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A captain from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) talks to one of his men as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

A captain from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) talks to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Inskenderun Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Josn Brett Bryan Release Status: Released to ... More

A member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) monitors food distribution in a Somali village outside Baidoa during Operation Restore Hope relief efforts. The Marine is armed with an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

A member of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) monitors foo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1(Aw) Joseph Dorey Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

CHIEF Warrant Officer Michael Dominguez (hometown, Puerto Rico) attached to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, instructs Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment in the use of the M16A2 Service Rifle in the Sling Arms Position on the flight deck of the USS PONCE (LPD-15) during its transatlantic voyage. The Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Liberia, a II Marine Expeditionary Force unit from Camp Lejeune, NC, will take over the duties of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit at the US Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. The SPMAGTF is commanded by COL. T. L. Corwin

CHIEF Warrant Officer Michael Dominguez (hometown, Puerto Rico) attach...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED RESPONSE Base: USS Ponce (LPD 15) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. A. Olguin Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Lance Corporal Randall Chapman with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle, provides security during the crossing of the Kosovo-Macedonia border. Beasley is assigned to Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

Lance Corporal Randall Chapman with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle, provides ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Kosovo-Macedonia Border State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine ... More

Marines from 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion prepare for an urban patrol aboard their Light Armored Vehical-25's (LAV-25's) in the village of Zegra. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo

Marines from 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion prepare ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Zegra State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit ... More

USMC personnel assigned to the 26TH Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operation Capable (SOC), Camp Lejeune, NC exit their Zodiac Boats and storm the beach at El Omayed, Egypt while conducting amphibious operations, during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01/02. BRIGHT STAR 01/02 is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the forces needed to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners

USMC personnel assigned to the 26TH Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: R... More

Living up to a military maxim - if you can sleep, sleep. With an M-16 across his lap a Marine from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) takes a nap in his bivouac area near at the edge of the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Living up to a military maxim - if you can sleep, sleep. With an M-16 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... More

A technical vehicle (possibly a Zil-131 with a ZPU-1 14.5 mm anti-aircraft gun on its bed) spotted by US Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) while on patrol near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The truck in the background (left) appears to be a Ural-375

A technical vehicle (possibly a Zil-131 with a ZPU-1 14.5 mm anti-airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

Armed with a FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), a Marine with Company "F" 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battalion Landing Team 2/2, takes part in a live fire training raid at Fort Benning, Georgia

Armed with a FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), a Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan Reed... More

At Fort Benning, Georgia, Marines from Company "F" 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battalion Landing Team 2/2, armed with Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 Rifles take cover in tall grass, during a live fire training raid

At Fort Benning, Georgia, Marines from Company "F" 24th Marine Expedit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan Reed... More

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, a US Marine Corps (USMC) troop with Echo "E" Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable), dashes over foothills and trenches towards an objective in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed with a Colt 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, a US Marine Corps (USMC) troop w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Echo Company Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brian ... More

The helmet of a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Fox/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), fighting in Iraq serves as a reminder of how long the unit has been away from home

The helmet of a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Fox/Company,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jeff Sisto, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifle, stands guard in the village of Miam Do, Afghanistan as his fellow Marines search for weapons caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Thunder Road. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the Battalion Landing Team...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Zamburay State: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC ... More

U.S. Marine Corps LT. COL. Gary S. Johnston, Operations Officer, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), along with senior members of the Iraqi Police and 404th Iraqi National Guard Battalion, discuss future training operations and facilities with the Governor of An Najaf, Iraq, at his compound on Sept. 9, 2004, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Corporal Daniel J. Fosco) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps LT. COL. Gary S. Johnston, Operations Officer, 11th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Dainiel J. Fosco, Corporal, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

EAST CHINA SEA (June 3, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Light

EAST CHINA SEA (June 3, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Light

EAST CHINA SEA (June 3, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practices tactical and speed... More

160505-N-TI017-179 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 5, 2016) An

160505-N-TI017-179 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 5, 2016) An

160505-N-TI017-179 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 5, 2016) An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) sits in the well deck of the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). Whidbey Island is underway with the Wasp Amphibiou... More

Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) test-fires

Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) test-fires

Amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) test-fires a rolling airframe missile launcher to intercept a remote-controlled drone during an exercise to test the ship’s defense capability. America is currently u... More

