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US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (COL) Bernard Krueger, left, Executive Officer (EO), Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, excitedly shakes the hand of Major (MAJ) Christopher McKay, MAWTS-1, who just stepped off a plane in Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport after an almost 40 hour journey from Iraq
US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ) Christopher McKay, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, boards a chartered bus at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix
U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser (center left), Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona (AZ), offload their equipment from a utility truck after returning home following a recent deployment, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Freddy King, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, races across the parade field during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program combat conditioning drill, on MCAS Yuma, Arizona
US Marine Corps (USMC) Brigadier General (BGEN) John Galenetti, Commanding General (CG) of Marine Corps Air Bases Western Area (MCBWA), receives a flag from STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Magdiel Vazquezanzua during the memorial service for BGEN Jay Hubbard at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, California (CA), chapel
US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Noel Gonzales, Combat Service Support Detachment 16 (CSSD-16), fills a plate with finger foods, after returning home at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona (AZ), following a recent deployment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
U.S. Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Brig. GEN. John H. Grueser (left), Vice Commander, Fourth (4th) Air Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps 1ST Force Service Support Group Marines as they disembark from an United Airlines 747-400 commercial airliner at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., on Sept. 2, 2004, as they return home after serving a seven-month tour in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)
US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bourne Huddleson, Quality Assurance, Marine Attack Squadron-214 (VMA-214), Yuma, Arizona (AZ), plays with his son Ethan while attending the Welcome Home Warrior Parade in Yuma, AZ. The parade hosted by the city of Yuma was a tribute to those Marines who served during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) John Park, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, raises an American flag above approximately 90 Marines returning home from Iraq as they exit buses that carried them from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma
State: Arizona (AZ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: MAWTS-1
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Keith Underwood, 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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