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In the midst of the Kuwaiti desert, US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Headquarters Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, erect a Command Operation Center (COC) using a Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) and camouflage, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Troopers from Bravo Battery, Field Artillery Squadron,

A U.S. Army Soldier of 225th Brigade Support Battalion,

Recruits from Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion,

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Lennon, assigned to

U.S. Marines with 1st Regiment 4th Marines provide

Engineer Soldiers from the 501st, 310th and 341st Engineer

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-3 (Operations), Command Operation Center (COC), pack up their Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) for transport as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Marines are carrying 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-3 (Operations), Command Operation Center (COC), pack up their Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) for transport as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Marines are carrying 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-6 (Communications), Command Operation Center (COC), load up their gear into a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-6 (Communications), Command Operation Center (COC), load up their gear into a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-3 (Operations), Command Operation Center (COC), pack up their Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter (DRASH) for transport as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Marines are carrying 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-6 (Communications), Command Operation Center (COC), load up their gear into a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-6 (Communications), Command Operation Center (COC), load up their gear into a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Command Operation Center (COC), line their 2.5-ton to 7-ton trucks and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) setup in a convoy as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Headquarter (HQTRS) Company, Regimental Combat Team 5th Marines (RCT-5), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California (CA), provide security, with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles, for their convoy of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), G-2 (Intelligence), Command Operation Center (COC), loaded up a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as part of familiarization training at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Marines are carrying 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Camp Matilda

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Jennifer A. Krusen, 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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label_outline Explore Command Operation Center, Camp Matilda, Matilda

Patrol commanders from the Mountain Eagle Joint Task Force meet at their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during mission rehersal exercises at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), 1ST Combat Engineers Battalion (CEB), stand in line to get their hair cut at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Villagers from Nojoy, outside Kandahar International Airport, follow the members of the US Army's Tactical Psychological Operations Team (TPT) 913, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as they walk toward their vehicles after discussing local issues with the elders during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The team is armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, 6th Marine Regiment, armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) conduct Quick Reaction Force (QRF) perimeter security training at Camp Stonewall, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, while deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Major (MAJ) Joe Gardamal (left), and USA Sergeant First Class (SFC) Frank Borgahese, 305th Psychological Operations Company (PSYOP CO), Upper Marlboro, Maryland (MD), stand by their vehicle ready for the upcoming events in Northern Kuwait in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Major General (MGEN) James N. Mattis, Commanding General, 1ST Marine Division, speaks to Marines at Camp Matilda, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. John K. Love, commanding

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles and a Saco 7.72 mm M60 gereral purpose machine gun, ride in a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVE) enroute to secure the Ba'th Party Headquarters building in Qalat Sukar, Iraq

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Keegan (left) and USMC LCPL Hathaway, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), Truck Company (CO), lay out camouflage netting to cover their vehicles at the motor pool during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) secure a building at an airfield once held by the Iraqi 10th Armored Division in Al Amarah, Iraq. The Marines are armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) Security Battalion, fires his 7.62 mm M240G machine gun form atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), at the "Crew Fire" weapons range before conducting a perimeter patrol around Al Asad, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The 3rd Battalion, 7th US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines move in High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMMV) by the southern most sand berms near the Iraqi border, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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