Gunnery Sgt. Robert Turek, right, teaches Midshipman

Gunnery Sgt. Robert Turek, right, teaches Midshipman

Gunnery Sgt. Robert Turek, right, teaches Midshipman Jessica Gonzalez how to operate the 1911 pistol aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) at sea in the Pacific Ocean, June 1, 2015. Turek is with the 15th Marine Expedit... More

Three Marines man a security post overlooking a road outside the United States Embassy. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), were sent to augment security at the embassy as part of Operation SHARP EDGE

Three Marines man a security post overlooking a road outside the Unite...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 William G. Davis Iii Release Status: Released to... More

Lance CPL. Clennon Roe of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) looks at a vandalized mural of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Lance CPL. Clennon Roe of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Supp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Dahuk Country: Iraq(IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen Release Status: Released to P... More

An Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) backs into its position on the beach alongside other AAVs. The AAVs from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, (BLT 2/9), Camp Pendleton, CA, deployed on board USS JUNEAU is part of the operation

An Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) backs into its position on the bea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PHCM Terry C. Mitchell Release Status: Released t... More

AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit leave Black Beach after a training exercise at Mogadishu, en route to the tank landing ship USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY (LST-1192) anchored off the coast of Somalia

AAVP-7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicles of the 24th Marine Expeditionary ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Black Beach Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Joanna Seltzer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Amphibious Squadron One staff members conduct the morning operations brief aboard the USS PELELIU (LHA-5) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 97. 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

The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Amphibious Squadron One s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Uss Peleliu (LHA 5) State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Sh... More

A pilot from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU-24) (HMM 266) Harrier Jet Squadron check last minute details with flight crewmember prior to strike mission. The Tarawa Class, amphibious assault ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4) is in the Adriatic Sea in support of NATO Operation Allied Force

A pilot from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU-24) (HMM 266) Har...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCE Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Renso Amariz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

UCK or KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) as translated in english, stand in formation to turn over weapons to Marines from the 26th MEU in the village of Zegra, Kosovo. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

UCK or KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) as translated in english, stand in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Zegra State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit ... More

UCK or KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) as translated in English, turn over weapons to Marines from the 26th MEU in the village of Zegra, Kosovo. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

UCK or KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) as translated in English, turn ove...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Zegra State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Alpha Battery 1/11, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), watch the rounds fly as they fire an M198 155mm Towed Howitzer in training area "D", during a live fire maneuver in support of Exercise Iron Magic, in the United Arab Emirates

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with Alpha Battery 1/11, 13th Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: United Arab Emerites (UAE) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Branden P. O'Brien, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

With interperers onboard Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) approach a village as they conduct a mounted patrol in their LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

With interperers onboard Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

A view of a hip holster for the M-9 Beretta service pistol preferred by some Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of a hip holster for the M-9 Beretta service pistol preferred b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

In an MWR (Morale Welfare Recreation) tent Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron VMGR-352, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), watch television at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations

In an MWR (Morale Welfare Recreation) tent Marines with Marine Aerial ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR 352 Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Usmc Release... More

Corporal Jonathan Long, USMC, Kilo Battery, Third Battalion, Tenth Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), provides security with an MK19-3 Grenade Machine Gun for a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations

Corporal Jonathan Long, USMC, Kilo Battery, Third Battalion, Tenth Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Usmc Release S... More

United States Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) James Eddleman , Marine Liaison Element (MLE), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) greets Turkish Sergeant (SGT) Mehmet Odabasi, with the United Nations Missions in Kosovo (UNMIK), at the UNMIK police headquarters, Dragas, during Operation DYNAMIC RESPONSE 2002

United States Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) James Eddleman ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC RESPONSE 2002 Base: Dragas Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Release... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) William L. Russell, a gunner assigned to Weapons Company, Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT), Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), check the ammunition load for his M2HB .50 caliber heavy machine gun, mounted atop a High-Mobility Multi Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), as the CAAT leads a convoy headed to an allied position in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) William L. Russell, a gunner ass...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An Iraqi soldier, Khudar Al-Emeri from the Free Iraqi Force, translates a conversation between the Iraqi citizens of the city of Qalat Sikar and US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Brian Reynaldo with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) out of Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi soldier, Khudar Al-Emeri from the Free Iraqi Force, translate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sikar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT Scene Camera O... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special s Capable (SOC), carry their wounded comrades and enemy detainees out of the rugged Afghani mountains after a firefight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan during Asbury Park. The ensuing firefight resulted in five Taliban fighters dead, three Marines wounded, and three enemy combatants being captured. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditiona... More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Third Class Lori Butierries, a Hospital Corpsman (HM) with Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Service Support Group 22 (SSG-22), temporarily attached to US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), guards a group of Afghan women and children as infantrymen search their homes in the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan for arms caches and Taliban insurgents during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the...

