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US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven (NMCB-7) repair wooden desk inside a local school near An Nasariyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Navy (USN) Builder Third Class (BU3) Lance Chapman and Utilitiesman Second Class (UT2) Chase Smith, both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven (NMCB-7), repair the frame for a wooden desk, inside a local school near An Nasariyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Navy (USN) Builder Third Class (BU3) Billy Smith, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 (NMCB-74), Gulfport, Mississippi (MS), sets up concertina wire around a thousand man tent camp in central Iraq. NMCB-74 deployed to Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Navy (USN) SeaBees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Thirty-Three (NMBC-133), works on a reconstruction project at the former military compound located in a village in the Najaf region of Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The compound is under reconstruction to be used as a school facility
US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion One Thirty-Three (NMBC-133), offload newly constructed school desk from a transport truck, at the former military compound located in a village in the Najaf region of Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The compound is under reconstruction to be used as a school facility
US Navy (USN) Construction Electrician Third Class (CE3) Eric Smith (left) and USN Construction Electrician Second Class (CE2) Tim Miller, both assigned to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-113), 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7), assemble ceiling fans during a school renovation project in Karbala, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Navy (USN) Construction Electrician Third Class (CE3) Matthew Deyoe, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven (NMCB-7), strings electrical wire inside a schoolroom at An Nasariyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
At Ar Ar, Iraq (IRQ), US Navy (USN) Rear Admiral (RADM) Charles Kubic (left), Commander of First Naval Construction Division, presents a Purple Heart medal to a PETTY Officer Third Class (PO3) Mangrum of Sea Bees Detachment 74, for a wound he received during a firefight in Fallujah, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Navy (USN) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven (NMCB-7) work on a medical supply warehouse reconstruction project in An Nasariyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Navy (USN) Sea Bee's assigned to Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-113), 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7), paint the interior of a school during renovation project in Karbala, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Base: Karbala
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nathan Alan Heusdens, 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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