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Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), arrives at a former Iraqi army compound after riding aboard a cargo truck from Silopi, Turkey. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), take a break to get their hair cut while occupying a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), ride aboard an LAV-25 light armored vehicle as it passes through a former Iraqi army compound. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), climb aboard three LAV-25 light armored vehicles, left, right and center, and two LAV-AT light armored anti-tank vehicles as they prepare to move out on a patrol. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

A Marine from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), mans the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted on the roof of an M-923 5-ton cargo truck as the truck passes through the city. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) sit on their packs as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) unload ordnance from the back of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a demolition pit. The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Providel Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) relax as they wait for transportation to the humanitarian services support base set up in Silopi, Turkey. Marines of the 24th MEU are taking part in Operation Provide Comfort, the multinational effort to provide relief for Kurdish refugees fleeing from Iraqi government forces

Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) stack mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades in a demolition pit. The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 8th Marines (BLT 2/8), disembark from the back of a cargo truck at a former Iraqi army compound upon their arrival from Silopi, Turkey. Troops from the U.S. and other coalition nations are in Dahuk for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq

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Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT

Base: Dahuk

Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Ac) Mark Kettenhofen

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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label_outline Explore Iraqi Army Compound, Silopi, Coalition Nations

A memorial service is held for fallen Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division in the Iraqi Army Compound at Forward Operating Base Summerall, Iraq on March 25, 2006. (U.S. Army photo by SPC. Charles W. Gill) (Released)

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry

US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) Derek Walker (third from left, wearing desert camouflage), USACE Construction Representative, speaks with several Iraqi engineers, working with the USACE, about the progress of the Sumail Primary Health Clinic being built in Dahuk, Dahuk Province, Iraq (IRQ), by Iraqi contractors and sub-contractors as an US Army (USA) Corps of Engineers (USACE) designed and managed C type clinic (the largest and most capable of all health clinics) during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine of Bravo Company, 1ST Battalion (BN), 5th Marines (MAR), 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), hands an identification (ID) card to an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldier during registration and processing at the ICDC compound. The 1ST MAR DIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the area during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The Marine is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle with an M203 40 mm grenade launcher

A volunteer from NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan

US Army Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces pre-brief a search and rescue exercise conducted as part of the operation. This operation is a security mission to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone north of the 36 degree parallel from Iraqi air and ground incursion. A four nation coalition of US, Turkey, Great Britain and France has been actively protecting and supplying Kurdish refugees since Desert Storm in 1991.(Exact date unknown)

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This is the Elementary School being built in the village of Shiele, located near Dahuk, Dahuk Province, Iraq (IRQ), as part of a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funded, managed, and quality controlled project during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

SGT. Mark Gasoway, left, and SGT. D.C. Peterlinz stand by at the Marine command post near a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter prior to flying a mission in support of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Both men are crew chiefs with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264 (HMM-264), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Iraqi children sit and stand on the partially constructed walls of the Elementary School being built in the village of Shiele, located near Dahuk, Dahuk Province, Iraq (IRQ), as part of a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funded, managed, and quality controlled project during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) carrying U.S. military personnel enters Zakhu, part of convoy arriving to assist Kurdish refugees at a nerby tent city. The encampment was established as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to assist refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq

Local residents gather to watch as Marines from an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team attached to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24) as they load ordnance into the back of an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The disposal of discarded Iraqi munitions is being conducted in conjunction with Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid the refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey

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