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Straight in medium shot of six US Marines standing behind a table that has a cake on it commemorating the 224th Birthday to the United States Marine Corps. Marine permanently and temporarily stationed at Camp Wilson, Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, California, during Cax 2 (Combined Arms Exercise) attended the celebration

U.S. Marine Corps Lance CPL. Nicholas J. Galvin, (left), Combat Photographer, Combat Visual Information Center, stands at parade rest during a uniform pageant of the 229th Marine Corps birthday celebration at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Jared M. Padula) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits and their SENIOR Drill Instructor, observe the 229th birthday celebration of the Marine Corps at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Jared M. Padula) (Released)

Straight on medium long shot of a lone bagpiper in traditional Scottish dress as he plays various tunes for US Marines permanently and temporarily stationed at Camp Wilson, Twentynine Palms Marine Corps' Air-Ground Combat Center, California, (Troops not shown) during the celebration of the Marine Corps' celebration of its 224th Birthday. The Marines at Camp Wilson are participating in Cax 2 (Combined Arms Exercise)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance CPL. Nicholas J. Galvin, (left), Combat Photographer, Combat Visual Information Center, stands at attention during the uniform pageant portion of the 229th Marine Corps birthday celebration at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 10, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance Corporal Jared M. Padula) (Released)

US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion prepare to fire an M252 81 mm mortar from a Light Armored Vehicle-Mortar (LAV-M) during the Final Exercise (FINEX) of a Combined Arms Exercise (CAX). Marine Corps Base (MCB) Twentynine Palms, California

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, currently on the Unit Deployment Program (UDP) to the 4th Marines Regiment, armed with 5,56 mm M16A2 rifles offload from a an AAV7A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle, after coming ashore to securing the area during an amphibious assault landing exercise at Clark Field, Philippines, during Exercise BALIKATAN 2004

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 1ST Platoon (PLT), Company (Co.) B (Bravo), 1ST Battalion (BN), 7th Marine Regiment, move towards their target during a combined small arms training exercise on Range 400 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Center (MAGTFTC) 29 Palms, California (CA)

Light enhanced photography, fisheye lens view showing US Air Force (USAF) Security Force personnel armed with 5.56mm M16A2 rifles equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagements System (MILES) gear, as they prepare to assault the opposing force during the Phoenix Readiness Combat Center's (PRCC) field exercise, at Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ). PRCC is a regularly scheduled training course for military members, giving them an opportunity to experience real world conditions in a training environment

Straight on long shot with a wide angle, fish-eye lens at US Marines standing in formation on the Helicopter landing pad at Camp Wilson, Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, California, during a celebration of the Marine Corps' 224th Birthday. The permanently and temporarily assigned Marines are taking part in Cax 2 (Combined Arms Exercise)

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Subject Operation/Series: CAX 2

Base: Camp Wilson, Twentynine Palms

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher Vallee, 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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label_outline Explore Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Lcpl Christopher Vallee, Fish Eye

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Straight on medium shot of US Marine GUNNERY Sergeant Elder, Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, lands safely with his MC5 Freefall Square Parachute after completing a 9-thousand foot combat jump from a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft (Not shown) during Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Walking the 72-inch bubble chamber. Paul Hernandez of mechanical engineering conceived the ingenious idea of devising a hydraulic walking method. With this system the bubble-chamber magnet could make right angle turns and maneuver into very tight spaces, thus eliminating the need for an outside rigging contractor. Photograph taken May 7, 1958. Bubble Chamber-500

US Army SPECIALIST Michael Boguth, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, demonstrates one of the four firing positions of a AT-4 (Anti-tank Variation Four); the sitting position. The others are standing, kneeling and another sitting position. The class was given at Range #6 just outside of Mogadishu Airport. Straight on shot of an abandoned and dilapidated building with overturned Soviet trucks inside. The building is located at an abandoned Soviet Base north of Sword Base and is being prepared for destruction. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Light enhanced photography fish-eye lens view show an unidentified US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) firing a.50 caliber M2HB machine gun mounted atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), during training conducted at the Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey (NJ), during Exercise PHOENIX READINESS 2002

Lance Corporal B. S. Jones, with Headquarters Platoon, Bravo Company, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, manuevers his M9 Armored Combat Earth mover (Ace) while constructing a berm for the hazardous waste site 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, 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 Element...

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Straight on, wide angle shot with a fisheye lens at (R-L) USAF Technical Sergeant Jay Deyoe, SENIOR AIRMAN Harvey Wagenmaker and AIRMAN First Class Ryan Stannard as they review a tactical map of the South Korean peninsula on the flight line of Camp Humphreys, Republic of Korea. TSGT Deyoe says; "Most boys like seeing things explode - we haven't lost that." All three Airmen are assigned to an Army unit of terminal attack controllers. this image is from the February 1999 edition of Airmen Magazine

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