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Communications equipment is explained to Marines from the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, Duke University, by a member of the 1ST Reconnaissance Battalion

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Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Merritt, 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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communications equipment communications equipment naval reserve officers naval reserve officers duke university duke university member reconnaissance battalion california marine corps base camp pendleton united states marine corps us marine corps high resolution corps reconnaissance battalion sgt merritt marine corps base us national archives north carolina durham
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24/03/1982
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Carlos Carrasco, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), performs a preflight inspection on the Dragon Eye (DE) Interim-Small Unit Remote Scouting System (I-SURSS) at Camp Ripper, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Hot brass is ejected from an M4A1 5.56mm Service Rifle fired by Reconnaissance Marine Corporal (CPL) Michael J. Wing, with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, in support of 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, part of a stationary single target engagement drill, in support of Exercise BALIKATAN 2003

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North Carolina Army National Guard Spc. Elizabeth Amoros,

Representatives from Partner Nations are presented with medals and guidons at the closing ceremony for COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Three NATO countries and 16 PfP nations took part in the field training exercise in addition to four countries providing observers

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Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Lewis G. Lee, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles C. Krulak, speak to Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary unit, (MEU), during a recent visit to Camp Pendleton. The MEU is preparing to leave on a six month deployment to the Western Pacific

Several Marines fire M-9 9mm pistols as they compete in the 1988 Far East Matches

A member of the Iraqi National Guard, using an AK-47 rifle, practices detaining U.S Marine Corps Marine CPL. Rodirguez from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, during a vehicle check point training at Camp Korean Village, a base camp near the Western Syrian-Iraq border, on Nov. 6, 2004. The 1ST MARDIV, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II, is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. (USMC PHOTO by LCpl Andrew D. Young) (Released)

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communications equipment communications equipment naval reserve officers naval reserve officers duke university duke university member reconnaissance battalion california marine corps base camp pendleton united states marine corps us marine corps high resolution corps reconnaissance battalion sgt merritt marine corps base us national archives north carolina durham