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A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Regiment (3/1), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), carries unexploded ordnance past a crypt in a graveyard in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation AL FAJR, while other Marines wait to gather more ordnance. Operation AL FAJR is an offensive operation against Iraqi insurgent forces as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two Iraqi Army Forces (IAF) soldiers take a short break from combat operations while searching with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), for insurgents and weapon caches during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Three US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), fire their weapons from behind a wall during combat operations to draw insurgent fire during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Kilo Company (K Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), carefully place mortar rounds they found inside a former Iraqi Army (IA) training camp and hotel in the city of Haqlaniyah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), on a wall, while participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Three US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), check for suspicious insurgent activity from an upper level of a building in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, while participating in Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) Soldier's along with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT) (3/4) dig up buried weapons during Operation SOUTHERN ADVANCE. The 3/4 attached to 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV) currently engaged in security and stabilization operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Lima Company (L Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), searches a local Iraqi man who is suspected of being an anti-coalition insurgent during a raid in the market area of Nassir Wa Al Salam, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is engaged in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Lima Company (L Co), 3rd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), patrol a street, along side a goatherd, during a raid in the market area of Nassir Wa Al Salam, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is engaged in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 44th Engineer Battalion locate a large weapons cache found near a graveyard during a patrol south of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The U.S. Marine Corps, 1ST Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Dec. 28, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Regiment (3/1), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), carry unexploded ordnance that they found in several crypts in a graveyard in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Fallujah

State: Al Anbar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan L. Jones, 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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U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1ST Battalion, 503rd Regiment, 2nd Division, fill sandbags clean a room outside the former Agriculture College that is being converted to a new Combat Outpost by the U.S. Army near the town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 3, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

A US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman (HM) assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Regiment (Marines), Regimental Combat Team 5 (RCT-5), conducts a medical examination of a Iraqi child, during a civic actions program conducted with the Iraqi Army (IA) at a schoolhouse in Fallujah, Iraq (IRQ). RCT-5 is deployed with the USMC 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) in support the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq

United States Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Company Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, aim the barrel of their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) across a gully towards enemy targets (Not shown) in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia during exercise Crocodile '99

An Iraqi civilian interpreter, with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), explains to an Iraqi civilian why his home is being searched for illegal contraband, weapons, and propaganda. The 4th CAG is involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Al Habbaniyah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A U.S. Army Soldier with the 1ST Battalion, 503rd Regiment, 2nd Division, takes a break in a building near the town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 1, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

AK-47 magazines and a bayonet (not for AK-47) acquired by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from insurgents that attacked the police station in Al Kharma, Iraq, during Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) B. P. McCoy (center), Commanding Officer (CO), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (7th Marine Regiment), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Center (MAGTFTC) 29 Palms, California (CA), and USMC Major (MAJ) Boyce (left), Executive Officer (XO), 3/4, speak with the Police CHIEF and the head Sheik of Anah, Iraq, during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Lieutenant (2LT) Zachary Henry, 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4th MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), gives candy to several Iraqi boys while on patrol in the city of Rawah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq (IRQ), participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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U.S. Army Soldiers from the 44th Engineer Battalion locate a large weapons cache found near a graveyard during a patrol south of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The U.S. Marine Corps, 1ST Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Dec. 28, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Noe Villa, Civil Affairs (CA) Section, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 7th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), inflates a balloon for local children at a primary school in Hit, Iraq, during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Al Anbar Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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