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Gunnery Sgt. Patrick McGovern, a Marine Corps Drill

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division,

Soldiers from Charlie Company 2-1 Infantry, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, instruct the Thai Military Forces during a platoon battle drill attack as a part of COBRA GOLD 2001 exercises. COBRA GOLD '01 is regularly scheduled, joint-combined exercise designed to ensure regional peace and strengthen the ability of the royal Thai Armed Forces to defend Thailand or respond to regional contingencies. This year's exercise, the 20th in the series, will focus on peace enforcement operations

U.S. Marines with, 2nd Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers cool down after the birthday

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Sgt.1st Class Joseph Graves's M4 carbine is cleared

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment,

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), armed with M16A2 rifles, practice the tactics and techniques for entering a building in hostile conditions, at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), armed with M16A2 rifles, practice the tactics and techniques for entering a building in hostile conditions, at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), armed with M16A2 rifles, practice the tactics and techniques for entering a building in hostile conditions, at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), receive ammunition and M9 9mm handguns while training on the Pistol Range at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), armed with M16A2 rifles, practice the tactics and techniques for entering a building in hostile conditions, under the watchful eye of Police Officers, Lieutenant (LT) Gary Glemboski (foreground), Savannah, Georgia (GA), Emergency Response Team, and Detective Mark Gunnoe, Garden City Police Department, Team Leader and Sniper, during training conducted at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), prepare to refuel a USMC AV-8B Harrier aircraft, during training at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), fire their M9 9mm handguns on the Pistol Range at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), ready their M9 9mm handguns for firing on the Pistol Range at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), perform early morning Physical Training (PT) using 5.56mm M16A2 rifles at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One (MALS-31) and Marine Wing Support Squadron Two Seven Three (MWSS-273), armed with M16A2 rifles, practice the tactics and techniques for entering a building in hostile conditions, at the Georgia (GA) Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), located in Savannah, GA, during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

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State: Georgia (GA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Amber Basgil, USMC

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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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label_outline Explore Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron Three One, Exercise Battlehog, Support Squadron Two Seven Three

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator First Class (AW1) Ryan Johnson, assigned to the Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group (FASOTG) demonstrates how to cut into a needle cactus as food procurement to survive in the wilderness, during a class held at Warner Springs, California (CA). USN Sailors from the Survival, Evasion, Rescue and Escape (SERE) Detachment donated their time and expertise on wilderness survival techniques to train Boy Scouts from Troop 170 of Baypark, San Diego, CA

US Marine Corps (USMC) Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (SC), and Firemen from the Savannah, Georgia (GA), Fire Department, work to extinguish a fire inside a mock-up aircraft trainer at the Georgia (GA), Air National Guard (ANG) Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), during Exercise Battlehog 1-04

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS)

SENIOR AIRMAN Falcon of the 90th AMS assists in loading TECH. SGT. Patty Dupree, a volunteer from the 90th MXS during the search and recoveries exercise, into an emergency medical unit after she arrived by helicopter. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

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

Sgt. Nathan Young, lead heavy equipment instructor

A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) (BUD/S) trainees struggle across an obstacle during a "hell week" exercise. Phase I of BUD/S training concludes with "hell week," when students' physical, emotional and mental abilities are tested under adverse conditions

A US Navy (USN) Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41, Black Aces) aircrew member (left) signals to the USN VFA-41 F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-mission fighter/attack aircraft pilot prior to his taking off from Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK), for a training mission during Exercise COOPERATIVE COPE THUNDER, the largest multinational air combat training exercise in the Pacific. This 15-day exercise simulates wartime combat conditions so that military personnel from 12-nations can sharpen their air fighting skills, exchange air operational tactics, and build closer relations with each other

U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Ground Support students

Lance Cpl. Hunter Rooks, a Marine with Combat Logistics

A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) (BUD/S) trainees struggle in a mud pit during a "hell week" exercise. Phase I of BUD/S training concludes with "hell week," when students' physical, emotional and mental abilities are tested under adverse conditions

U.S. Air Force CHIEF MASTER SGT. Jeff Hulme, a competition judge from Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, writes down his notes while checking an F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 123rd Fighter Squadron, Oregon Air National Guard, during exercise William Tell at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2004. This is the 50th Anniversary of the William Tell competition, an exercise that tests an aircrew's ability to perform under combat conditions. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Dennis J. Henry Jr.) (Released)

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