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US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Jerry L. Durrant (right), Commander, Iraqi Security Forces, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), and US Army (USA) Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Field Artillery (FA) (1-5), 1ST Brigade Combat Team (BCT), visits with Iraqi Major (MAJ) Rameis Mohammed Fayaad (second from left), Commander, 3rd Company (CO), and members of the 60th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Headquarters Post, 5 Kilo area, Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Major (MAJ) Durayd K.A. (left) and First Sergeant (1SGT) Zuher S.A. (center), 60th ICDC Brigade (BDE), talk with US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Simon E. Lemay, G-3 (Operations), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), about the Commando training at Camp Ali, 60th ICDC Brigade training camp, Ar Ramadi, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Iraqs Al Anbar Province
US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Toolan, Commanding Officer, Regimental Combat Team-1 (RCT-1), 1ST Marine Division, talks with the Assistant Commander of the Iraqi Police, Major Hamad Mohammed Abed, about Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province, during a meeting on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Brigadier General (BGEN) John F. Kelly (left), Assistant Division Commander, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), speaks to Marines with Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), during a visit in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. BGEN Kelly accompanied US Army (USA) Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz (background), Commanding General III Corps, to the area. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) John Toolan (left), Commanding Officer (CO), Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT-1), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), and Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Willard Buhl, CO, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1ST MARDIV, talk about the progress made by their Marines during a raid in the market area of Nassir Wa Al Salam, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is engaged in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Jerry L. Durrant (left), Commander, Iraqi Security Forces, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), talks with Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Adnan Alowe, Commander, 60th Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) training camp at Camp Ali. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Camp Ali
State: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 1-BCT
Scene Camera Operator: CPL William I. Salazar, 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.