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US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Picklo (left), Combat Visual Information CHIEF, performs a leg sweep on USMC GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Palacios, while practicing hand-to-hand combat techniques for gray belt training, during the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Yuma, Arizona (AZ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Picklo executes a sidekick, as USMC GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Palacios, holds the practice pad, during gray belt training as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Yuma, Arizona (AZ)

STAFF Sergeant (SSG) James Baxter, Combat Visual Information Center (CVIC), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, films SSG Nicholas Hillebrand, from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), performing rear hand punches during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program combat conditioning drill

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Nicholas Hillebrand, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, performs the counter to a front choke hold technique during a combat conditioning drill for the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Karl Moheiser, pins SSGT Nicholas Hillebrand, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, while participating in a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program combat conditioning drill

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Freddy King, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, races across the parade field during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program combat conditioning drill, on MCAS Yuma, Arizona

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Michael Picklo, Combat Photographer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona (AZ), documents aircraft operations on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003, a joint military endeavor including forces from the United States, Canada and Australia

Corporal (CPL) Stover, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, during his green belt instructor course's combat conditioning drill at MCAS Yuma

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Picklo, Combat Visual Information CHIEF, rides the aircraft ejection seat simulator, as he participate in the water survival-training course, at the Aviation Survival Training Center, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, California (CA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Picklo (foreground), Combat Visual Information CHIEF, and USMC GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Palacios, practice hand-to-hand combat techniques for gray belt training, during the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Yuma, Arizona (AZ)

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Base: Yuma

State: Arizona (AZ)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: CPL Ronoldson G. Slim, 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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