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Marines from Charlie Company, 1ST Batttalion, 8th Marines, fill sandbags to reinforce defensive positions inside the compound at the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) 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

Marines from Charlie Company, 1ST Batttalion, 8th Marines, fill sandba...

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

Lance Corporal Eric Davis (l), armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and Corporal Jason Greer, with an M16A2 with attached M203 40mm Grenade Launcher, from 2nd Platoon, "C" Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, provide security for the northern section of the US Embassy housing complex in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th 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

Lance Corporal Eric Davis (l), armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weap...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Quinlan, Executive Officer for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable), Camp Pendleton, California, stands at parade rest as his Marines observe the 225th Marine Corps Birthday Ceremony aboard the flight deck of the USS TARAWA (LHA 1)

Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Quinlan, Executive Officer for the 13th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Don L. Maes Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Lieutenant Colonel (LT COL) Dan Yoo, USMC, (left), S-3 Operations Officer, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), discusses transfer of command issues with an Army LT COL who commands the Second Battalion of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Air Assault Division (center), and LT COL Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (second from the right) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the exercise is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Lieutenant Colonel (LT COL) Dan Yoo, USMC, (left), S-3 Operations Offi...

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

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2), Charlie Duval, USMC, Aerial Navigator with the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR-352), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) sits in the cockpit of a Marine KC-130 enroute to a forward area refueling point at a forward operating base in the ENDURING FREEDOM area of during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2 (CWO2), Charlie Duval, USMC, Aerial Navigator ...

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

Portrait of US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer First Class (PO1) Zachary W. Hare, Hospital Corpsman, Medical, Command Element, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) inside the MEU Medical tent at Blue Residence in Prizren, Kosovo, during Operation DYNAMIC RESPONSE '02

Portrait of US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer First Class (PO1) Zachary W. H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Prizren Country: Serbia (SER) Scene Major Command Shown: 24th MEU (SOC) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Bryan P. Reed, USMC Release Status: Released ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Ron Johns, Commanding Officer, Golf/Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), debriefs the company on their performance following a live-fire, company size, frontal assault, conducted during Exercise Iron Magic 03, a training exercise held in the US Central Commands (USCENTCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR), to support Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Ron Johns, Commanding Officer, Go...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SGT Chad R Kiehl, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harrier aircraft attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), conduct flight operations aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The setting sun silhouettes the image

US Marine Corps (USMC) AV-8B Harrier aircraft attached to Marine Mediu...

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

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Thomas A, Gorry, Commanding Officer (CO), Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), awards US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), the Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal for her outstanding effort in accomplishing the difficult task of translating for USMC Marines and USN Sailors who are working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Thomas A, Gorry, Comma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Thomas A, Gorry, Commanding Officer (CO), Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Servic... More

A United Kingdom 94mm Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) 80, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, is displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in...

A United Kingdom 94mm Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) 80, found by Iraqi ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A United Kingdom 94mm Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) 80, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe ho... More

During Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR), Secretary of State Madelaine Albright (in red) is greeted by Colonel Kenneth J. Glueck (left) Commanding Officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), and Commodore James A. Bolcar, Commander of Task Force Six One as she arrives at Dogu Kisla, Turkey to begin her tour of the military earthquake relief effort in Turkey. OAR is the US European Command contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck about 65 miles east of Istanbul near the town of Izmit. Turkish officials estimate about 600,000 people are homeless

During Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR), Secretary of State Madelaine Alb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AVID RESPONSE Base: Dogu Kisla Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: SIXTH FLEET Scene Camera Operator: Cwo3 Seth... More

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion La...

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

Captain Shane Tomko, USMC, Commanding Officer of Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) discusses issues at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Captain Shane Tomko, USMC, Commanding Officer of Kilo Company, Battali...

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

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2, Charlie Duval, USMC, Aerial Navigator, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR-352), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) mans his station in the cockpit of a Marine KC-130 enroute to a forward area refueling point at a forward operating base in the Enduring Freedom area of during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

CHIEF Warrant Officer 2, Charlie Duval, USMC, Aerial Navigator, Marine...

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

Lieutenant Min Kim, USN, Medical Officer, Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group (MSSG) 24, 24th MEU (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC) examines a patient at a Medical and Dental Civil Affairs Project as part of Exercise EDGED MALLET 2003 in Manda Bay, Kenya, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Min Kim, USN, Medical Officer, Marine Expeditionary Unit (M...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2 Scene Camera Operato... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) James J. Eddleman (foreground), STAFF Non-Commissioned Officer, Marine Liaison Element (MLE), Command Element, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), and USMC Corporal (CPL) Jason Sakowski, practice fire and advance techniques during a live fire exercise on the range in Central Command's Area of Responsibility during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) James J. Eddleman (foregr...

