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First Division Leathernecks Counter Fire with Fire When Attacked by Well Entrenched Chinese Reds During the Division's Heroic Breakout from Chosin

First Division Leathernecks Counter Fire with Fire When Attacked by We...

Original Caption: First Division Leathernecks counter fire with fire when attacked by well entrenched Chinese Reds during the Division's heroic breakout from Chosin. Field 127-N-4-3. Organ. 1st Mar Div. Loca... More

Brigadier General Harold G. Glasgow, First Lieutenant Sparks, and the family of Second Lieutenant Richard J. Matteson stand in front of the plaque mounted on the new counter intelligence (CIT) building at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center. The building was named in the memory of Matteson who died in the fire that destroyed the old CIT building

Brigadier General Harold G. Glasgow, First Lieutenant Sparks, and the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT C. Archuleta Release Status: Released... More

Marines from 2d Combat Engineer Battalion prepare a MK122MOD4 Rocket for Mine Counter Measure training. The joint exercise took place off the North Carolina Coast

Marines from 2d Combat Engineer Battalion prepare a MK122MOD4 Rocket f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise 96 (CJTFEX) Base: USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) State: North Carolina (NC) Country: Unit... More

A close up view of a Dutch Marine as he sights through the Wildcat optical combat sight mounted atop his weapon, during the counter sniper portion of Situational Training Exercise-2, "military operations in urban terrain", part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 held at Camp Lejeune NC

A close up view of a Dutch Marine as he sights through the Wildcat opt...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (US... More

Sergeant W. M. Browser, an Counter Radar Intelligence Expert with 2d Radio Battalion, 2d Surveillance Reconnaissance Intelligence Group, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, gives target adjustments to two of his Marines at range 103. The Marines were shooting the M-16 A2 Service Rifle during another training day here at COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine...

Sergeant W. M. Browser, an Counter Radar Intelligence Expert with 2d R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Sergeant W. M. Browser, an Counter Radar Intelligence Expert with 2d Radio Battalion, 2d Surveillance Reconnaissance Intelligenc... More

Canadian divers from Fleet Diving Unit Pacific in rubber dive boat practice mine counter measure operations as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 off the coast of Southern California. The Canadian divers are part of a group of mine counter measure teams, including US and Austrailian teams, working from USS DENVER (LPD 9). The diver ready to enter water has a full face mask used with the SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Diving Apparatus an oxygen rebreather. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander,...

Canadian divers from Fleet Diving Unit Pacific in rubber dive boat pra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Canadian divers from Fleet Diving Unit Pacific in rubber dive boat practice mine counter measure operations as part of Exercise ... More

Canadian PETTY Officer Tony Falletta in SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Diving Apparatus, an oxygen rebreather, gear gets a hand into the water from a rubber dive boat by Leading SEAMAN Scotty Elson during mine counter measure dives as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 off the coast of Southern California. The Canadian divers are part of a group of mine counter measure teams, including US and Austrailian teams, working from USS DENVER (LPD 9). KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious...

Canadian PETTY Officer Tony Falletta in SIVA Underwater Mine Counterme...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Canadian PETTY Officer Tony Falletta in SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Diving Apparatus, an oxygen rebreather, gear ... More

Canadian Lieutenant Robert Watt in SCUBA gear prepares for a dive during mine counter measure operations as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 off coast of Southern California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Canadian Lieutenant Robert Watt in SCUBA gear prepares for a dive duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SERVICE Scene Camera Operator: PH... More

Canadian Lieutenant Robert Watt in wetsuit and SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Diving Apparatus (oxygen rebreather), prepares for a dive during mine counter measure operations as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 off coast of Southern California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Canadian Lieutenant Robert Watt in wetsuit and SIVA Underwater Mine Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SERVICE Scene Camera Operator... More

Canadian PETTY Officer Tony Falletta in wetsuit and SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Diving Apparatus (oxygen rebreather). grabs the reigns of a rubber dive boat during mine counter measure operations as part of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The Canadian divers are part of a group of mine counter measure teams, including US and Austrailian teams, working from USS Denver (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine...