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Third Class Lori Butierries, a Hospital Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer Third Class Lori Butierries, a Hospital Corpsman (HM) with Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Service ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), and Iraqi National Guard Soldiers, use a M1045A1 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) equipped with a Tube-Launched Optically tracked, Wire Command link (TOW) guided missile, to set up a vehicle checkpoint during combat operations in the city of An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditiona...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Matthew S. Richards, USMC Release Status: Released ... More

INDIAN OCEAN (July 29, 2015) Signalman Seth Clement

INDIAN OCEAN (July 29, 2015) Signalman Seth Clement

INDIAN OCEAN (July 29, 2015) Signalman Seth Clement sings and jams on his guitar during round three of the USS Essex’s “Gator’s Got Talent” talent show on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Esse... More

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Mexican

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Mexican

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Mexican sailors converge on a building while participating in a mechanized assault during the Southern California portion of Rim of the Pacific 2016, aboard Camp Pendl... More

171010-N-ZS023-060 GULF OD ADEN (Oct. 10, 2017) Chief

171010-N-ZS023-060 GULF OD ADEN (Oct. 10, 2017) Chief

171010-N-ZS023-060 GULF OD ADEN (Oct. 10, 2017) Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Luis Perez-Schelmetty, left, performs the bachata dance with Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jasmin Vallejo-Camacho during a H... More

A port beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) underway. Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) are embarked aboard the WASP for a Mediterranean deployment

A port beam view of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1) under...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Westfall Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A member of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) looks out from the hatch of an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle as he takes part in maneuvers during Exercise Eager Mace 92-1, the first major U.S./Kuwaiti combined service exercise since the end of Operation Desert Storm

A member of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Cap...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EAGER MACE 92-1DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Tuemler Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

US Marines from 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, California wait in line, with complete rucksacks, to be processed through customs prior to leaving Somalia and redeployment to the United States. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

US Marines from 3rd Battalion, 9th Marine, 15th Marine Expeditionary U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Lemuel Casillas Release Status: Rele... More

US Air Force Captains T. O. Hanford (left), Scott F. O'Grady (center), and Bob Wright (right) speak at a press conference. CAPT. O'Grady's F-16 Fighting Falcon was shot down over Bosnia on June 2, 1995, while he was flying in support of Operation Deny Flight. After 6 days of evasion, he was rescued by US Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, deployed from the USS KEARSAGE (LHD-3). CAPT. Hanford made the initial radio contact with CAPT. O'Grady before his rescue and CAPT. Wright was CAPT. O'Grady's lead man the day he was shot down

US Air Force Captains T. O. Hanford (left), Scott F. O'Grady (center),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tana R. Hamilton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

A Logistics Vehicle System (LVS) is washed down prior to being reloaded onto maritime prepositioning ship (MPS) 2nd LT. John P. Bobo (not shown). This is a II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) exercise that includes the off and on load of Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) vehicles and gear. This exercise is held under the guidance of Brig. GEN. Martin R. Berndt, Deputy Commander, US Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic

A Logistics Vehicle System (LVS) is washed down prior to being reloade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AGILE SWORD '96 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Oper... More

Marines off load supplies from a CH-53 Super Stallion at the US Embassy. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Liberia, a II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) unit, Camp Lejeune, NC, takes on the security mission at the US Embassy from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The SPMAGTF is commanded by COL. Tony L. Corwin

Marines off load supplies from a CH-53 Super Stallion at the US Embass...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED RESPONSE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. A. Olguin Release Status: Released to Pub... More

A US Marine Corps platoon leader and his radioman take cover along the beach at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, "Barking Sands" Kauai, HI. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA and involved Navy and Marine Air, Ground and Sea Forces trained as a combined amphibious assault force during Operation RIMPAC 96

