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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Ronald Hawkins, Communications Platoon, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, pounds in a stake for the camouflaged netting covering his vehicle at Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Ronald Hawkins, Communications Platoon, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, pounds in a stake for the camouflaged netting covering his vehicle at Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Communications Platoon, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, set up their camouflaged base site at Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A freelance ABC News crew embedded with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, travel in their commercial hummer during a convoy from Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, prepare for a vehicle convoy at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A freelance ABC News crew embedded with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, conducts interviews with Marines, at their camouflaged base camp, while field testing their equipment at Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A freelance ABC News crew embedded with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, conducts interviews with Marines, while field testing their equipment at Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A Coalition Forces vehicle prepares to pass through a breached section of the dirt berms near the Kuwaiti/Iraqi border, while on patrol with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A freelance ABC News crew embedded with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, conducts interviews with Marines, while field testing their equipment at Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Communications Platoon, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, pound in a stake for the camouflaged netting covering their vehicle at Camp Grizzly, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Camp Grizzly

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew P. Roufs, 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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Hot brass is ejected from an M4A1 5.56mm Service Rifle fired by Reconnaissance Marine Corporal (CPL) Michael J. Wing, with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, in support of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, part of a stationary single target engagement drill, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN 2003

US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Vern Clark, CHIEF of Naval Operations (CNO), visits with wounded US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jaime Prieto, Charlie Company (C Co.), 23rd Marines, 1 Marine Division (MARDIV), in the medical facility on the base in Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Royal Thai Marine, CHIEF PETTY Officer 1ST Class, Thawoin Meemontkol, a Jungle Survival Instructor assigned to Reconnaissance Battalion, prepares eggs using bamboo and leaves during jungle survival training. Royal Thai Marines are conducting training with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines at Sattahip, Chonburi, Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2003

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1ST Battalion, 503rd Regiment, 2nd Division, fill sandbags clean a room outside the former Agriculture College that is being converted to a new Combat Outpost by the U.S. Army near the town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 3, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines from the 1ST Battalion, 6th Marine Division, park their High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) to await the arrival of the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Gordon R. England, at Camp Ramadi, Iraq, on Nov.25, 2004. The 1ST MAR DIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in security and stabilization operations in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq. (USMC photo by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jack M. Carrillo a Combat Illustrator sketches a crewmember onboard a USMC CH-46 helicopter from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH162) during a mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to D/Company 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion drive their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) across a pontoon bridge into northern Iraq, in support Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion is assigned with the 1ST Marine Division

R. Lee Ermey, former Marine and actor, is the guest of honor at the enlisted 227th Marine Corps Birthday Ball celebration held on November 8, 2002, addresses the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, California

A U.S. Army Soldier with the 1ST Battalion, 503rd Regiment, 2nd Division, takes a break in a building near the town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 1, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

After returning from a six-month deployment for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel (COL) Robert J. Knapp, (left), USMC, Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), 1ST Marine Division (1MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California, stops by HQ BN Armory and checks with STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) W. G. Quenga, USMC. SSGT Quenga was the SNCOIC on duty for Camp Guard Services, and is attached to Headquarters and Service Company (H & S Co), Substance Abuse Control Officer (SACO), HQ BN 1MARDIV. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein

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