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US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Prophete, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), uses an E-Tool (USMC Improved Entrenching Tool) to rearrange dirt as he builds a terrain model at Exercise CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Rivera (left) and USMC LCPL Prophete, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), use E-Tools (USMC Improved Entrenching Tool) to rearrange dirt as they build a terrain model at Exercise CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Rivera, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), uses an E-Tool (USMC Improved Entrenching Tool) to builds a terrain model at CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gaston (left), USMC Corporal (CPL) Hasse, USMC LCPL Prophete and USMC LCPL Rivera, use E-Tools (USMC Improved Entrenching Tool) to rearrange dirt as they prepare the area to build a terrain model at Exercise CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Roedema, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), chops up some rocks with an E-Tools (USMC Improved Entrenching Tool) while building a terrain model at CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Overturf, Eco Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), uses an E-Tool (USMC Improved Entrenching Tool) to create the outer border of a terrain model at CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Duffy, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), uses a map and a stick to create a trench on a terrain model being built at CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Haase, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), ties off a border for a terrain model he is building at Exercise CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Duffy, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), checks a map as he lays down prominent features on a grid layout as prepares to build a terrain model at CROCODILE 2003

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Rivera, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Hawaii (HI), uses an E-Tool (USMC Improved Entrenching Tool) to rearrange dirt as he builds a terrain model at Exercise CROCODILE 2003

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Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003

Base: Camp Samuel Hill

State: Queensland

Country: Australia (AUS)

Scene Major Command Shown: H&S 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Reg

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nicholas J. Riddle, 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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label_outline Explore E Tool, Camp Samuel Hill, Lcpl Nicholas

A soldier wearing a nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask helps a fellow soldier remove his protective clothing at a personnel decontamination station during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

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

Sergeant Maria Hildalgo, the 351st Supply and Service Company, pulls clean uniforms from the dryer in the laundry tent during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '87

U.S. Army Pfc. Simeon Poggi with Scout Platoon, 2nd

United States Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Company Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, aim the barrel of their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) across a gully towards enemy targets (Not shown) in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia during exercise Crocodile '99

Marine reservists from Headquarters and Service Company, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Marines, fire the M-60A1 machine gun for familiarization

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron meets with Maj. Gen.

After returning from a six-month deployment for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Colonel (COL) Robert J. Knapp, (left), USMC, Commanding Officer of Headquarters Battalion (HQ BN), 1ST Marine Division (1MARDIV), Camp Pendleton, California, stops by HQ BN Armory and checks with STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) W. G. Quenga, USMC. SSGT Quenga was the SNCOIC on duty for Camp Guard Services, and is attached to Headquarters and Service Company (H & S Co), Substance Abuse Control Officer (SACO), HQ BN 1MARDIV. Operation 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

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Bushay, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division (3/3), gives a look to his team leader while putting on camouflage during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia

U.S. Marine Cpl. James Flynn, a motor transportation

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