A US Marine Corps platoon leader and his radioman take cover along the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Barking Sands, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PO2 ... More

United States Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Force Reconnaissance Detachment. Jump from a CH-46E Sea Knight Helicopter, 264th Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron. The Force Reconnaissance Detachment practiced helicopter casting and recovery to sustain vital skills during a deployment

United States Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Force R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Brook R. Kelsey, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

Tube launched Optically Wire guided (TOW) Missile Gunners with Combined Arms Assault Team (CAAT) Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), observe their TOW Missile scream downrange towards its intended target during live fire training at Udari Range, Kuwait

Tube launched Optically Wire guided (TOW) Missile Gunners with Combine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vdari Range Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: Branden P. O'Brien Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

Light enhanced photography, fisheye lens view, showing US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), setting up a surveillance device in the desert terrain near Kandahar, International Airport (IAP) Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Light enhanced photography, fisheye lens view, showing US Marine Corps...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Johnny Bivera, USN Release Status: Rel... More

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), has a cold breakfast MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) in his bivouac site immediately in front of the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, stand at parade rest after the flag is raised at Camp Globo Hill, Kosovo, where the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) relieved Austrian Soldiers in the Multi-National Brigade area of operations

US Marine Corps (USMC) Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC RESPONSE 2002 Base: Camp Globo Hill Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Major Command Shown: 24th MEU (SOC) Scene Camera ... More

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Lance Corporal (LCPL) Joseph Saucedo from San Marcos, Texas provides security for other Marines of Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)(Special Operations Capable) in training, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Armed with an FNMI 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), Lance Cor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Viking Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Echo Co Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Bria... More

During a Nuclear, Biological, Chemical scare, US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Eder Dela Cruz, a Cannonneer with Sierra Battery, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), drinks canteen water during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

During a Nuclear, Biological, Chemical scare, US Marine Corps (USMC) L...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bubyan Island Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU (SOC) Scene Camera Operator: LCP... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle maneuvers inside the Iraqi Naval facility, at Az Zubayr, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Brian L. Wickliffe, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) sites his 5.56mm M16A2 rifle from his M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), as USMC personnel secure the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Sta... More

Armed US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to E/Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), help to secure the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Armed US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to E/Company, Battalion ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Sta... More

Iraqi civilians prepare to drive past the Marine Assault Amphibian Vehicle Personnel (AAVP7A1). The Marines from Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) are securing an airfield once held by the Iraqi 10th Armored Division in Al Amarah, Iraq

Iraqi civilians prepare to drive past the Marine Assault Amphibian Veh...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Amarah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jeff Sisto, USMC Release Status: Released to Pu... More

This US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) convoy travels along a narrow dirt road in Afghanistan (AFG) conducting an overt vehicular reconnaissance patrol throughout the Kandahar and Oruzgan Provinces of Afghanistan during Operation ULYSSES II, which is the first combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

This US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Speci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Headquarters Element of Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifle, pause to access a developing fire fight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan during Operation Asbury Park. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Headquarters Element of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khabargho State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) SENIOR leaders from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), meet for a briefing following a firefight that resulted in three Taliban insurgents being killed, in the village of Saraw, Afghanistan, during Operation Thunder Road. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Pictured left-to-right: Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Asad A. Khan; Colonel (COL) Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.; and First Lieutenant (1LT) Chris Neidziocha. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) SENIOR leaders from the 22nd Marine Expeditiona...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Saraw State: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC Re... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), conducts a brief security halt, while traveling in a convoy of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), through the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC Release Status: ... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), armed with 5.56 mm M16A4 rifle, emerges from a house after completing a search in the village of Zamburay, Afghanistan during Operation Thunder Road. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the Battalion Landing Team...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Zamburay State: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC ... More

The U.S. flag and Japanese flags fly during the opening

The U.S. flag and Japanese flags fly during the opening

The U.S. flag and Japanese flags fly during the opening ceremony for Exercise Forest Light Western Army at Camp Oyanohara, Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020. The exercise will consist of field training events includ... More

OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 10, 2020) U.S. Marines with Battalion

OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 10, 2020) U.S. Marines with Battalion

OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 10, 2020) U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), offload joint light tactical vehicles from a landing craft, air cushion... More

