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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, move to their security positions after offloading from a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Wusbin Valley, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), advance under fire toward a trench where Taliban insurgents have taken refuge in the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. All three enemy fighters were killed with no Marine casualties
Two US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters land aboard Camp Baharia, in Fallujah, Iraq, home of the USMC 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines. Marines assigned to the 2nd Marine Division and Multi-National Forces-West (MNF-W) are conducting counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), question an Afghani man in the village of Saraw moments after a firefight with Taliban insurgents during Operation Thunder Road. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the Marine Security Element (MSE), India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines home based at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (HI), run from a US Army (USA) CH-47D Chinook helicopter helicopter from Bravo Company 4-123 Aviation Regiment, stationed at Fort Wainwright Army Post, Alaska (AK), as they prepare for Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and personnel (TRAP) training during Exercise Northern Edge 04, at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), deploy a smoke screen cover as they advance under fire toward a trench where Taliban insurgents have taken refuge in the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. All three enemy fighters were killed with no Marine casualties
US Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) load into the rear of a US Marine CH-46 (Sea Knight) helicopter to be flown ashore for their mission in the FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise in Pohang, Korea. US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China
US Marine Corps (USMC) First Sergeant (1SGT) Vincent Santiago, assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, waits as a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter approaches a landing zone site located in the mountainous vicinity of Methar Lam, Afghanistan, during Operation Mavericks, where USMC Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines are conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) load into the rear of a US Marine CH-46 (Sea Knight) helicopter to go ashore for their mission during FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise in Pohang, Korea. US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, board a US Army (USA) CH-47 Chinook helicopter, as they prepare for an insertion operation in the Wusbin Valley, to conduct the main phase of Operation Bama. The operation was part of the coalition forces' ongoing effort to disrupt terrorist activity in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Wusbin Valley
State: Surobi District
Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL John E. Lawson Jr, 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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