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US Army (USA) Special Operations Forces (SOF) Soldiers on patrol aboard a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), equipped with a 7.62mm M2HB .50 caliber machine gun mounted on top, in an area located in Western Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Veiled in a thin cloud of dust, Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol using an LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

An explosive charge is detonated in a pre-dawn simulated

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment Troopers move through

Generating a cloud of dust, Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol using an LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background is a battle damaged Soviet light armored vehicle

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles with 1st Battalion,

U.S. soldiers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry

Colorado National Guard members provide roving security

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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Combined Anti-Armor Platoon, 3rd Battalion (3rd BN), 6th Marines, alight from their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to set up security positions while on patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). Mounted on top of their HMMWV's are M2 0.50 caliber machine guns. The USMC Marines are preparing to take over full operational control of the area from the US Army (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Corporal (CPL) Robert M. Wilges from the Combined Anti-Armor Platoon, 3rd Battalion (3rd BN), 6th Marines, holds an M2 0.50 caliber machine gun from the turret of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). The USMC Marines are preparing to take over full operational control of the area from the US Army (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine Corporal (CPL) Robert M. Wilges from the Combined Anti-Armor Platoon, 3rd Battalion (3rd BN), 6th Marines, inspects his M2 0.50 caliber machine gun mounted on top of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) before heading out for a patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). The USMC Marines are preparing to take over full operational control of the area from the US Army (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), fording a river in their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), in the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan, during Operation Thunder Road. The Operation is the last combat operation undertaken by the MEU during its four-month deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines and the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), race toward their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to move forward to engage Taliban insurgents near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ASBURY PARK, and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines and the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), race toward their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to move forward to engage Taliban insurgents near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ASBURY PARK, and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), conducts a brief security halt, while traveling in a convoy of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), through the Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Freshly-fueled US Marine Corps (USMC) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, with the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), move into place at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Payne in south-central Afghanistan (AFG) before continuing with Operation ASBURY PARK, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines and the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), race toward their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) to move forward to engage Taliban insurgents near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan (AFG) during Operation ASBURY PARK and in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the Combined Anti-Armor Platoon, 3rd Battalion (3rd BN), 6th Marines, patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border aboard their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). The USMC Marines are preparing to take over full operational control of the area from the US Army (USA)

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Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Camera Operator: GYSGT Blair A Mcclellan, USMC

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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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