Canadian PETTY Officer Tony Falletta in wetsuit and SIVA Underwater Mi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Canadian PETTY Officer Tony Falletta in wetsuit and SIVA Underwater Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Diving Apparatus (oxygen rebreath... More

Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 (EODMU3) in a Boston Whaler dive boat return to USS USS DENVER (LPD 9) well deck after conducting mine counter measure exercises Off the coast of southern California during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. Explosive ordnance disposal and mine clearing teams from the US, Austrailia and Canada are deployed with the USS DENVER. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 (EODMU3) in a B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: USS DENVER Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, ... More

Canadian Lieutenant T.M. Flath, Officer In Charge (OIC) Fleet Diving Unit Pacific, carries his SIVA-55 rebreather back to the dive locker after a day of mine counter measure dives off the coast of Southern California during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The Canadian divers are part of a group of mine counter measure teams, including US and Australian teams, working from USS Denver (LPD 9). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Canadian Lieutenant T.M. Flath, Officer In Charge (OIC) Fleet Diving U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HER MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SERVICE Scene Camera Operator: PH... More

Sailors on USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California direct an MH-53E Sea Dragon from helicopter squadron HM-15, Corpus Christi, Texas, during take-off for mine counter measure Exercises in KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Sailors on USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California dir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/USS DENVER Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, USN Release Status: Released to Publi... More

USS DENVER's Air Boss, Lieutenant Jay Massello, orchestrates MH-53E Sea Dragon traffic on the flight deck during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. Sea Dragons from helicopter squadron HM-15 are onboard USS DENVER (LPD 9) for mine counter measures. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

USS DENVER's Air Boss, Lieutenant Jay Massello, orchestrates MH-53E Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: USS DENVER Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, ... More

Sailors on USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California direct an MH-53E Sea Dragon from helicopter squadron HM-15, Corpus Christi, Texas, during take-off for mine counter measure Exercises in KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Sailors on USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California dir...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/USS DENVER Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff V... More

An MH-53E Sea Dragon from helicopter squadron HM-15, Corpus Christi, Texas, departs USS USS DENVER (LPD 9) off the coast of Southern California for mine counter measure exercises during KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

An MH-53E Sea Dragon from helicopter squadron HM-15, Corpus Christi, T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, USN ... More

Captain Haggart, Commander Mine Counter Measures (MCM) Squadron One, speaks with a Canadian officer in the operations center of USS DENVER (LPD 9) while acting as Commodore for MCM operations during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton. KERNEL BLITZ is a biannual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious...

Captain Haggart, Commander Mine Counter Measures (MCM) Squadron One, s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Captain Haggart, Commander Mine Counter Measures (MCM) Squadron One, speaks with a Canadian officer in the operations center of ... More

Dolphins used for mine counter measures are transported from NAS North Island, California, back to their home after a helicopter ride from USS DENVER (LPD 9) during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Dolphins used for mine counter measures are transported from NAS North...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene ... More

Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 in a Boston Whaler dive boat return to USS DENVER (LPD 9) well deck after conducting mine counter measure during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. Explosive ordnance disposal and mine clearing teams from the US, Austrailia, and Canada are ensuring mine free sea-lanes for amphibious assault ships delivering Marines ashore. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3 in a Boston Wha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: USS DENVER Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff Viano, ... More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate First Class, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Chris Larson keeps an eye on a dolphin used for mine counter measures, as the mammal is flown off USS DENVER (LPD 9) back to San Diego during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Aviation Boatswain's Mate First Class, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EO...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/EOD MOBILE UNIT 3 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac)... More

Navy Lieutenant JG Mark Ferley checks out the unusual cargo on his MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter as Army veterinarian Captain Bryan Ketzenberger keeps an eye on a dolphin used for mine counter measures, as the mammal is flown off USS DENVER (LPD 9) back to San Diego during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Navy Lieutenant JG Mark Ferley checks out the unusual cargo on his MH-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/USS DENVER Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac) Jeff V... More

