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US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to 1-319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment await fire orders, after setting up their M119A1 105mm Lightweight Towed Howitzers for a live fire exercise to be held at the artillery range in Kandahar, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
U.S. Army Soldiers with Delta Company, 7th Engineer
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Maj. Girts Savins, infantry brigade combat support
A left front view of an Iraqi D-20 152mm gun-howitzer that was captured during Operation Desert Storm. A captured ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun is at left
PFC. Edward Bessette hands a 105mm round up to SPEC. Scott Arnold as the soldiers of 1ST Bn., 64th Armor, 24th Inf. Div. (Mechanized) load ammunition aboard their M-1 Abrams tanks prior to their deployment to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Mark Sanchez, 1ST Tank Battalion, Headquarters and Services (H&S) Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), directs the driver of the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) as they land the vehicles bridge during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge landing with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge launching operations with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait. Here the M60A1 crosses its own bridge
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge landing with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge landing with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge launching operations with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait. Here the M60A1 crosses its own bridge
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge launching operations with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait. Here the M60A1 crosses its own bridge
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge landing with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practicing bridge landing with the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Landing Bridge (AVLB) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Coyote, Kuwait
Corporal (CPL) Mark Sanchez, USMC, Headquarters and Service Company, 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, guides the M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (M60A1 AVLB) over the bridge it just laid down
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Ta Coyote
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, USMC
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.