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

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry, Commanding Officer of 2/3 Weapons Company, uses a terrain model to brief his platoon sergeants on the planned scheme of maneuver for the upcoming mechanized raid, to his platoon sergeants at Su Song Ri, Republic of Korea (KOR), while participating in the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). The Exercise is jointly conducted between the USMC and the US Navy (USN) and the KOR, and is designed to familiarize each Unit with the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with a Special Operations Capable (SOC) Unit

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry, Commanding Officer of 2/3 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gregory A. Russell, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), translates for US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines and USN Sailors, assigned to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), who are working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, in Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2004

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Informati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ban Khok Wat Elementary School State: Chanthaburi Province Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. J. D. Cress, USMC Release Status... More

Smoke and debris rises into the air as a 500-pound bomb impacts the target, on Taliban positions on a mountain near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan during Operation Asbury Park. The air strike is in support of US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), engaged in fighting in the area. 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

Smoke and debris rises into the air as a 500-pound bomb impacts the ta...

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

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Berneil Mills, 940th Military Police (MP) Unit, Kentucky Army National Guard (KYARNG), Walton, Kentucky (KY), maintain watch near the south fence line of Forward Operation Base (FOB) Hotel near Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SPC Mills is armed with a M4A1 Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) weapon

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Bernei...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 240th MP Scene Camera Operator: PHC(Aw/Nac) Edward Martens, Usn Release Status: ... More

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Brandon Ashley, 940th Military Police (MP) Unit, Kentucky Army National Guard (KYARNG), Walton, Kentucky (KY), maintain watch near the south fence line of Forward Operation Base (FOB) Hotel near Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. SPC Mills is armed with a M4A1 Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) weapon

Under a rising moon US Army (USA) SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Brando...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fob Hotel, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 240th MP Scene Camera Operator: PHC(Aw/Nac) Edward Martens, Usn Release Status: ... More

Flanked by a banner from a US grade school and an area map First Lieutenant James Jarvis, USMC , Public Affairs Officer, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), addresses the media pool at Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Flanked by a banner from a US grade school and an area map First Lieut...

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

Captain Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Operations Officer for Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), addresses the media pool at Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. 1ST Lieutenant James Jarvis, USMC, (background w/ glasses) Public Affairs Officer for the 26th MEU (SOC), stands near CAPT Greenwood, in order to assist with media relations if necessary

Captain Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Operations Officer for Battalion Landing ...

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 Lieutenant listens to a brief delivered by his commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lynes, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) to US Marines and US Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the briefing is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Marine Lieutenant listens to a brief delivered by his commander, Lieut...

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 Lieutenant Colonel Lynes, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conducts a sandtable exercise with US Marines and US Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, on January 18, 2002, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Lieutenant Colonel Lynes, Commanding Officer Battalion Landi...

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 US Navy (USN) Aircraft Handling Officer signals to a US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), as it lifts off from the flight deck aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Aircraft Handling Officer signals to a US Marine Corps...

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

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in...

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

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), assigned to the US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), walks across a bridge near Hat Yao, Thailand. PO2 Nasongkla served a translator for the MSSG-31 which is working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary...

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Informati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), assigned ... 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

Various types of binoculars (left), rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds, and RPG-7 grenade launchers, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and...

Various types of binoculars (left), rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Various types of binoculars (left), rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) rounds, and RPG-7 grenade launchers, found by Iraqi Security ... More

A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and RPG launchers (rear), mortar rounds and mortar launchers (center) and various types of ammunition (front), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim...

A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and RPG launchers (r...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and RPG launchers (rear), mortar rounds and mortar launchers (center) and vari... More

1ST Lieutenant James Jarvis, USMC, Public Affairs Officer for the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), holds a press conference for the international press at the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

1ST Lieutenant James Jarvis, USMC, Public Affairs Officer for the 26th...

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

Captain Dan Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Operations Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Captain Dan Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Operations Officer, Battalion Landing...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion La...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (center), USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Captain Dan Greenwood (left), USMC, S-3 Operations Officer, address an audience of US Marines and US Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (center), USMC, Commanding Officer Bat...