Army veterinarian Captain Bryan Ketzenberger waters down a dolphin used for mine counter measures, as the mammal is flown off USS DENVER (LPD 9) back to San Diego during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

Army veterinarian Captain Bryan Ketzenberger waters down a dolphin use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Denver (LPD 9) Scene Major Command Shown: HM-15/EOD MOBILE UNIT 3 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 (Nac)... More

US Marines from Mobility Counter Mobility (MCM) Platoon, Headquarters & Service Company, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, cover their amphibious assault vehicle with camouflage netting on White Beach

US Marines from Mobility Counter Mobility (MCM) Platoon, Headquarters ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

Lance Corporal Alexander T. Acocello, from Mobility Counter Mobility Platoon, Headquarters & Service Company, 3d Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, prepares his Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV-7A1) for a "splash" at White Beach during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations

Lance Corporal Alexander T. Acocello, from Mobility Counter Mobility P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Maj... More

A Marine from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, run through a hole made by the D-7 counter mine vehicle, during a night mobility exercise at the MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) facility during LOE 1 (Limited Objective Experiment 1). Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies

A Marine from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, run through...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

A D-7 Counter Mine Vehicle clears a street of the MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) facility during LOE 1 (Limited Objective Experiment 1). Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies

A D-7 Counter Mine Vehicle clears a street of the MOUT (Military Opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene... More

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jason Pulk from HM-15, searches his screen for possible mine contacts during a flight conducting mine counter measures. Information is being fed to the Unit 4 monitor by the Q-14, a side scanning sonar device that is being towed by a MH-53 helicopter. This is in support of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 2001. KERNEL BLITZ is a large-scale amphibious landing exercise taking place in the vicinity of Camp Pendleton, Calif. Approximately 25 ships, 75 aircraft and 15,000 Sailors, Marines, solders, airmen and Coast Guardsmen representing four nations are participating in the exercise

Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jason Pulk from HM-15, searches hi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scen... More

A silhouette of Lance Corporal (LCPL) Adam Marcotte, USMC, 11th Marine Counter Battery Radar, Camp Pendleton, California, with a USMC CH-53D Sea Stallion in the background. LCPL Marcotte is waiting for a load of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to be loaded onto a C-141 Starlifter (out of frame) during Exercise PATRIOT HOOK 2001. PATRIOT HOOK 2001is a joint force exercise involving four separate airfields in Southern California - March Air Reserve Base, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Los Alamitos Army Air Field, and San Clemente Naval Landing Field. At the four airfields units practice air deployment of fighting forces and equipment during a wartime scenario

A silhouette of Lance Corporal (LCPL) Adam Marcotte, USMC, 11th Marine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT HOOK Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Tango Battery, dine with their Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) counter parts near the Hijudai Training Grounds, in Oita, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) members from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Hijudai State: Oita Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) member Lance Corporal (LCPL) Angrnasungaao, from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Tango Battery, dines with his Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) counter part near the Hijudai Training Grounds, in Oita, Japan

US Marine Corps (USMC) member Lance Corporal (LCPL) Angrnasungaao, fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Hijudai State: Oita Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Antonio J. Vega, USMC Release Status... More

An armed Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines holds a defensive position between to large rocks during beach assault training with the combined Exercises Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration/Foal Eagle 2002 (RSOI/FE 02). RSOI is an annual combined/Joint Command Post Exercise held by Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea and US Forces Commanders to train and evaluate command capabilities to receive US forces from bases outside of Korea. Foal Eagle is a Counter Infiltration Field Training Exercise. 2002 marks the first time that the two major exercises have been conducted simultaneously

An armed Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines holds a defensive position be...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RSOI/FE 02 Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMCAMGRUPAC Scene Camera Operator: J... More

