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Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), take a brief break while searching for insurgents and weapon caches during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted as part of Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation to eradicate enemy insurgents in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), Regimental Combat Team Seven (RCT-7), wait in an alley while searching for insurgents and weapons during Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation against insurgent forces in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, conducted as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A cache of insurgent weapons discovered in an underground complex, by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Bravo (B) Company (CO), 2nd Amphibious Assault (AA) Battalion (BN), awaiting disposal. The Marines are currently engaged in security and stabilization operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 3rd Battalion (BN), 8th Marines (MAR) (3/8), Camp LeJeune, North Carolina (NC), take a break from daily duties to talk and read correspondence from home during Operation CRIMSON TIDE. The Marines of 3/8, part of 2nd MAR DIV, are currently engaged in security and stabilization operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Three US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1ST Battalion (BN), 8th Marine Regiment (1/8), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), check for suspicious insurgent activity from an upper level of a building in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, while participating in Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 3rd Battalion (BN) 8th Marine Regiment (3/8), unearth a buried weapons cache that was discovered outside of Kharma, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) conducted during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
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A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine with Regimental Combat Team 8 (RCT 8), 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), inspects a newly uncovered weapons cache in the Northern Security Zone. The Marines are currently engaged in security and stabilization operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Al Anbar
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd AAV
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michael Schellenbach, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Iraq War aka Operation IRAQI FREEDOM was the 2003 invasion of Iraq, led by U.S. Army General Tommy Franks, under the code-name "Operation Iraqi Freedom". 248,000 soldiers from the United States, 45,000 British soldiers, 2,000 Australian soldiers and 194 Polish soldiers from Special Forces unit GROM sent to Kuwait for the invasion. The invasion force was also supported by Iraqi Kurdish militia troops, estimated to number upwards of 70,000.
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.