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US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing a Remington M40A1 sniper rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing, with a 9 mm M9 Pistol, just outside An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Antonio Council (foreground), Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing the 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Antonio Council (foreground), Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing the 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Leone, Combat Engineer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 271 (MWSS-271), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point, North Carolina (NC), practices firing a Remington M40A1 sniper rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marines Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jeremy Carter, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Weapons Platoon, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), on patrol outside the city of Qa dawi Baghdad durring Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marines are armed with 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifles

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ian M. Perry, STAFF Noncommissioned Officer in Charge (SNCOIC), Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), practices firing a Barrett 0.50 Light Fifty Model 82A1 rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Matthew Dover, Scout Sniper, Headquarters and Service Company (H&S CO), 1ST Battalion, 24th Marines (1/24), Detroit, Michigan (MI), practices firing the 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle just outside of An-Numaniyah Airfield (a.k.a. Three Rivers), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

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Base: An Nu' Maniyah

Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Alicia M. Anderson, 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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Marines from Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7) (7th Marine Regiment (Rein)), Twentynine Palms, California, assemble an antenna mast at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Marines carry their 5.56mm M16A2 always at hand

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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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