A US Marine Corps Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) discusses beach assault tactics with a US Navy (USN) Sailor while conducting beach assault training during combined Exercises Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration/Foal Eagle 2002 (RSOI/FE 02). RSOI is an annual combined/Joint Command Post Exercise held by Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea and US Forces Commanders to train and evaluate command capabilities to receive US forces from bases outside of Korea. Foal Eagle is a Counter Infiltration Field Training Exercise. 2002 marks the first time that the two major exercises have been conducted simultaneously

A US Marine Corps Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RSOI/FE 02 Base: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMCAMGRUPAC Scene Camera Operator: J... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jesus Villarreal, part of the Mobility Counter Mobility Section, stencils The Punisher symbol on his Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) at Camp Ripper, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Punisher is a Marvel Comics fictional unstoppable vigilante character dispensing justice

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jesus Villarreal, part of the Mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tanks Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Na... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jesus Villarreal, and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Marco Rubi, both part of the Mobility Counter Mobility Section, stand next to their AAVP7A1 Assault Amphibian Vehicle (AAV) with the freshly painted 'Punisher' symbol at Camp Ripper Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jesus Villarreal, and USMC Lance...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, USMC Release Status:... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Anthony R. Ochoa, and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Rodolfo Espinoza, both Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructors, demonstrate a counter move to the rear choke hold, during the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Yuma, Arizona (AZ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Anthony R. Ochoa, and USM...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Ronoldson G. Slim, USMC Release Status: Released to ... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Justin Roberts, sits aboard a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB), as a escort for K-Dog, a bottlenose dolphin from Commander Task Unit 55.4.3 (CTU-55.4.3), after conducting deep/shallow water mine counter measure operations to clear shipping lanes for humanitarian relief, while forwardly deployed in the Arabian Sea, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Justin Roberts, sits aboa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Arabian Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Brien Aho, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

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) Nicholas Hillebrand, Head...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: H&HS Scene Camera Operator... More

A close-up view showing the anti-personnel counter measures system on a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25), as US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), prepare to execute a dry-run for a mechanized raid at Su Song Ri, Republic of Korea (ROK), while participating in the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 2004 (ARGEX 04). The Exercise is jointly conducted between the USMC and the US Navy (USN) to familiarize each other with the techniques, tactics, and procedures associated with a Special Operations Capable Unit. A second LAV-12 is visible in the background

A close-up view showing the anti-personnel counter measures system on ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gregory A. Russell, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

An Iraqi Soldier, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), sets security at the entrance of a room during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

An Iraqi Soldier, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), set security and move into position prior to raiding the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), prepare to break a padlock in order to enter a locked room during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

An Iraqi Soldier, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), uses his rifle to break a padlock in order to enter a locked room during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

An Iraqi Soldier, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), move into position prior to raiding the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

This is the entrance to the Al Haq Mosque, in Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq. The Al Haq Mosque is one of seven targeted mosques to be searched for illegal weapon caches and propaganda by a combined Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) and US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV) Marines in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

This is the entrance to the Al Haq Mosque, in Ramadi, Al Anbar Provinc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), move into position to check a building during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Two Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), walk along a covered walkway during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Two Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

An Iraqi Soldier, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), prepares to enter a room during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

An Iraqi Soldier, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), check a building during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Two Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), carry a bag that was found in a room during a raid of the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Two Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), board a 7-ton truck after a raid of the Al Haq Mosque searching for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), search the perimeter of the Al Haq Mosque during a raid searching the mosque for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 2nd Squad, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G Co.), 2nd Battalion (BTN), 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), move up to the upper level as they raid the Al Haq Mosque in order to search for illegal weapon caches and propaganda while involved in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Ar Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (SUBSTANDARD)

Iraqi Soldiers, Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force (ICTF) attached to the U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Benjamin J. Flores, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 2nd Tank Battalion (BN), fires it main gun into a building to provide suppressive counter fire against insurgents who fired on other USMC Marines during a fire fight in Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq. These Marines are participating in Operation AL FAJR, which is an offensive operation conducted against Iraqi insurgent forces as part of a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) carried out during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT), 2n...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James J. Vooris, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

