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US Marine Corps (USMC) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Buzz Farrell, right, with the 1ST Marine Division, Combat Camera and STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mark Maynard, Marine Corps System Command (MCSC), Quantico, Virginia, setup a Tactical Imagery Production System (TIPS) tent, at Camp Matilda, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marines Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Joseph Moaroe, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion (AAB), Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), parks his Armored Assault Vehicle (AAV7A1) in an ally in Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) UH-60 Black Hawks and personnel from the 498th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) (MEDCO (AA)) Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), attached to the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) in Northern Kuwait in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jarvis E. Lesueur (left), and USMC Sergeant (SGT) Timothy J. Peterka, assigned to Air Ground Base Defense (AGBD), Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 (MWSS-272), stacks sandbags to fortify a fighting position, while deployment to Kuwait in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Major General (MGEN) James N. Mattis, (right), USMC, Commanding General, and Sergeant Major (SGM) Juan Duff, Division Sergeant Major, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), promote Sergeant Emmanouel M. Konstandakis,, USMC, 1ST Battalion (BN) 4th Marines, at Camp Commando, Kuwait while forward deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) William Regan, an Expeditionary Airfield Marine for Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 (MWSS-272), secures the runway at Expeditionary Airfield Station (EAS) Joe Foss, Kuwait, in support of IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Dave Long (right), and US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Dunlap both of 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), 3rd Civil Affairs Group (3 CAG), offloads medical supplies from a USMC High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The supplies are being given to the Umm Qasr Hospital, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Joe Gardamal (left), and USA Sergeant First Class (SFC) Frank Borgahese, 305th Psychological Operations Company (PSYOP CO), Upper Marlboro, Maryland (MD), stand by their vehicle ready for the upcoming events in Northern Kuwait in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Camp Matilda
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Mar Div
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jennifer A. Krusen, 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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