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

Brigadier General (BGEN) J. B. Dutton, right and Commanding Officer (CO) of the 3rd Commando Brigade, British Royal Marines (BRM), chats with US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CAPT) Brad G. Grosvenor, Commanding Officer (CO), Sierra Battery, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, 15th Marines Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), during a visit prior to the start of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Brigadier General (BGEN) J. B. Dutton, right and Commanding Officer (C...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry, Commanding Officer of 2/3 Weapons Company, uses a terrain model to point out the planned scheme of maneuver for the upcoming mechanized raid, to his platoon sergeants at Su Song Ri, Republic of Korea (KOR), while participating in the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). The Exercise is jointly conducted between the USMC and the US Navy (USN) and the KOR, and is designed to familiarize each Unit with the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with a Special Operations Capable (SOC) Unit

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry, Commanding Officer of 2/3 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gregory A. Russell, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), translates medical information to a Thai civilian patient for US Marine Corps (USMC) and USN medical personnel, Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), who are working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, in Thailand,...

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Informati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), translate... More

A handmade wooden-sided box with a metal floor, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in...

A handmade wooden-sided box with a metal floor, found by Iraqi Securit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: A handmade wooden-sided box with a metal floor, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in ... More

Two RPG-7 launchers (left), various sand bags, bandoliers and ammunition cans (top, center), ree 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles, RPG-3 grenades and 82 mm Type 53 mortar rounds (bottom), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11 Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among e city and are in direct violation of e peace agreement between e Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious auority and leader of e Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by...

Two RPG-7 launchers (left), various sand bags, bandoliers and ammuniti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Two RPG-7 launchers (left), various sand bags, bandoliers and ammunition cans (top, center), three 7.62 mm AK-47 assault rifles,... More

Various types of sighting devices and binoculars, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in...

Various types of sighting devices and binoculars, found by Iraqi Secur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Various types of sighting devices and binoculars, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house i... More

US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) David H. Petraeus (left), Commanding General, Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq, listens as a local Iraqi contractor explains a building concept, during the construction of a market in the city of An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured right is US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) A. M. Haslam, Commander, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC)

US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) David H. Petraeus (left), Comm...

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

A CH-53 "Super Stallion", from HMM-365, the 26th MEU's Avaition Combat Element, lands at the evacuation site inside the compound at the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th 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-53 "Super Stallion", from HMM-365, the 26th MEU's Avaition Combat...

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

US Marines search an evacuee, making sure he doesn't carry any contraband, after getting transported to the USS Essex (LHD 2), from the "San Juan Embassy" (actually Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan) during the Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) for Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX)

US Marines search an evacuee, making sure he doesn't carry any contrab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion La...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (with hat), USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (with hat), USMC, Commanding Officer 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

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the ...

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Kenneth F. McKenzie (second from left), Commanding Officer (CO), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), explains to USMC Sergeant Major (SGM) George H. Mason (left) and an US Army (USA) Engineer officer his vision of how and where Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley should be built in the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, 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) Colonel (COL) Kenneth F. McKenzie (second from ...

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

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), (Special Operations Capable), conduct a joint raid with Iraqi Security Forces in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, Aug. 12, 2004, in an effort to bring stability to one of the Muqtada al-Sadr Militia strong points in the city. The 11th MEU is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Matthew S. Richards) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), (Spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: An Najaf State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Matthew S. Richards, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) David H. Petraeus (center), Commanding General, Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq, talks with a local Iraqi contractor near a market construction site in the city of An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured right is US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) A. M. Haslam, Commander, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC)

US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) David H. Petraeus (center), Co...

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

Flanked by a hand painted banner from a stateside grade school, left, and and area map, Captain Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Operations Officer for Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), addresses the media pool at Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Flanked by a hand painted banner from a stateside grade school, left, ...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (center), USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) discusses transfer of command issues with Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the discussion is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (center), USMC, Commanding Officer Bat...

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

Captain Christopher Keady, USMC, Supply Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) stands in front of palletized items at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Captain Christopher Keady, USMC, Supply Officer, Battalion Landing Tea...

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

Flight Engineer and Detachment Sergeant Major (acting), MASTER Sergeant Kevin Powell, USMC, (right), cleans his M9 pistol, while STAFF Sergeant Jeff Hobb (left), Quality Assurance Officer, completes a check of his M9 pistol. The two are with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron VMGR-352, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) and are presently located at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations

Flight Engineer and Detachment Sergeant Major (acting), MASTER Sergean...

