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Three US Marine Corps (USMC) M1097 Avenger, Pedestal Mounted Stinger System, assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, in place during the Battalion Fire Exercise (BNFEX), at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, carries a FIM-92 Stinger, Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missile past an M1097 Avenger, Pedestal Mounted Stinger System, during the Battalion Fire Exercise (BNFEX), at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)
US Marine Corps (USMC) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Barry F. Bryant, Range Safety Officer, Alpha Company, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, briefs Marines on the Stinger Missile portion of the Battalion Fire Exercise (BNFEX), at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)
US Marine Corps (USMC) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Barry F. Bryant, Range Safety Officer, Alpha Company, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, uses a hand-held radio to communicate with control, during the Battalion Fire Exercise (BNFEX), at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Kvalvik, a GUNNER assigned to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, sets up the Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) for the M1097 Avenger, Pedestal Mounted Stinger System, during the battalion live fire exercise at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 1ST Squad, 2nd Platoon, F/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), equipped with riot shields and batons, practice non-lethal crowd control techniques, aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Marines from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, make preparations for a missile targeting exercise over an impact area on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area. Using the versatile US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." rockets as fast-moving targets, the Marines fired Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV)
US Marines come ashore on an Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) during the exercise. The exercise is designed to employ the rapid deployment and use of multinational maritime, air and land forces in a military response. Over 22,000 personnel from NATO nations, France and Spain are taking part in the exercise
US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion prepare to fire an M252 81 mm mortar from a Light Armored Vehicle-Mortar (LAV-M) during the Final Exercise (FINEX) of a Combined Arms Exercise (CAX). Marine Corps Base (MCB) Twentynine Palms, California
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, fire a FIM-92 Stinger, Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missile, during the Battalion Fire Exercise (BNFEX), at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune
State: North Carolina (NC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL David J. Callaway, 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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