Lance Cpl. Alex P. Labier, rifleman, 2nd Platoon, Kilo

Lance Cpl. Alex P. Labier, rifleman, 2nd Platoon, Kilo

Lance Cpl. Alex P. Labier, rifleman, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an armbar takedown during the final station of the Oleoresin Capsicum Course ... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean Bernstein fires at his target

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean Bernstein fires at his target

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean Bernstein fires at his target with an M1911A pistol during a deck shoot aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) in the South China Sea, June 12, 2015. Bernstein is a member of the 15th Marine Expedit... More

LT. Seth Lapine (hometown Stamford, CT) briefs Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15) during its transatlantic voyage. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Liberia, a II Marine Expeditionary Force unit from Camp Lejeune, NC, will take over the duties of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit at the US Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. The SPMAGTF is commanded by COL. T. L. Corwin

LT. Seth Lapine (hometown Stamford, CT) briefs Marines from the 3rd Ba...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED RESPONSE Base: USS Ponce (LPD 15) Scene Camera Operator: CPL. A. Olguin Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Members of the local KLA, Kosovo Liberation Army, march through the streets of Koretin, Kosovo to honor Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The Marines and sailors of the 26th MEU during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo

Members of the local KLA, Kosovo Liberation Army, march through the st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Koretin State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Uni... More

Marines from Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment escort a Serbian family to Forward Support Base Camp Monteith. The father has a bad infection in his foot and needs medical attention. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo

Marines from Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment escort ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Monteith State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtiona... More

Marines from the 26th MEU eat at a field mess at Camp Monteith, near Cernica, Kosovo. The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

Marines from the 26th MEU eat at a field mess at Camp Monteith, near C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Monteith State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtiona... More

Marines from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment enjoy a 4th of July BBQ at their command post in Gnjilane, Kosovo. They are part of the Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) that are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN

Marines from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment enjoy a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Gnjilane State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Un... More

Marines with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) prepare to leave the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, on a mission in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... More

Marines with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) prepare to leave the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, on a mission in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... More

A view of the Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), bivouac site with frost on the desert tan two-man tents immediately in front of the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... More

Marine First Lieutenant Lennon with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) stops to speak with Afghan villagers during a mounted patrol through an Afghan village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marine First Lieutenant Lennon with Alpha Company, Second Light Armore...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

Looking outside the passenger terminal a Marine KC-130 Hercules taxies by the bivouac site inhabited by members of Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Looking outside the passenger terminal a Marine KC-130 Hercules taxies...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

United States Marine Corps (USMC) First Platoon (1PN) Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) clean the bore of a 120mm gun barrel on an M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) during Exercise Image Nautilus 2003

United States Marine Corps (USMC) First Platoon (1PN) Delta Company, 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2 Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Six US Marine Corps (USMC) M198 155mm Towed Howitzers, assigned to Fox/Battery, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), sit configured in a firing position with their MK-23 Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTRV), 7-ton cargo trucks, during a training exercise conducted in the US Central Commands (USCENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR), to support Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Six US Marine Corps (USMC) M198 155mm Towed Howitzers, assigned to Fox...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SGT Chad R. Kiehl, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) assigned to Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), is loaded onto a Landing Craft Utility Vessel, from inside the well deck aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) assigned t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

One of many children in the Iraqi city of Qalat Sikar, flash a peace sign at US Marine Corps (USMC) GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Wayne Osbourne, as a way of showing their support to the USMC and the effort to restore a water treatment plant, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

One of many children in the Iraqi city of Qalat Sikar, flash a peace s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sikar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 24TH MARINE EXPEDITIONARY UNIT Scene Camera O... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Force Recon (Reconnaissance) Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), provide security for civilian contracting officials as they tour the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan (AFG), while conducting an overt vehicular reconnaissance patrol throughout the Kandahar and Oruzgan Provinces of Afghanistan during Operation ULYSSES II, which is the first combat operation undertaken by the 22nd MEU (SOC) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Force Recon (Reconnaissance) Marines, 22nd Mari...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tirin Kot District State: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A Milks, USMC Release Status: Released to Public... More

Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles at the ready, US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines and the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), wait in their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) for the word to move toward a mountain where Taliban snipers are engaging their convoy, near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ASBURY PARK and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles at the ready, US Marine Corps (USMC) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Keith A. Milks, USMC Release Status: Rel... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special s Capable (SOC), carry their wounded comrades and enemy detainees out of the rugged Afghani mountains after a firefight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Khabargho, Afghanistan during Asbury Park. The ensuing firefight resulted in five Taliban fighters dead, three Marines wounded, and three enemy combatants being captured. During eight days of intense fighting more than 80 Taliban fighters were killed while eight Marines were wounded in the most intense clashes during the MEU's deployment in support of...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditiona... More

Official artwork 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, Fleet Marine Force

Official artwork 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, Fleet Marine Force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status... More

Russian, 160 mm Model F-853U HE bomb, mortar rounds found in Iraq in Jordanian crates. The US Army (USA) Special Forces and US Marine Corps (USMC) 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) personnel found the weapons on the hillsides near Mosul during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Russian, 160 mm Model F-853U HE bomb, mortar rounds found in Iraq in J...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jerry Morrison, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital P... More

CPL Michael J. Knapp of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) washes his clothes in an ammunition can while assigned to the humanitarian services support base established for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

CPL Michael J. Knapp of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton R. Savage Release Status: Released to P... More

A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD-1). Elements of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) are embarked aboard the WASP for a Mediterranean deployment

A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier aircraft takes off from the flight deck o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 J. E. Westfall Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark from a landing craft during exercise Dragon Hammer '92

Members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark from a landing...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON HAMMER '92 Country: Mediterranean Sea(MED) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Brett Bryan Release Status: Released to Public C... More

An all-enlisted crew pilots a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) to the shore of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, during an amphibious assault by Marines from 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, California, as part of RIMPAC 96. The amphibious landing was conducted by 11th MEU at the facility in Kauai, Hawaii, and involved Navy and Marine air, ground and sea forces for training as a combined amphibious assault force

An all-enlisted crew pilots a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) to the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 John Guzman, USA Release St... More

A front view close up of US Marine Corporal (CPL) Mike Gaffey manning a 7.62mm M240G machine gun standing watch from a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25), at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Station (MCS), HI. Marines from 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA conducted training exercises in Hawaii as part of Operation RIMPAC 96

A front view close up of US Marine Corporal (CPL) Mike Gaffey manning ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

A CH-46E "Sea Knight" helicopter lifts out of the evacuation site at the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, on its way to the USS Nassau during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th MEU (SOC) (Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife

A CH-46E "Sea Knight" helicopter lifts out of the evacuation site at t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SILVER WAKE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Mark D. Oliva, Usmc Release Status: Released to P... More

KFOR-Kosovo Forces identifies an AAV-7 from 2d Amphibious Assault Vehicle Battalion, 26th MEU. Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as part of Operation JOINT GUARDIAN will be helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo

KFOR-Kosovo Forces identifies an AAV-7 from 2d Amphibious Assault Vehi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit Scene Camera... More

Marines from Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment embark on a patrol in an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during Operation JOINT GUARDIAN are helping to enforce the implementation of the military technical agreement and to provide peace and stability to Kosovo

Marines from Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment embark ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Monteith State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtiona... More

United Staes Marines from Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, ride an elevator into the vast hangar bay of the British amphibious assault ship HMS OCEAN (L12), during NORTHERN APPROACH, a NATO exercise.Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) are here in Turkey to participate in the NATO exercise with amphibious forces from the United Kingdom and host nation Turkey

United Staes Marines from Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Saros Bay Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Jimmie Perkins, Usmc Release Status: Rele... More

A Marine with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) rests in the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, while catching up on the lastest news via the Stars and Stripes, before leaving on a mission in support of OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine with Headquarters Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC) S... More

Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) riding in on Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25), conduct a mounted patrol through an Afghan village near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

A Marine LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, attached to Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) maneuvers around a Marine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A Marine LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) with Alpha Company, Second ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

Behind a layer of concertina Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) talk amongst themselves within their bivouac site at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Behind a layer of concertina Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/6, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU Scene Cam... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Ross D. Raper, a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) gunner, assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), practices engaging targets, with his M9 9mm service pistol, on a live fire range in Central Command's Area of Responsibility during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Ross D. Raper, a M1A1 Abrams Mai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Sggt Bryan Reed, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

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