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A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), convoy drives past an armed, jogging US Army (USA) Soldier as it leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Marines have stopped their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) M1038 Up-Armored Heavy Cargo/Troop Carrier in front of a crowd of Afghani children as they patrol in the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), while conducting an overt vehicular reconnaissance patrol throughout the Kandahar and Oruzgan Provinces of Afghanistan during Operation ULYSSES II, which is the first combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Combat Service Support Element, Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 22 (MSSG 22), 22nd MEU Special Operations Capable (SOC), pull security detail atop their MK-23 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7-ton cargo truck during a brief convoy halt outside the Governors Compound in the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), while conducting an overt vehicular reconnaissance patrol throughout the Kandahar and Oruzgan Provinces of Afghanistan during Operation ULYSSES II, which is the first combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Marine gives the Thumbs-up from the back end of the cargo bay of a MK-23 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7-ton cargo truck as a 22nd MEU (SOC) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Marine waves from the back end of the cargo bay of a MK-23 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) 7-ton cargo truck as a 22nd MEU (SOC) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Force Recon (Reconnaissance) Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), provide security for their unit commander as he begins a tour of the area starting at the Governors Compound in the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), while conducting an overt vehicular reconnaissance patrol throughout the Kandahar and Oruzgan Provinces of Afghanistan during Operation ULYSSES II, which is the first combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) Marine waves from the back seat of a M1116 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Up-Armored Troop Carrier as a 22nd MEU (SOC) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) convoy leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), fording a river in their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), in the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan, during Operation Thunder Road. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Army National Guard (USARNG) Soldiers, attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), smile at the camera as their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) leaves Kandahar Army Air Field (AAF), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), in convoy enroute to the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), to establish Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley during Operation ULYSSES V, which is a four-month combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kandahar Army Air Field
Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, 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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