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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 Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Colin Brooks, Commander, Bravo Company (B CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 8th Infantry Regiment (INF REGT) (2-8), 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 4th Infantry Division (ID), helps an Iraqi Army (IA) Soldier fire rounds down range during a training evolution as part of a two-week basic military training (BMT) course during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The IA Soldier in the foreground is firing a MNMI 7.62 mm M240G machine gun, the rest are firing 7.62 mm PKM light machine guns
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) James Wilkins, Security Team Rifleman, 1ST Battalion (BN), 23rd Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses his rifle sight to scan the surrounding area while conducting a site survey along the Iraq-Syrian Border during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. A USMC Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (HMM-265) sits parked on the desert floor in the background
US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Ivey, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment (3/23), sites through the AN/PVS-10 Day+Night Vision Sniper Scope atop his 7,62mm Harris M-86 sniper rifle, while standing next to a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) following a shots fired incident near Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine from Weapons Company (CO), 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (1/5), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), with a slight wrist wound, mans an FNMI 7.62 mm M240G machine gun in response to an attack on the Iraqi Police station in Al Kharma, Iraq. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
U.S. Marine Corps Sniper, SGT. Adam V. Scheele, attached to A Company, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, hammers in a target in preparation to zero in his weapon just outside Ar Rutbah, Iraq. The 1ST Marine Division is conducting Security and Stabilization Operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Al Anbar, Iraq. Dec. 30, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Richard A. Hilario ) (Released)
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Weapons Company (CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Sniper Platoon (PLT) Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), pose for a photo before crossing the Iraqi border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background is an armored up M1045 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) with TOW (Tube-launched Optically-controlled Wireless-guided) Missile Carrier. (Substandard image)
US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (Wolf Pack), Camp Pendleton, California, screen the enemy, from a Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) at the intersection of Highway 1 and 27 in Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. IRAQI FREEDOM is the multinational coalition effort to liberate the Iraqi people, eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and end the regime of Saddam Hussein
US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Seth Folsom, Commanding Officer (CO), Delta/Company, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, writes down the grid-coordinates of a gun location found at an abandoned Iraqi military outpost located near the Kuwait-Iraq border, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The 7.62mm M240G machine gun mounted atop his Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) is visible in the background
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM
Country: Iraq (IRQ)
Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Andrew P. Roufs, 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.
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