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

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are gathered for destruction in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are gathered ...

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

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are burned in...

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 Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) Captain (CPT) Jose Interior (back to camera), Training Officer, 710th Special Operations Wing (SOW), watches as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines get ready for a jump with Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) 740th Combat Group (CG), 710th Special Operations Wing (SOW) personnel prior to taking off from Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL), during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, which is a regularly scheduled joint interoperability exercise designed to improve military readiness and professionalism between US and Philippine armed forces. (SUBSTANDARD)

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) Capt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Cory Yenter, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined... 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

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (right), USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes (right), USMC, Commanding Officer Batt...

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

Captain Ryan Pyke, USMC, S-2 Intelligence Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Captain Ryan Pyke, USMC, S-2 Intelligence Officer, Battalion Landing T...

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

Peruvian Marine Officer, CDEF Guevara, looks through the sights on a 5.56 mm M16A2 as he prepares to fire the attached M203 40 mm grenade launcher. The visiting officers are here at Special Operations and Training Group (SOTG) aboard Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC), for a four-day brief and training exercise

Peruvian Marine Officer, CDEF Guevara, looks through the sights on a 5...

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: LCPL Joey R. Garza, USM... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry (center), Commanding Officer, 2/3 Weapons Company, uses a terrain model to brief his Marines on the planned scheme of maneuver for the upcoming mechanized raid, at Su Song Ri, Republic of Korea (KOR), while participating in the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). The Exercise is jointly conducted between the USMC and the US Navy (USN) and the KOR, and is designed to familiarize each Unit with the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with a Special Operations Capable (SOC) Unit

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry (center), Commanding Office...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gregory A. Russell, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Kenneth F. McKenzie (pointing), Commanding Officer (CO), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), explains to USMC Sergeant Major (SGM) George H. Mason (far right) and an US Army (USA) Engineer officer (second from left) his vision of how and where Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ripley should be built in the Tirin Kot District, Oruzgan Province, 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) Colonel (COL) Kenneth F. McKenzie (pointing), C...

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

An Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Sergeant (SGT) takes a head count as his troops board their military transport truck at the conclusion of a one-day Coalition Medical / Dental Civil Affairs Project (MEDCAP) humanitarian mission to the village of Najoy, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The ANA Soldiers provided security as US Army (USA) 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and 25th Infantry Division (ID) Medical Specialists, US Marine Corps (USMC) 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) US Navy (USN) Corpsmen, and Romanian Army medical specialists carried out medical and dental examinations

An Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Sergeant (SGT) takes a head count a...

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

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), comforts a young Thai patient during a tooth extraction procedure inside a orary medical clinic set up at a Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, Thailand, by the US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). The MSSG-31 is working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a...

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Informati...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Varin Nasongkla, Information Systems Technician Sailor, USS Essex (LHD 2), comforts ... More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 3rd Class (PO3) Tarren C. Windham, Corpsman, Medical Detachment, Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 11 (MSSG-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq, kicks a soccer ball with a young resident of Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 3rd Class (PO3) Tarren C. Windham, Corpsma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Chago Zapata, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

At the Evacuation Control Center, a Marine searches and screens evacuees prior to movement from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, to the USS Nassau during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of U. S. citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife

At the Evacuation Control Center, a Marine searches and screens evacue...

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

Engineers from MEU Service Support Group-26 (MSSG-26), during Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR), prepare a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU) for the process of filtering fresh drinking water for the people of Degirmendere, Turkey. These Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), (MEU(SOC)), are helping provide water to victims of the August 17 earthquake. OAR is the US European Command contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck about 65 miles east of Istanbul near the town of Izmit. Turkish officials estimate about 600,000 people are homeless

Engineers from MEU Service Support Group-26 (MSSG-26), during Operatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AVID RESPONSE Base: Degirmendere Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: 1ST LT Ryan E. Dunham, Usmc Release Status: Re... More

Boatswain Mate Second Class (BM2) Tom Krieger stationed onboard the USS Essex (LHD 2), helps an evacuee fill out the proper paperwork he needs. The evacuees were transported to the Essex from the "San Juan Embassy" (actually Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan) during the Non-combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) for Special Operations Capable Exercise (SOCEX)

Boatswain Mate Second Class (BM2) Tom Krieger stationed onboard the US...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Colonel Christopher J. Gunther, Commanding Officer of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable), Camp Pendleton, California, addresses Marines and Sailors during the Marine Corps 225th Birthday Ceremony aboard the flight deck of the USS TARAWA (LHA 1)

Colonel Christopher J. Gunther, Commanding Officer of the 13th Marine ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Don L. Maes Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Sergeant Farley Wooldridge, USMC, operations and nuclear, biological and chemical specialist, give a haircut to Major Dan Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Operations Officer. Both are members Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) works with an Interim Fast Attack Vehicle at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Sergeant Farley Wooldridge, USMC, operations and nuclear, biological a...

