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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagements System (MILES) gear use a John Deere (GATOR) 6x4 All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) to transport a wounded comrade during an urban combat training demonstration being conducted at the Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA), (formerly George Air Force Base), during the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle with a 40mm M203 Grenade launcher attached wears Multiple Integrated Laser Engagements System (MILES) gear as he runs to take up a defensive position, under the cover of smoke, during an urban combat training demonstration being conducted at the Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA), (formerly George Air Force Base), during the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines armed with M4A1Carbines equipped with Simunition gear run for cover during an urban warfare fighting demonstration held at the Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA), (formerly George Air Force Base), part of the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Simunition rounds are simulated ammunition that fires a paint projectile and is used for training. The gear includes a facemask and eye protection. Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) David A. Bleu, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, mans a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training course, at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). The training is conducted using Simunition rounds, simulated ammunition that fire a paint projectile, and includes facemask and eye protection

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) David A. Bleu, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, mans a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training course, at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). The training is conducted using Simunition rounds, simulated ammunition that fire a paint projectile, and includes facemask and eye protection

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) David A. Bleu, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, mans a position carrying a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training course, at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). The training is conducted using Simunition rounds, simulated ammunition that fire a paint projectile, and includes facemask and eye protection

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Brian A. Bilderback, Infantryman, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, wears Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear and carries a 5.56mm M16A3 rifle equipped to fire simunition rounds as he participates in a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training course, at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). Simunition rounds are simulated ammunition that fire a paint projectile and is used for training. The gear includes facemask and eye protection

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) David A. Bleu, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, mans a position carrying a 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training course, at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). The training is conducted using Simunition rounds, simulated ammunition that fire a paint projectile, and includes facemask and eye protection

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Brian A. Bilderback, Infantryman, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, wears Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear and carries a 5.56mm M16A3 rifle equipped to fire simunition rounds as he prepares to participate in a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training course, at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagements System (MILES) gear, takes cover in a pile of rubble during an urban combat demonstration being conducted at the Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA), (formerly George Air Force Base), during the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO)

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Base: Southern Calif Logistics Airport

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John Houghton, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

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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 Southern Calif Logistics Airport, Mc 02 Experiment, Rdo

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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Ronnie Lock, a Security Police (SP) assigned to the 310th Space Group (SG), aims his 5.56mm M16A1 rifle with a 40mm M203 grenade launcher equipped with Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear from the kneeling position during the Security Forces Tactics competition conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) California (CA), during Exercise GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002. Guardian Challenge, a four-day space and missile competition, is hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA to test the wartime readiness of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) professionals

STAFF SGT. Jeff W. Schmidt, 63rd Military Airlift Wing (MAW), checks aircraft arrival times on a list in the Military Airlift Command airlift control element facility. The 63rd MAW is transporting troops and equipment to the base from Fort Hood, Texas, during Purple Penny, a mobility exercise simulating a deployment to South Korea following an attack by North Korean forces

Members of 3rd Section, A Battery, 1ST Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne), Fort Bragg, plug their ears as the M119 105mm howitzer fires during a joint field training. The soldiers are wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) equipment. (Duplicate image, see also DASD9803109 or search 980201A6522J506)

US Navy (USN) Machinist's Mate (MM), PETTY Officer First Class (PO1) Francisco Hernandez, a diving and salvage warfare specialist, performs a sensory examination on Canadian diver, PETTY Officer 2nd Class (PO2) Dan Larche, Port Inspection Dive Team (PIDT), Esquimalt, British Columbia, inside the Fly Away RE-Compression Chamber (FARCC) at Port Valdez, Alaska, during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2002

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Forward sentries keep a watchful eye at the Joint Readiness Training Center. The sentries, standing in a trench, uses a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon with a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) attached

Homemade pile driver. Men on right run violently backward hoisting hammer on left, then slack off and repeat, thus driving pile to form current diversion. National park area near Winona, Indiana

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