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U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Platoon Commander, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, MASTER SGT. Timothy Swanson, instructs Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program aboard Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development ficial rule law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development...

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Platoon Commander, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, MASTER SGT. Timothy Swanson (left), instructs Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program aboard Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the ent of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the...

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Platoon Commander, Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, MASTER SGT. Timothy Swanson, instructs Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program aboard Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development ficial rule law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development...

U.S. Marines and Sailors attending the Lioness Program, receive training in Asad, Iraq on various Improvised Explosive Devices being used to attack Coalition and Iraqi forces. This program is being utilized to ensure proper care is taken while searching Female Iraqis. Regimental Combat Team 2 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market base economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. James R. Richardson) (Released)

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Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM

Base: Al Asad

State: Al Anbar

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-2

Scene Camera Operator: SGT James R. Richardson, 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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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commanding

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

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joel Vaccaro, a native of Dillon,

A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 101st Airborne Division searches for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on a main road in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2006, so that other Soldiers can clean the roads without the risk of getting hurt. The road is being cleared to eliminate the placement of IEDs. (U.S. Army photo by PFC. William Servinski II) (Released)

U.S. Marines, with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st

March 20, 2007, Marine Corps STAFF SGT. Matthew Rumfelt, an airframes mechanic with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ-1), plays a game of horseshoes during some downtime on Asad Air Base, Iraq. VMAQ-1 is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rudy Huerta, a combat

A U.S. Army Soldier from Alpha Company, 101st Airborne Division provides security on a main road in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 25, 2006, so that other Soldiers can clear the road in order to eliminate the placement of improvised explosive devices. (U.S. Army photo by PFC. William Servinski II) (Released)

Pfc. Keith Gorham, a native of Buxton, Maine, left,

A Soldier in the Iraqi Army brings school supplies to be passed out. The Fallujah Iraqi Police and Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army supply the Anbar School with toys and school supplies as a combined forces exercise on March 8, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by...

March 9, 2007, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines making up the color guard lower the service colors during the playing of the National Anthem at the end of the Multi- National Force Hospital Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Asad Air Base, Iraq. Task Force 3 3rd Medical Command is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by SGT Andrew D. Pendracki) (Released)

Brig. GEN. Timothy C. Hanifen, 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW)(fwd) Commanding General, presents a plaque to country singer Chely Wright during her visit to perform a Morale, Welfare, and Recreation show for the troops on Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 27, 2007. 2d MAW(fwd) is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraq Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Sheila M. Brooks) (Released)

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