a light moment with USMCR Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Clark Clodfelder (left), a Pilot assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron Two Three Four (VMGR-234), after arriving at Blair Field in Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. USMC Major (MAJ) Paul Richardson (right), Aide-de-Camp to the Assistant Commandant, accompanies the two
US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) William R. Looney, III (left), Commander, Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Wright-Patterson (W-P) Air Force Base (AFB), Ohio (OH); Brigadier General (BGEN) Ted F. Bowlds (center), Deputy for Acquisition, ASC, W-P AFB, OH; and General (GEN) Gregory S. Martin (right), Commander, Air Force Material Command (AFMC), W-P AFB, OH, all are in attendance at the 2004 Dayton Air Show in Dayton, OH
Marines stand by as The Honorable Dionel M. Aviles, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Financial Management and Comptroller, and US Marine Corps (USMC) General (GEN) William L. Nyland, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, meet the Third Marine Air Wing Forward (IIIMAW Forward) staff at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, during 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
US Marine Corps (USMC) Brigadier General (BGEN) John F. Kelly (left), Assistant Division Commander, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), speaks to Marines with Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), during a visit in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. BGEN Kelly accompanied US Army (USA) Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz (background), Commanding General III Corps, to the area. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Donald A. Lamontagne (left), Commander, Air University (AU), Maxwell -Gunter Air Force Base (AFB), Alabama (AL), and Director of Education, Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Randolph AFB, Texas (TX), and USAF Retired (ret) CHIEF MASTER Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF) Robert D. Gaylor (right) stand next to USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Darlene Regan (center), Command Post (CP), 42nd Air Base Wing (ABW), Maxwell-Gunter AFB, the recipient of the Maxwell-Gunter AIRMAN of the Year Award presented at the annual awards banquet in the Maxwell -Gunter AFB Officers Club Ballroom
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The Honorable Dionel M. Aviles (left) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Financial Management and Comptroller, and US Marine Corps (USMC) General (GEN) William L. Nyland (second from left), Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, are given a tour of the chow hall at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, by USMC Brigadier General (BGEN) Terry Robling, acting Commanding General, Third Marine Air Wing Forward (III MAW Forward), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base
State: Al Ahmadi
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, 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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