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

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conducts a sandtable exercise (a 3-D representation of the area where the movements will be held) with Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the exercise is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, USMC, Commanding Officer Battalion La...

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

Marines attend a brief delivered by their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) to Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the briefing is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Marines attend a brief delivered by their commander, Lieutenant Colone...

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

Captain Howlett, USMC, Fire Support Coordination Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) addresses an audience of Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

Captain Howlett, USMC, Fire Support Coordination Officer, Battalion La...

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

With a couple of M136 LAWs (Light Anti-armor Weapon) at their side, Captain Shane Tomko, USMC, (center) Commanding Officer of Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) and two other Marines raise a tent at his bivouac site at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

With a couple of M136 LAWs (Light Anti-armor Weapon) at their side, Ca...

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

Captain Robert C. Rice, USMC, Commanding Officer, Charlie Company 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) "War Pigs" from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) observes as one of his Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25)s as it is being pulled out during EDGED MALLET '02 in Kenya, Africa

Captain Robert C. Rice, USMC, Commanding Officer, Charlie Company 1ST ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET '02 Base: Manda Bay Naval Base State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU Scene Camer... More

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

An Arabic Translator is interview by Members of the News Media in the ...

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

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 3rd Class (PO3) Michael K. Weeks, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), cleans the teeth of a Thai patient inside the temporary medical clinic set up at the Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, Thailand. The MSSG-31 is working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, in Thailand, during Exercise...

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 3rd Class (PO3) Michael K. Weeks, US Marin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 3rd Class (PO3) Michael K. Weeks, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Sup... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Chris Neidziocha (left), armed with M9 9mm hand gun and USMC Corporal (CPL) Curtis Spivey, armed with a 5.56mm M16A4 rifle, clear the area after a firefight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Saraw, Afghanistan during Operation Thunder Road. Both Marines are assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC). The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) Chris Neidziocha (left),...

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

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

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Joseph M. Garaux, Detachment Commander, Transportation Support Detachment, and USMC CPT Christopher K. Cannon, Supply Officer, both of Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group 11 (MSSG-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), from Forward Operating Base (FOB) Echo, Iraq, hand out candy to Iraqi children who live in Rubble Town, a destitute neighborhood in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. The 11th MEU SOC was in Rubble Town to distribute over 300 blankets to its residents during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Joseph M. Garaux, Detachment Comm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Chago Zapata, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special

U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special

U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) jumps out of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an airborne jump near Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 20, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by... More

During Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR) Marine Corps First Lieutenant Charles Lollar (left) points out photographs in a Turkish newspaper of Marines putting up tents, to Colonel Kenneth J. Glueck, Commanding Officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (SPECIAL OPERATIONS CAPABLE) (MEU(SOC)) as they wait in the Red Crescent camp at Dogu Kisla, Turkey for the arrival of Secretary of State Madelaine Albright. OAR is the US European Command contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck about 65 miles east of Istanbul near the town of Izmit. Turkish officials estimate about 600,000 people are homeless

During Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR) Marine Corps First Lieutenant Cha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AVID RESPONSE Base: Dogu Kisla Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: SIXTH FLEET Scene Camera Operator: Cwo3 Seth... More

An American child awaits the evacuation flight from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, to the USS Nassau during Operation SILVER WAKE. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) 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

An American child awaits the evacuation flight from the US Embassy in ...

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

Resembling giant water balloons, these 3000 gallon water bags hold purified water for the citizens of Degirmendere, Turkey. During Operation AVID RESPONSE, Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) ,(MEU(SOC)), are helping provide water to victims of the August 17 earthquake here. OAR is the US European Command contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck about 65 miles east of Istanbul near the town of Izmit. Turkish officials estimate about 600,000 people are homeless

Resembling giant water balloons, these 3000 gallon water bags hold pur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operation AVID Response Base: Degirmendere Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: 1ST LT Ryan E. Dunham, Usmc Release ... More

At a forward operating base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) pack themselves into a KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) for a flight to Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan

At a forward operating base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Marines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

