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The US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company (CO), 2nd Tank (TK) Battalion (BN), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejune North Carolina (NC), stand for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Behind them, are a AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) (left), M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System) vehicle. (Substandard image)

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The US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company (CO), 2nd Tank (TK) Battalion (BN), First Platoon (PLT), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejune North Carolina (NC), stand for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Behind them, are a AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) (left), M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System) vehicle

The US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo Company (CO), 2nd Tank (TK) Battalion (BN), Headquarters & Service (H&S) Platoon, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejune North Carolina (NC), stand for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Behind them, are a AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) (left), M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System) vehicle

The US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Weapons Company (CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), pose for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Marines are flanked by armored up M1045 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) with TOW (Tube-launched Optically-controlled Wireless-guided) Missile Carrier. (Substandard image)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Weapons Company (CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Sniper Platoon (PLT) Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), pose for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background is an armored up M1045 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) with TOW (Tube-launched Optically-controlled Wireless-guided) Missile Carrier. (Substandard image)

US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) with Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, move toward the breech point near Safwan Hill, Iraq during the opening shots of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

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The US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Battalion Team Tanks stand for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Behind them, are an AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) (left), M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a M88A2 HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System) vehicle

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Camp Coyote

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Aguilar, 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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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) conduct Quick Reaction Force (QRF) perimeter security training at Camp Stonewall, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, while deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The 3rd Battalion, 7th US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Rifles move in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMMV) by the southern most sand berms near the Iraqi border, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

The 3rd Battalion, 7th US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines move in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMMV) by the southern most sand berms near the Iraqi border, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

With a row of their AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles parked in the background, GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT), Ryen T. Miller (right) and Sergeant (SGT) Cody B. Murphy, both USMC, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, teach a class on amphibious assault techniques to Philippine Marines seated in a group at Marine Base Ternate during Exercise BALIKATAN 2000

A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), carries a Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) system and is fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles on its wingtips, flies near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A 24th Infantry Division convoy approaches the Iraqi border during Operation Desert Storm

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Armed with an M-2 .50 caliber Machine Gun, the lead US Marine Corps (USMC) High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), leaves for the Regimental Main Command Operations Center (RMCOC) displacement training north of Kuwait City, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) from Bravo Company 2nd Tank Battalion, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejune, North Carolina (NC), prepare to fire a variety of crew served weapons on targets at the Udari Range complex during a bore sighting exercise in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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