A U.S. Army Engineer from the 1ST Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment will counter charge a mine that did not explode while other Soldiers and Marines search different areas of Ar Ramadi, Iraq for Improvised Explosive Devices that may have been setup overnight. The U.S. Marine Corps, 1ST Marine Division, during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq. Dec. 20, 2004. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

A U.S. Army Engineer from the 1ST Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), a US Marine Corps (USMC) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to the Blackhawks (Black Hawks) of Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), prepares to take off following delivery of mail and cargo. The NASSAU is currently underway in the Persian Gulf, on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO), in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) Area Of Responsibility (AOR)

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors work with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), to upload mail and cargo onto a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, prior to a mission at Manama, Bahrain

US Navy (USN) Sailors work with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Manama Country: Bahrain (BHR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to the Combat Cargo Division, transports an equipment container using a forklift to a waiting USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15). The NASSAU is currently underway in the Persian Gulf, on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO), in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) Area Of Responsibility (AOR)

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15) load mail and cargo onto a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, prior to a mission at Manama, Bahrain

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Mea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Manama Country: Bahrain (BHR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), Sailors and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines form a brigade line, while offloading mail and cargo from a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15). The NASSAU is currently underway in the Persian Gulf, on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations (MSO), in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) Area Of Responsibility (AOR)

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to the Blackhawks (Black Hawk) of Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), prepares to take off for a mission on the flight line at Manama, Bahrain

US Marine Corps (USMC) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to the B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Manama Country: Bahrain (BHR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors work with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), as they use a forklift to upload mail and cargo onto a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, prior to a mission at Manama, Bahrain

US Navy (USN) Sailors work with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigne...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Manama Country: Bahrain (BHR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), Sailors and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines off load mail and cargo from a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15). The NASSAU is currently underway in the Persian Gulf, on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of maritime security operations (MSO), in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) Area Of Responsibility (AOR)

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), upload mail and cargo onto a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, prior to a mission at Manama, Bahrain

US Navy (USN) Sailors and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to H...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Manama Country: Bahrain (BHR) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS NASSAU (LHA 4), US Marine Corps (USMC) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter Flight Crewmembers assigned to the Blackhawks (Black Hawk) of Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), perform preflight checks on their helicopter prior to conducting a mine sweeping mission. The NASSAU is currently underway in the Persian Gulf, on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Maritime Security Operations (MSO), in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) Area Of Responsibility (AOR)

On board the US Navy (USN) Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

US Navy (USN) Photographer's Mate First Class (PH1) Dusan Ilic, assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Atlantic, uses a digital video camera to document US Marine Corps (USMC) Flight Crewmembers assigned to the Blackhawks (Black Hawk) of Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), during a mine sweeping mission from the ramp of a USMC MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, over the Arabian Sea

US Navy (USN) Photographer's Mate First Class (PH1) Dusan Ilic, assign...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator AIRMAN (AWAN) Courtney Luckerson, assigned to the Blackhawks (Black Hawk) of Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), releases a sweep wire from the multi winch aboard a US Marine Corps (USMC) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, during an aerial mine sweeping mission, using the MK-103 Mechanical Minesweeping System, conducted over the Arabian Sea

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator AIRMAN (AWAN) Courtney...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator AIRMAN (AWAN) Courtney Luckerson, assigned to the Blackhawks (Black Hawk) of Helicopter Mine Counter Measure Squadron 15 (HM-15), prepares to connect a marker float onto a sweep wire on the MK-103 Mechanical Minesweeping System, during an aerial mine sweeping mission, onboard a US Marine Corps (USMC) MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, conducted over the Arabian Sea

US Navy (USN) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator AIRMAN (AWAN) Courtney...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Michael J. Sandberg, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

March 20, 2007, CPL. Edward Ledesma, an electronic counter measure technician with Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ-1), plays a game of horseshoes during some downtime on Asad Air Base, Iraq. VMAQ-1 is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released)

