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Corporal (CPL) Adam Pogorzelski, US Marine, (USMC), (M-2, 50-Caliber gunner), 2D Tank Battalion, Weapons Platoon, and CPL Jeremy Fell, USMC, (M2, 50-Caliber A-gunner), 2D Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Charlie Company/Weapons Platoon, load ammunition into their M-2 machine gun. They are preparing to fire upon color-coded balloon targets placed throughout a firing range during a weapons training element on Range 1-Alpha at the Empire Range Complex, Camp Hayes, Panama Canal
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Meeting the troops during on deployment, Assistant Division Commander for Operations COL (P) John Scroggins, 101st Airborne Division, visits soldiers of the 3rd Brigade at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin. The soldiers wear MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear on their helmets and upper body, to simulate combat conditions. When shot electronically, it instills a real sense of the danger in combat without injury or fatality. The soldier on the left has an M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon) the one on the right is armed with a Colt M4 Carbine with a PI-M203 Grenade Launcher
Corporal D. L. Eberly loads his Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun, while his crewman Lance Corporal L. A. Rodriguez gets permission to fire. Third Platoon, Charlie Company, Second Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Battalion, live fired their M2s off their vehicles, at Range Alpha in the Blacktop Training Area, during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 5-97. 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 Kevin Clifton, Evacuation Control Center team member and Platoon Sergeant for MSSG-26's Landing Force Shore Party Platoon, stands by with his M16A2 assault rifle to provide security for an incoming helicopter near the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
A Fast Attack Vehicle Crew from "B" Co., Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), provides heavy weapons support with an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun for security at the US Embassy housing complex in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th MEU (SOC) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Lance Corporal Anderson with 1ST Platoon Weapons Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, fires his M240G Medium Machine Gun at range 400 during 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 Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat nt (GCE), Air Combat nt (ACE) and the Combat Service Support...
Lance Corporal Eric Davis (l), armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), and Corporal Jason Greer, with an M16A2 with attached M203 40mm Grenade Launcher, from 2nd Platoon, "C" Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, provide security for the northern section of the US Embassy housing complex in Tirana, Albania, during Operation SILVER WAKE. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) was called upon to perform a NEO (Non-combatant Evacuation Operation) of US citizens that desired to leave Albania, due to the current civil strife
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: SILVER WAKE
Base: Tirana
Country: Albania (ALB)
Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Tim Shearer, 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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