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US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Shane Carver, a Rifleman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, uses an AN/PBS-13 optic device to scan the area for any enemy activity during a security operation in the Khowst Province, in Afghanistan. USMC Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines are conducting Security And Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Khowst Province of Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. PFC Carver is armed with a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)
Private First Class Valdez, from Echo 2/8, 1ST platoon, 1ST squad, armed with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifle, searches an abandoned structure for signs of habitation. Marines from Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment are part of the United States Security Detachment Panama, Marine Forces South. The Marines are providing security during the turn over of the Panama Canal and US bases to the Panamanian government
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) E. M. Kwiatkowski, Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (left), Commanding Officer (CO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Eric J. Denny, Radio Operator assigned to S-6 Radio, Command Element, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), cleans his M16A2 rifle in his berthing space aboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS NASSAU (LAH-4)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Kenneth Hayes, Echo Company (E Co.), 2nd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Regiment (2/1), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), carries his FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) on patrol through a small village during a Civil Military operation, while participating in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Brian Cramer, assigned to the Combined Anti-Armor Team [CAAT] of W/Company, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines, slings his 5.56mm M16A2 rifle as he dons his gas mask during weapons firing drills at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps Captain Dave P. Holahan calls USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3) for guidance while seaarching for arms smugglers during a helicopter raid exercise. Holahan and his Marines are in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. (Substandard image)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Ryan Daville, a Rifleman with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), searches his squad leader, Corporal (CPL) John Hancock, who acts as a civilian during urban warfare training at the military operations in urban terrain site at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps Private First Class Edward C. Walsh, armed with an M16 rifle, talks with reconnaissance Marines from a radio on the back of US Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Glenn Schmid while searching for arms smugglers during a helicopter raid exercise. 2LT Walsh and PFC Schmid are in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98
Base: Ko Samea San Island
Country: Thailand (THA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Eric C. Tausch, 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.
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