March 20, 2007, CPL. Edward Ledesma, an electronic counter measure tec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: VMAQ-1 Scene Camera Ope... More

An Iraqi Army Solier in the School of Infantry (SOI) simulates setting an ambush uring a practice exercise while another squa practices a patrol an how to counter an ambush at Camp Yasser on Al Asa Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 2007. SOI is a ten ay training school that teaches avance fighting techniques an tactics to new Iraqi Army Soliers before they report to their battalions. 2n Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is eploye as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freeom in the Anbar province of Iraq to evelop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the evelopment of official rule of law through emocratic government reforms an continue the...

An Iraqi Army Solier in the School of Infantry (SOI) simulates setting...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An Iraqi Army Soldier in the School of Infantry (SOI) simulates setting an ambush during a practice exercise while another squad... More

A Marine with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine

A Marine with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine

A Marine with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group patrols a road outside the battalion's complex during a training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 27, 2013. Nearly one dozen Marines ... More

A Marine with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company,

A Marine with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company,

A Marine with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, reads in his down time before going to sleep at the Combat Center's Forward Operating Base 3 Nov. 16, 2013. The next morn... More

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, halt during a patrol on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2013. The $140 million urban warfare ... More

Lance Cpl. Gerardo Rodriguez, rifleman, Charlie Company,

Lance Cpl. Gerardo Rodriguez, rifleman, Charlie Company,

Lance Cpl. Gerardo Rodriguez, rifleman, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Palatine, Ill., carries wooden crates before using them to maneuver over barbed wire during a live-fi... More

Corporal Bryce Bowman, team leader, Bravo Company,

Corporal Bryce Bowman, team leader, Bravo Company,

Corporal Bryce Bowman, team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Lake of the Ozarks, Mo., coordinates mortar fire during a live-fire exercise at Range 400 at Marine Corps A... More

First Sgt. Michael Grassl, Bravo Company first sergeant,

First Sgt. Michael Grassl, Bravo Company first sergeant,

First Sgt. Michael Grassl, Bravo Company first sergeant, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Vesper, Wisc., accounts for Marines as they are transported by helicopters to Range 210 during a live... More

Lance Cpl. Mohaamed Cherair, right, fire team leader,

Lance Cpl. Mohaamed Cherair, right, fire team leader,

Lance Cpl. Mohaamed Cherair, right, fire team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Springfield, Pa., gives directions to Pfc. Kesley Farmer, a rifleman and a native of Wood... More

Sailors with 2nd Dental Battalion patrol a road during

Sailors with 2nd Dental Battalion patrol a road during

Sailors with 2nd Dental Battalion patrol a road during a counter improvised explosive device course in Holly Ridge, N.C., March 20, 2015. The sailors looked for possible IEDs on and around the dirt road, and th... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle McAuliffe, a squad advisor

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle McAuliffe, a squad advisor

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle McAuliffe, a squad advisor assigned to a Security Cooperation Team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, discusses potential routes for a security... More

Marines and Sailors assigned to a Security Cooperation

Marines and Sailors assigned to a Security Cooperation

Marines and Sailors assigned to a Security Cooperation Team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, and Tanzanian park rangers attend a graduation ceremony on the Selous Game R... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Andrew Lowery with Echo

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Andrew Lowery with Echo

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Andrew Lowery with Echo company 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, explains the importance of maintaining alertness while conducting patrols in urban terrain to U.S. and Philippine Marines... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob G. Macumber with Echo

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob G. Macumber with Echo

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob G. Macumber with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines sights in while conducting rehearsals of military operations on urban terrain (MOUT) at the Naval Education Training Comman... More

Mortarmen with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Mortarmen with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Mortarmen with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, build a mortar position after maneuvering across kilometers of rough terrain at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., ... More

A rear-security guard protects the flank of a fire

A rear-security guard protects the flank of a fire

A rear-security guard protects the flank of a fire team during a training exercise held by 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 27, 2013. More than one dozen Ma... More

Marines with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company,

Marines with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company,

Marines with 81mm Mortars platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, hike up a hill before conducting a counter-improvised-explosive device exercise at Range 215, Nov. 16, 2013.