Captain (CAPT) Jeff Davis, USMC, Executive Officer (XO), Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines (BLT 2/2), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), instructs a Kenyan soldier on the 9 mm M9 Pistol while cross-training as part of Exercise EDGED MALLET 2003 in Kenya

Captain (CAPT) Jeff Davis, USMC, Executive Officer (XO), Golf Company,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2 Scene Camera Operato... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Motor Transport, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), replace a spindle seal on the front axle of a High- Mobility Multi purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Pictured left-to-right, SSGT Newton A. McPherson, Operations CHIEF, Sergeant (SGT) Leslie M. Lutrell, Maintenance CHIEF, and SGT Timothy J. Mooney, Line Non-Commissioned Officer

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Motor Transport, Battalion ...

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

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are gathered for destruction in the town of Qalat Sukkar, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to E/Company, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) are in Qalat Sukkar, to help rid the town of Baath Party symbols and to destroy weapons caches at Baath Party Headquarters

Pictures of Saddam Hussein and other Baath Party symbols are gathered ...

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 Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) Captain (CPT) Jose Interior (right), Training Officer, 710th Special Operations Wing (SOW), makes sure that PAF Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Samuel Nagac (left), Combat Jumper, 1ST Platoon (PLT), 740th Combat Group, PAF (CGPAF), 710th SOW, is ready to jump with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines prior to taking off from Clark Air Base (AB), Luzon Island, Philippines (PHL), during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004, which is a regularly scheduled joint interoperability exercise designed to improve military readiness and professionalism between US and Philippine armed forces

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine Air Force (PAF) Capt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Cory Yenter, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

Lieutenant Colonel, USA, (right) who commands the Second Battalion of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Air Assault Division discusses transfer of command issues with Captain Dan Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Plans and Operations Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the exercise is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army

Lieutenant Colonel, USA, (right) who commands the Second Battalion of ...

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

At a forward operating base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) pack themselves into a KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) for a flight to Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan

At a forward operating base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Marines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

At a forward operating base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) pack themselves into a KC-130/R Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) for a flight to Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan

At a forward operating base during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Marines...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU Scene Camera Operator: CWO2 William D. Crow, Usmc Rele... More

A US Navy (USN) Aircraft Handling Officer signals to a US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263 (HMM-263), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), as it lifts off from the flight deck aboard the US Navy (USN) WASP CLASS: Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LAH 4), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

A US Navy (USN) Aircraft Handling Officer signals to a US Marine Corps...

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

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry (left), Commanding Officer, 2/3 Weapons Company and USMC First Sergeant (1SGT) Farrel, stand proud in front of their Company Guidon at the bivwac site at Su Song Ri, Republic of Korea (ROK), while participating in the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). The Exercise is jointly conducted between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and the USN to familiarize each other with the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with a Special Operations Capable Unit

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Perry (left), Commanding Office...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Thomas D. Hudzinski, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman, 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERS), Balad Air Base (AB), Iraq, secures a landing zone near a hardened shelter during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. He keeps his 5.56 mm M4A1 SOPMOD (Special Operations Peculiar Modification) ready as he communicates via radio with other team members

A US Air Force (USAF) Pararescueman, 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aaron D. Allmon Ii, USAF Release Status: ... More

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Richard L. Slaysman, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 31 (MSSG-31), 31st MEU SOC (Special Operations Capable), Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON 11), Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), sutures a patient inside the temporary medical clinic set up at a Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, Thailand. The MSSG-31 is working with Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC) Marines in a combined Medical/Dental Community Assistance Project (Med/Den CAP) providing medical and dental aid to the local rural population at a temporary clinic established at Ban Khok Wat Elementary School, in Thailand, during Exercise COBRA GOLD 2004

US Navy (USN) PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Richard L. Slaysman, US Ma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ban Khok Wat Elementary School State: Chanthaburi Province Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. J. D. Cress, USMC Release Status... More

U.S. Marine Corps LT. COL. Eugene N. Apicella (left), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Executive Officer, COL. Robert E. Parcell (center), 1ST Marine Division, Coordinator, Iraqi Police Cell, and COL. Jerry L. Durrant, 1ST Marine Division, Director of Iraqi Security Forces, discuss the training of Iraqi Policemen and National Guard Soldiers with the Governor of An Najaf, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Sept. 9, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Corporal Daniel J. Fosco (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps LT. COL. Eugene N. Apicella (left), 11th Marine Expe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Zachary Bathon, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

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