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Brig. Gen. Andrew W. O'Donnell Jr., the 3rd Marine

Soldiers of the Romanian military render present arms

US Army (USA) Private Second Class (PV2) Ricki E. Hardyman, assigned to Troop D, 4th Cavalry, 1ST Infantry Division, Brigade Combat Team 1 (BCT-1), conducts a search for weapons inside the glass factory in Ar Ramadi, Iraq. USA Soldiers assigned to the 1ST Infantry Division are attached with the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jeffrey Bonebrake (left), Security Forces Journeyman, briefs USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) David Swearing, Assistant Flight Superintendent, on the status of the entry control point that he guards at a forward deployed location supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Both SRA Bonebrake and MSGT Swearing are deployed with the 438th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (EFSF)

Iraqi Army Soldiers examine items found in a raid near Kirkuk, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. This is the first coordinated ground and air assault operation conducted by an Iraqi Army unit

Two Afghan Uniform Police instructors conduct a roll

A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits stand in

Afghan National Police and Afghan National Police Commandos

Photojournalist Ben Bohane, Australian and Vanuatu

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Second Lieutenant (2LT) Ethan Astor (left), 1ST Battalion (BN), 4th Marines (MAR) and US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Mark Nix, 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion (AAB), Alfa Company, attend Jewish service. USN Commander (CDR) Elson Irving (right), Rabbi, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) conducts Jewish service in the Chaplain's tent at Camp Matilda, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Second Lieutenant (2LT) Ethan Astor (left), 1ST Battalion (BN), 4th Marines (MAR) and US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Mark Nix, 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion (AAB), Alfa Company, attend a Jewish service in the Chaplain's tent at Camp Matilda, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Mark Nix (left), 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion (AAB), Alfa Company, listens to USN Commander (CDR) Elson Irving, Rabbi, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF), during Jewish Service at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Edward Orillion (right), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), pulls security duty during a brief convoy halt while conducting an overt vehicular reconnaissance patrol throughout the Kandahar and Oruzgan Provinces of Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ULYSSES II, which is the first combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Brigadier General (BGEN) John F. Kelly (left), Assistant Division Commander, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), speaks to Marines with Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), during a visit in Al Shahabi, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. BGEN Kelly accompanied US Army (USA) Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz (background), Commanding General III Corps, to the area. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Lamim M. Foray, Battalion Aid Station, Battalion Landing Team, works to assess and treat simulated wounded US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 2nd Platoon, G/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), during a mass casualty exercise conducted in the US Central Command's (USCENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (ARO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Kenneth Hayes, Echo Company (E Co.), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Regiment (2/1), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), carries his FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) on patrol through a small village during a Civil Military operation, while participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) General (GEN) William L. Nyland (center), Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, shares a light moment with USMCR Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Clark Clodfelder (left), a Pilot assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron Two Three Four (VMGR-234), after arriving at Blair Field in Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. USMC Major (MAJ) Paul Richardson (right), Aide-de-Camp to the Assistant Commandant, accompanies the two

US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Steven M. Ray (left), Platoon Commander, 1ST Platoon (PLT), K Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (3/6), patrols through a local village with one of his squads on their way to visit a local school in Nagolan, Afghanistan (AFG). First Platoon Marines work closely with Army Civil Affairs maintaining a presence throughout the region. The Battalion is in Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Second Lieutenant (2LT) Ethan Astor (right), 1ST Battalion (BN), 4th Marines (MAR) and US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Mark Nix, 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion (AAB), Alfa Company listen to USN Commander (CDR) Elson Irving, Rabbi, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) during Jewish Service at Camp Matilda during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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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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A U.S. Army Soldier with the mortar squad, Alpha Company,

Twenty four one quarter pound canisters of TNT set and ready for detonation by Marine Scouts from Alfa, Bravo, Charlie and Delta Companies, on the OP-3 range, during the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Re-qualification (LAR-REQUALEX) '98

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

U.S. Army Sgt Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey, senior

Second Lieutenant Kimberly Cardona-Smith, USAF, Commander of the 105th Communications Squadron and the 105th recruiting staff visits the Wallkill Middle School. The students assembled and donated dry goods food boxes for the workers at Ground Zero, the World Trade Center collapse in New York City. The collapse due to terrorist flying two large passenger aircraft into the buildings; killing all in the planes and thousands in the building. Standing in the background is Mrs. Lori Hughes, Home and Careers Skills Department teacher

Michael A. Dunne, right, is presented with the Medal

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

With the help of the C-Tractor 7, a Choest Marine owed tug, USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN 642) prepares to depart NAS North Island to support Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 at Camp Pendleton, California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

An U.S. Army chaplain (captain) conducts an invocation

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

LCACs (Landing Craft, Air Cushioned) are guided ashore for the safety and organization of the training evolution during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '99 aboard Camp Pendleton, California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

U.S. Army Sgt. Taylor Gingras, mechanic, Bravo Company,

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