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Marines head back down to base camp in the heavy snow at the Mountain Warfare Training Center. A line of BV's (All Terrain Carriers) are bringing down medevacs and supplies from Grouse Meadows. Training was suspended due to poor weather conditions which posed safety hazards. The 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion 8th Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC are spending 34 days at the Mountain Warfare Training Center where they receive instruction in cold weather survival and arctic warfare

A CH-53E, is about to land and pick up a huddle of marines with 3rd. Battalion, 8th Marines to take them to the lower base camp. Their training is completed. 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion 8th Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC spend 34 days at the Mountain Warfare Training Center where they receive instruction in cold weather survival and arctic warfare

US Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) load into the rear of a US Marine CH-46 (Sea Knight) helicopter to go ashore for their mission during FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise in Pohang, Korea. US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China

Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (4th MEB) load their packs onto a semi-trailer after disembarking from the amphibious transport dock USS TRENTON (LPD-12). The Marines, who were deployed aboard the Trenton in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, are preparing to return to Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C

US Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) load into the rear of a US Marine CH-46 (Sea Knight) helicopter to be flown ashore for their mission in the FOAL EAGLE 2000 exercise in Pohang, Korea. US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit spent two months participating in various training operations on and off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sasebo, Japan, Pohang, Korea, and Hong Kong, China

Marines practice the basics of downhill skiing. 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion 8th Marines from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina spend 34 days at the Mountain Warfare Training Center where they receive instruction in cold weather survival and arctic warfare

US Marine Corps (USMC) Instructors and support staff personnel assigned to the Task Force Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP), take a break for chow and some down time around a campfire. The Marines are deployed to train Soldier from the Republic of Georgia's 16th Mountain Battalion, at Rock City, Republic of Georgia

Marine Corps Base. Two Marines from Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, stand atop an LAV(L)-25 light armored logistics vehicle after coming ashore at Onslow Beach. The 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (4th MEB's) ground units are returning to the base after disembarking from the amphibious ships on which they were deployed in the Persian Gulf region for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm

US Navy (USN) Seabees assigned to the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 23 (NMCB-23) train with MK-19 grenade launchers at Camp Shelby, Mississippi (MS). NMCB's provide responsive military construction support to US and other military forces during military and peacetime operations. The NMCB-23 is a reserve unit headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (VA)

A log train of Bv-206, All Terrain Carriers are backed up on their way to the lower base camp from Grouse Meadows. Bv carriers are the only way to provide hot chow and are also used to medevac Marines to the lower base camp. 2nd Marine Regiment and 3rd Battalion 8th Marines from Camp Lejeune, NC spend 34 days at the Mountain Warfare Training Center to receive instruction in cold weather survival and arctic warfare training

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Base: Bridgeport

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. E. J. Young

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.

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