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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Daniel Bratton, Tank Mechanic, Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, uses an air impact wrench to repair the track on an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT), after it threw the track along MSR (Main Supply Route) Tampa (Iraqi Highway 1) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) with Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, travel down a road as they prepare to meet the enemy near Safwan Hill, Iraq during the opening shots of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel in M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) from Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, scan the area for enemy personnel and vehicles at the intersection of Highway 1 and 27 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel in an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) and a Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) from Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, scan the area for enemy personnel and vehicles at the intersection of Highway 1 and 27 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, in their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) roll across route MSR (Main Supply Route) Tampa (Iraqi Highway 1) north of Al-Nasiriyah in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, sit on their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) in an assembly area near Az Zubayr, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel in M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) from Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, scan the area for enemy personnel and vehicles at the intersection of Highway 1 and 27 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jason Hightower, tightens the track on his M1A1 Abrams tank just north of the intersection of Highway 1 and 27 in Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

A US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) from Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, stuck in a ditch north of the intersection of Highway 1 and 27 in Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Manuel Herrera Jr, searches for the right tools in order to repair his M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) along route MSR (Main Supply Route) Tampa (Iraqi Highway 1) north of Al-Nasiriyah during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, 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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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Manuel Feliz, Ground Radio Communications Technician, 6th Communications, 6th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), performs preventive maintenance on a high frequency radio transmitter, while deployed at Moron Air Base (AB), Spain, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Inside the well deck onboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS NASSAU (LAH-4), USN and US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), watch as USMC M1A1 Main Battle Tanks (MBT) are loaded onto a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) craft, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image)

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Iraqis show theyre not belligerent by placing their hands on their heads and wave white cloth as an American convoy passes along Highway 27 during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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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US Air Force (USAF) Rodeo 98 Umpires (left to right): MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Larry Kinder, 621st Air Mobility Support Group (AMSG), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (FRG); CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Danny Garver, 145th Aerial Port Squadron (APS), Charlotte, North Carolina (NC); and CMSGT Manuel Ibara, 627th Air Mobility Support Squadron (AMSS), RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK); check the time for a Dyess Rodeo 98 Team after they completed the first half of the Engine Running Onload/Offload (ERO) competition, which is part of the overall USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA)

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Another Marine helps LCPL Cruz Herrera of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 4th Marines use an aiming circle to calculate firing data for his M-224 60mm mortar. His battalion is participating in Exercise RimPac '88

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Mark Morrison, Air Traffic Controller, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron (EOSS), scans the airfield at the desert air base in the Arabian Gulf Region during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 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

Members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) provide support during a raid in Baghdad outside an apartment complex while their team searches inside for a Ba'ath Party member of Saddam Hussein's regime during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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