Lieutenant Col. Seth E. Yost, commanding officer, 1st

Lieutenant Col. Seth E. Yost, commanding officer, 1st

Lieutenant Col. Seth E. Yost, commanding officer, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, speaks with company commanders during a counterinsurgency exercise on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twe... More

Lance Cpl. Gilbert McCune, right, team leader, Bravo

Lance Cpl. Gilbert McCune, right, team leader, Bravo

Lance Cpl. Gilbert McCune, right, team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and Pfc. Dakota Newcomer, rifleman, prepare to move to their next objective during a live-fire exercise at Range... More

Private First Class Liam O’Donnell, rifleman, Charlie

Private First Class Liam O’Donnell, rifleman, Charlie

Private First Class Liam O’Donnell, rifleman, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Harris County, Texas, moves with his fire team to their next objective during a live-fire exerc... More

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, load onto CH-46 sea knight and CH-53E super sea stallion helicopters before being transported to Range 210 during a live-fire exercise at Marine C... More

Sailors with a 2nd Dental Battalion patrol scan a town

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Sailors with a 2nd Dental Battalion patrol scan a town with binoculars prior to approaching it during a counter improvised explosive device course in Holly Ridge, N.C., March 20, 2015. The sailors first observe... More

Two Tanzanian park rangers set up a tent during a patrol

Two Tanzanian park rangers set up a tent during a patrol

Two Tanzanian park rangers set up a tent during a patrol exercise on the Selous Game Reserve in Matambwe, Tanzania, March 24, 2015. Approximately 15 U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to a Security Cooperation T... More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Nathaniel Kaine, left, the Security

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Nathaniel Kaine, left, the Security

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Nathaniel Kaine, left, the Security Cooperation Team officer-in-charge with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa, hands a Tanzanian park ranger a certificate o... More

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th

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U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (2d MARDIV), set up barriers at a checkpoint for counter-improvised explosive device (IED) training as part of Talon Exerci... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Andrew Lowery with Echo

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Andrew Lowery with Echo company 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, traces a door frame with the Holly Stick to demonstrate how to clear possible trip wires for explosives during military o... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Liam C. Munson with Echo Company,

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Liam C. Munson with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, sights in on targets while conducting rehearsals of military operations on urban terrain (MOUT) at the Naval Education Traini... More

A Marine provides cover for his fire team during a

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A Marine provides cover for his fire team during a training exercise held by 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 27, 2013. Moments after taking up a defensive ... More

A Marines with 81mm mortars platoon, Weapons Company,

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A Marines with 81mm mortars platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, searches for improvised-explosive devices during a patrol while conducting a counter-IED exercise at Range 215, Nov. 16, 2013.

Private First Class Jacob Romo, rifleman, Bravo Company,

Private First Class Jacob Romo, rifleman, Bravo Company,

Private First Class Jacob Romo, rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Denver, scans the area during a counterinsurgency exercise on Range 220 at Marine Corps Air Ground Co... More

Lance Cpl. Michael Pavlik, squad leader, Bravo Company,

Lance Cpl. Michael Pavlik, squad leader, Bravo Company,

Lance Cpl. Michael Pavlik, squad leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Anoka, Minn., seeks cover in an entrenched position during a live-fire exercise at Range 410A at Marin... More

Sergeant Troy Garza, right, squad leader, Charley Company,

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Sergeant Troy Garza, right, squad leader, Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Harlingen, Texas, directs his squad to a firing position during a live-fire exercise at Range 400 a... More

First Lt. Walter Mack, executive officer, Bravo Company,

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First Lt. Walter Mack, executive officer, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, is completing his final predeployment training before a combat deployment to Afghanistan. Mack, a native of New York ... More

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