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US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) E. M. Kwiatkowski, Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (left), Commanding Officer (CO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) J. M. Flowers (right), Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (left), Commanding Officer (CO), Weapons CO during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) E. M. Kwiatkowski, Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (right), Commanding Officer (CO), and USMC First Sergeant (1SGT) J. H. Leach (left), First Sergeant, Weapons CO during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) J. M. Flowers (right), Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (left), Commanding Officer (CO), and USMC First Sergeant (1SGT) J. H. Leach (left rear), First Sergeant, Weapons CO during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Private First Class (PFC) B. G. Sebena, USMC PFC E. M. Kwiatkowski, and USMC PFC J. M. Flowers, Mortarmen, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), are promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner, Commanding Officer (CO), and USMC First Sergeant (1SGT) J. H. Leach, First Sergeant, Weapons CO during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) B. G. Sebena (center), Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (right), Commanding Officer (CO), and USMC First Sergeant (1SGT) J. H. Leach, First Sergeant, Weapons CO during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) B. G. Sebena, Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), congratulated on his promotion to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner, Commanding Officer (CO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Private First Class (PFC) B. G. Sebena, USMC PFC E. M. Kwiatkowski, and USMC PFC J. M. Flowers, Mortarmen, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), are promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner, Commanding Officer (CO), and USMC First Sergeant (1SGT) J. H. Leach, First Sergeant, Weapons CO during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Carl Williams (left) and PFC Joshua Manninger (right), both with Kilo Company (K Co), 1ST Platoon (PLT), 3rd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (3/4), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), set up a 60 mm M224 Mortar System while conducting mortar set-up and fire drills at Camp Udairi, Kuwait (KWT), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) E. M. Kwiatkowski, Mortarman, 2nd Battalion (BN) 5th Marines (MAR) (2/5), Weapons Company (CO), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal (LCPL) by USMC Captain (CPT) K. A. Gretner (left), Commanding Officer (CO), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Camp Coyote

Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL James P. Aguilar, 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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Marines from Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7) (7th Marine Regiment (Rein)), Twentynine Palms, California, assemble an antenna mast at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Marines carry their 5.56mm M16A2 always at hand

Republic of Korea Marine Sgt. 1st Class Kim Bae Kiwan,

CPT. David MCcaughrin from the 448th Civil Affairs Battalion gives away kerosine heaters to an Iraqi civilian at the neighborhood counsel hall in New Baghdad, Iraq on January 26, 2006. The Humanitarian assistance mission was in benefit of the surviving family members of a Vehicle borne improvised explosive devices incident.(U.S. Army photo by SPECIALIST Teddy Wade) (Released)

Slovakian army Gen. Bronislaw Kwiatkowski hands gifts to an Iraqi soldier who is accepting the gifts on behalf of a fallen soldier at the 8th Iraqi army division compound near Ad-Diwaniyah, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2007. The 8th IAD is recognizing fallen soldiers by presenting gifts to their families or representatives of their families on Iraqi army day. (U.S. Army photo by SGT. Rob Summitt) (Released)

A young Afghani girls hands her little sister to US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Brad Frey, USA 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), to be examined during a one-day Coalition Medical / Dental Civil Affairs Project (MEDCAP) humanitarian mission to the village of Najoy, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan (AFG), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Luis G. Landeros, Weapons Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5), Regimental Combat Team 5, 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), participates in the pushup competition during the 1/5 field meet at Camp Coyote in Northern Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Maria Daume, left, a mortarman

Making another Leader - Two men in military uniforms standing in front of a military vehicle

A medium close up view of Foreign military personnel part of the Participant Observer Program, attending a classroom discussion on US Department of Defense organization and rank structure at the Officers Club at Little Creek Amphibious Base, VA during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96

US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Jason Colbert, 1ST Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment (1-7 CAV), 5th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1ST Cavalry Division (CD), distributes programs before several ground-breaking ceremonies take place in the Al Rasheed district of Baghdad, Iraq (IRQ), during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Hungarian Air Force Warrant Officer (WO) Laszlo Petrik (left) a Weapons Systems SPECIALIST and Captain (CPT) Joseph Borsanyi (center) Flight Engineer, fill out manpower documents for US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kristine Oliver, Non-Commissioned Officer In-Charge (NCOIC) for helicopter operations, inside a crew bus, on the flight line at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, during Exercise COOPERATIVE KEY 2003. The Exercise is designed to promote dialogue between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partner nations, while conducting peace support operations

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Jason Myers (middle), Delta/Company, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LARB), 1ST Marine Division, is given the Oath of Reenlistment by USMC Captain (CPT) Brian Smalley, Commanding Officer (CO), Headquarters and Support (H&S) Company, during a Ceremony held at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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