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U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser (left), Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser (left), Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser (center left), Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser, Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

Mrs. Laura Froelich (left), Volunteer Coordinator, and U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser (second from left), Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greet U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps LT. GEN. John F. Sattler (left), Commanding General, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, thanks LT. COL. Butterworth, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Executive Officer, after his visit with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, at Camp Ripper, Al Asad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 10, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by GUNNERY SGT. Kevin W. Williams)

U.S. Marine Corps GEN. James L. Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), speaks with Marines from Regimental Combat Team 1, Combat Service Support Battalion, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Headquarters Group, and 1ST Marine Engineer Group at Camp Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Aug. 19, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. Chad R. Kiehl) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps SGT. MAJ. John L. Estrada (right), SGT. MAJ. of the Marine Corps, speak to Marines, U.S. Navy Sailors and U.S. Army Soldiers at the Smoking Joe's Military Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Center on Camp Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, on Dec. 14, 2004, during a visit while on a ten day tour of Iraq. The 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV) is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Benjamin J. Flores) (Released)

Iraqi soldier Brig. Gen. Abdul-Jabbar, Commander, 1ST Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, speaks at the assumption of command ceremony of 1ST Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division at Forward Operating Base Danger, Iraq, April 3, 2006. 1ST Brigade took command of the Samarra and Tikrit battlespace from the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Alfred Johnson) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser (left), Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

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Base: March Air Reserve Base

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Samantha 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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Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd

U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (at lectern) speaks during the Memorial Service at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11, 2002. More than 13,000 people attended the service, including U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, to remember those who lost their lives one year ago when terrorists crashed a commercial airliner into the Pentagon Building (DoD photo by MASTER SGT. Mark A. Suban) (Released)

On Nov. 15, 2004 U.S. Marine Corps Brig. GEN. Richard Kramlich (right), Commanding General, 1ST Force Service Support Group (1FSSG), proudly awards LT. COL., James A. Vohr, at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, the Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding meritorious service as Instructor and Head, Combat Service Support Element (CSSE), Marine Air Ground Task Force STAFF Training Program (MSTP) Center, in Quantico, Va., from June 2002 to June 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones)(Released)

Senior Airman Michael Blankenship, 560th Red Horse

U.S. Army Col. Timothy U. Philips, commander, 4th Brigade

Patients await diagnoses from Hospital Corpsman for mock injuries sustained in combat. Exercise Vernal Tide is held in the Combat Town Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan (JPN), in support of a Medical Augmenty Program Exercise (MAPEX). Personnel from the Naval hospital are augmented to support US Marine Corps (USMC) 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group in order to facilitate forward and rear medical attention centers as in real combat mass casualty situations

U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines ride inside the cargo area of a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7-ton truck during the simulated live-fire application process of the Convoy Security Course at Camp Deluz, located onboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on Aug. 14, 2004, to learn how to respond immediately to enemy fire. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)

A member of the 436th Equipment Maintenance Squadron (EMS) seals the "Spirit of 9-11" decal on a C-5 Galaxy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, on 18 March 2002. The plane will be officially named in an upcoming naming ceremony. "Lets Roll," the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning

Brig. Gen. Jose M. Rosado, Commander, 65th Regional Readiness Command, welcome the 266 Ordinance Company, U.S. Army Active Reserve who just arrived at the International Muniz Airport from Kuwait. Here they are being greeted by the U.S. Army Reserve Commander. Some are wearing yellow lays given to them by American Airlines staff and stewards. (U.S. Army photo by Joseph Bonet) (Released)

The Honorable George W. Bush (right), President of the United States, Mrs. Laura Bush (second from right), First Lady of the United States, The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (second from left), U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Mrs. Joyce Rumsfeld (left), bow their heads in a moment of silence during the September 11 (9/11) Memorial Service at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2002. This service marks the first anniversary of terrorists flying a commercial airliner into the Pentagon. (DoD photo by CHIEF PETTY Officer Johnny Bivera) (Released)

USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Ray Carter 41st Airlift Squadron, STAFF Sergeant Thomas Mazzone, 2nd Airlift Squadron, Loadmaster; Flight Nurse USAF Captain Dawn Shanks, 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and STAFF Sergeant Shannon McBee, 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron listen to Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), The Honorable F. Whitten Peters, inside the cargo bay of a C-130E Hercules aircraft, configuration for medical evacuation at Pope AFB, North Carolina. USAF Colonel Steve Acuff, Vice Commander of the 43rd Airlift Wing is standing next to SECAF Peters

A member of the air station's operations department stands by to direct a chartered airliner as it taxis after landing. Aboard the airliner are dependents who had been evacuated from the air station and the nearby Subic Bay naval station during the eruption of Mount Pinatubo

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