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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jessica Anson, Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron-38 (MTACS), a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) instructor, watches as her students practice MCMAP techniques learned earlier in their Gray/Green belt class. The US Marines are currently deployed to Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) instructors USMC Corporal (CPL) Jessica Anson (right) and USMC First Lieutenant (1LT) Lebo, demonstrate to their Gray/Green belt class proper MCMAP techniques at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB). The US Marines are currently deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support ofOperation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jessica Anson (right), Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron-38 (MTACS), a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) instructor, and her students watch as USMC STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Charmalyn Knapp (top), Combat Service Support-18 (CSS), and USMC Captain (CPT) Karen Walker MTACS-38, practice MCMAP techniques learned earlier in their Gray/Green belt class. The US Marines are currently deployed to Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) instructors USMC Corporal (CPL) Jessica Anson (bottom) and USMC First Lieutenant (1LT) Lebo, demonstrate to their Gray/Green belt class proper MCMAP techniques at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB). The US Marines are currently deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) instructors USMC Corporal (CPL) Jessica Anson (front) and USMC First Lieutenant (1LT) Lebo, demonstrate to their Gray/Green Belt Class the proper MCMAP techniques at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB). The US Marines are currently deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Matthew Chapman, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR)-234, performs a preflight inspection on a USMC KC-130 Hercules, VMGR-234, at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait. US Marines are currently deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 7th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), I MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Twenty-nine Palms, California (CA), disembark from an United Airlines 747 commercial jet airliner (at an undisclosed location) as they deploy to Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Joshua Vigil, 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), gives Private First Class (PFC) Brian Jones, 3/4, 1ST MARDIV, a haircut at Camp Udairi, Kuwait (KWT), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) James M. Cook, Jr., Flight Mechanic, Marine Aerial Refueler/Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152), inspects one of the engine intakes on his USMC KC-130 Hercules aircraft, at Chittagong AB, Bangladesh during Exercise BENGAL TIGER 2002. The Exercise is a bilateral training exercise between United States Marine Corps Aviators and Members of the Bangladesh Defense Force Air Wing

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jessica Anson, Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron-38 (MTACS), a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) instructor, watches as her students practice MCMAP techniques learned earlier in their Gray/Green belt class. The US Marines are currently deployed to Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base

State: Al Ahmadi

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew Williams, 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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Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Mr. Gordon R. England (center), enjoys breakfast with the troops, at a food service hall with junior U.S. Marine Corps Marines of Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT 7), during his visit at Al Asad, Iraq, on Nov. 25, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Jessica L. Richards) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jessica Dunn, 27th

The National and US Marine Corps (USMC) colors wave at the front entrance to the headquarters of USMC Brigadier General (BGEN) Terry Robling (not shown), Commanding General Forward, 3rd Marine Air Wing (MAW), at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

Three US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant Majors (SMJ) from various organizations meet to discuss the progress of construction currently underway at Tent City, Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Pictured left-to-right, SMJ Estrada, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing; SMJ Bradley, Marine Air Communication Squadron 38 (MACS-38), and SMJ Willy Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3 (HQS-3)

US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Sergeant John Marsh (left), and Corporal (CPL) Brian Woods (right), USMCR, both assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron Two Three Four (VMGR-234), examine the information on a customs declaration form after returning home at Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base (NAS, JRB), Fort Worth, Texas (TX), following a long deployment to Southwest Asia, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Danita Marcum (right) a Self-Defense Class Instructor, assigned to the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), is assisted by USAF TSGT David Hail, 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), as she demonstrates the proper technique for disabling a would-be assailant during a Self-Defense class held in recognition of Women's History Month, at Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy. TSGT Marcum holds a Fourth Degree Belt in Tang Soodo and a 6th Degree Black Belt in Tai Kwan Do

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to India/Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (India 3/7) stand in line preparing to board a transport aircraft at Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marines are redeploying home after completing a tour of duty in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An unidentified US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine searches a vehicle entering the front gate to Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR LT. JESSICA HILL

US Marine (USMC) Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373rd Commanding Officer (CO), Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Donald W. Zautcke ceremoniously adds the final nails into the supporting beam of the hardback tent living quarters, at Camp Sledd on Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Captain (CAPT) Thad Darger, an F-117 Nighthawk pilot assigned to the 8th Fighter Squadron (FS), 49th Fighter Wing (FW), Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, puts on his G-suit in preparation for a mission at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Adam Peers, Reservist, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-234 (VMGR-234), Fort Worth, Texas (TX), drives a stake into the ground before attaching concertina wire to it at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base (AB), Kuwait. US Marines are currently deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations ENDURING FREEDOM and IRAQI FREEDOM

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