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US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Armando Elias, a cannon crewmember with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, prepares to set the coordinates of an M198 Towed Howitzer sight system in preparation for a live fire exercise during Exercise BALIKATAN
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Armando Elias, a cannon crewmember with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, prepares to set the coordinates of an M198 Towed Howitzer sight system, in preparation for a live fire exercise during Exercise BALIKATAN
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Armando Elias, a cannon crewmember with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, prepares to set the coordinates of an M198 Towed Howitzer sight system in preparation for a live fire exercise during Exercise BALIKATAN
A US Army (USA) 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, M198 Towed Howitzer is concealed by camouflage netting in preparation for a live fire exercise during Exercise BALIKATAN
A US Army (USA) 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, M198 Towed Howitzer is concealed by camouflage netting in preparation for a live fire exercise during Exercise BALIKATAN
Filipino Army STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Sammy S. Sosa, holds a lanyard and ready to fire an M198 Towed Howitzer assigned to the US Army (USA) 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, during Exercise BALIKATAN
US Army (USA) SPECIALIST (SPC) Claude R. Fields, a cannon crewmember with the 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, equips the fuses on M198 Towed Howitzer rounds before a live fire practice, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN
A US Army (USA) 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, M198 Towed Howitzer is concealed by camouflage netting during a live fire exercise, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Turner, with the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, fires a 96 pound round from an M198 Towed Howitzer, during Exercise ROLLING THUNDER 2003, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
US Army (USA) Sergeant (SGT) Anthony J. Lacy, a cannon crewmember with 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, transfers M198 Towed Howitzer rounds to a better position in preparation for a live fire exercise during Exercise BALIKATAN
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003
Base: Fort Magsaysay
State: Luzon
Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL)
Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd Battalion 11th Field Artille
Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jose Anthony Rubio, 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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