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Second Lt. William Ostermeyer, left, and 2nd Lt. Daniel

A paratrooper assigned to Blackfoot Company, 1st Battalion,

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Garrett Spino, left, a squad

Capt. Bryan Adams, commander of Team Eagle, Task Force

U.S. Marines with Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational

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Marines with Battery A, 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense

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STAFF Sergeant James D. Lunn of Battalion Landing Team 1/3, 31st Marine Amphibious Unit, instructs Marines in the firing of an M72 light anti-tank weapon (LAW) during exercises on Green Beach

Lance Corporal Robert D. Kirkhart of Charlie Company, of Battalion Landing Team 1/3, 31st Marine Amphibious Unit, prior to firing an M16A1 rifle during exercises on Green Beach

Marines of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit patrol along a beach with an M60 tank during Exercise KANGAROO III

Lance Corporal Michael Irizarry of 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/3, 31st Marine Amphibious Unit, aims his M16A1 rifle as a landing exercise takes place on Green Beach

A member of Company C, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marine Division aims an M-72A2 light anti-tank weapon (LAW) during a training exercise

Lance Corporal Robert D. Kirkhart of Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/3, 31st Marine Amphibious Unit, prior to firing an M203 grenade launcher mounted on an M16A1 rifle during exercises on Green Beach

Marines of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit approach Green Beach aboard tracked landing vehicles-personnel (LVTP7) during a practice landing

A member of Company C, 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marine Division familiarizes himself with the M-72A2 light anti-tank weapon (LAW) during a training exercise

Marines of the Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Div., Fleet Marine Force (FMF), conduct a live fire exercise with M-60A1 tanks at the Zambolies Training Area

STAFF Sergeant James D. Lunn of Battalion Landing Team 1/3, 31st Marine Amphibious Unit, instructs Marines in the firing of an M72 light anti-tank weapon (LAW) during exercises on Green Beach

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay

State: Luzon

Country: Philippines (PHL)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dave Maclean

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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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Garza, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), uses the M98A1 Command Launch Unit (CLU) of the JAVELIN Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System Medium to look for enemy tanks during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia. The CLU can provide a 9.2X magnification of the area of interest

Hot brass is ejected from an M4A1 5.56mm Service Rifle fired by Reconnaissance Marine Corporal (CPL) Michael J. Wing, with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, in support of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, part of a stationary single target engagement drill, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN 2003

Members of the 26th Marine Amphibious Unit, take a break from their force march and eat. They are here to participate in Exercise Alpine Warrior '82

A US Army EOD soldier probing for a land mine in the immediate vicinity where a US Army High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) struck and detonated a Serbian TMA-1A Anti-tank Mine. The HMMWV that struck the mine was part of a convoy traveling in the Russian Brigade Area in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Members of the 75th Rangers (Airborne), Fort Benning, Georgia, armed with M16 rifles with M203 grenade launcher (kneeling) and M249 SAW light machine guns (prone position), perform weapons training in the desert of Egypt during Operation BRIGHT STAR '94

A member of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, left, rides with members of the South Korean army's 31st Tank Battalion aboard a camouflaged M47 tank during the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84

Crew members from the submarine tender USS PROTEUS (AS-19) clear away ash and debris on the grounds of the Patanawa Elementary School. The devastation resulted from the June eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a volcano that came alive for the first time in over 600 years

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Quickstrike Troop, 4th

Multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) equipped members of Co. A, 2nd Bn., 2nd Infantry, participate in a 3rd Brigade Army Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP) at the Yakima Firing Center. The soldier on the right is carrying an M72 light anti-tank weapon. A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter is visible in the background

A US Marine Corps (USMC) member with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion Marines, in support of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, prepares to land while conducting an in flight rigged, simulated parachute insert on a drop zone on Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN 2003

Crash victim Lieutenant Junior Grade Eric Patenkopf is transported by ambulance to the emergency room at the station's hospital facilities. He is attended by AIRMAN First Class Daniel Volz, left. Patenkopf was rescued from the South China Sea after his A-4 Skyhawk aircraft developed engine problems, forcing him to eject

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