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Destroyed Iraqi field artillery pieces marked by a US Marine Corps (USMC) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit, sits along the roadside near Wasit, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 506th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS) upload Chinese 250kg Type 2 General Purpose Bombs, the last of the buried munitions removed from the storage area at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq. USAF Airmen have removed more than 3.5 million pounds of explosives, including more than 1,800 bombs during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Technical Sergeant Cavaliero of the 4th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, shows Abdullah Jamal Al Jaber, CHIEF Fire Officer of the Doha International Airport a piece of equipment that fills up air breathing tanks, used by firemen during a fire. MASTER Sergeant Askew, also from Seymour Johnson AFB, watches. The Seymour Johnson crew is in Doha, Qatar, during Air Expeditionary Force IV in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. SOUTHERN WATCH enforces the United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 that establishes a no-fly zone over Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel

A tank crew from 1-252 Armor Regiment takes on 'Table

Soldiers from the 1-24 Stryker Infantry along with

New recruits from the Maghaweir al-Thowra’s (MaT),

An Iraqi T-72 tank is being off loaded by Iraqi soldiers

The charred remains of an Iraqi T-55 main battle tank sits on the Iraqi-Kuwait border, destroyed by Coalition armor heading into Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm

Lance Cpl. Dillon Burran and Lance Cpl. Kristopher

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A pair of M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks sit park at Camp Fox, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A security tower operated by US Army (USA) Soldiers at an unidentified Base Camp located in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) on its way to the range Camp Coyote, Kuwait in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, perform the Basic Issue Items (BII) check list for their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Uber Saucedo, assigned to Delta/Company, 4th Tank Battalion, tightening bolts on the tracks of a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, depart Camp Ripper, Kuwait, for the dispersion area (DA) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Standing atop an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant General (LGEN) James T. Conway, Commanding General, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, address the 7th Marines Regimental Combat Team during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 1ST Platoon, 2nd Armored Assault Battalion (AAB), perform a Basic Issue Items (BII) check of equipment on a M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) at Camp Ripper, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers set up their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) for a security position at an unidentified Base Camp located in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew P. Roufs, 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)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 6th Marine Division, park their High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) to await the arrival of the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England, at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Nov.25, 2004. The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. (USMC photo by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to D/Company 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) across a pontoon bridge into northern Iraq, in support Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is assigned with the 1ST Marine Division

A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

A log train of Bv-206, All Terrain Carriers are backed up on their way to the lower base camp from Grouse Meadows. Bv carriers are the only way to provide hot chow and are also used to medevac Marines to the lower base camp. 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion 8th Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC spend 34 days at the Mountain Warfare Training Center to receive instruction in cold weather survival and arctic warfare training

At Walbde, Iraq (IRQ), US Navy (USN) personnel with Sea Bees Detachment 14 provide security for their base camp near the Syrian border in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Navy personnel man an MK19 40 mm Machine Gun

Republic of Philippine Marines Corporal (CPL) Percival V. Suco, mans a security position armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, while participating in tactical personnel and aircraft recovery training at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) leads the convoy as 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, travels a dirt road near the Kuwait-Iraqi border while on patrol during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army (USA) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) from the 1ST Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, is loaded onto a railroad flat car at the rail marshalling area at Fort Stewart, Georgia

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 44th Engineer Battalion and U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 1ST Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, find a large weapons cache near a graveyard during a patrol south of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Dec. 28, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

The Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England, left, is greeted by U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 6th Marine Division, during his visit at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Nov. 25, 2004. The Secretary of the Navy is at Camp Ramadi to have Thanksgiving dinner with the troops. The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. (USMC photo by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

A Marine M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank is stopped at the loading ramp of a beached Navy landing craft air cushion vehicle (LCAC)

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