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US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Nicholas D. Benton, Assistant GUNNER with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, sets the elevation on his M-198 Howitzer during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Phillip D. Fields, GUNNER with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, sets the sights on his M-198 Howitzer during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
US Marine Corps Corporal Edward B. Linskey sets the fuse on a high explosive artillery round during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
US Marine Corps Lance Corporal David A. Flores, Fire Mission Data Recorder for Gun 6, Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, records firing data for his M-198 Howitzer gun during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
US Marine Corps Lance Corporal William J. Askins loads a black powder repellent into his M-198 Howitzer gun during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Todd J. Cofield, a chart operator with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, manually checks the safety box of the impact area from the Fire Direction Center behind Howitzer Gun Position 4 during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
US Marine Corps (USMC) Reconnaissance Marine Corporal (CPL) Michael J. Wing, with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, in support of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, fires his M4A1 5.56mm Service Rifle, during a stationary single target engagement drill, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN 2003
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Scott Dobson and LCPL Michael Stephens, S/Battery, 5th Battalion, 10th Marines, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles provide convoy security, as the unit transport its M198, 155mm Towed Howitzer at Pong Nam Ran, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003
US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Robert J. Horton, with Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, mounts a .50 caliber machine gun on a 5 ton truck during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
US Marine Corps First Lieutenant Jason K. Christiansen, Executive Officer of Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, sets up the safety circle for his M-198 Howitzers during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1
Base: Vieques Island
State: Puerto Rico (PR)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: CPL C.D. Clark, 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.