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US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Johnny Walker, a Pigeon, is the chemical confirmation detector for Delta Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Kevin Dieu, left and Corporal (CPL) Jon Swan, with Delta Company, 3rd Tracks, check the turret on an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Walter J. Fulton from Chino Hills, California, assigned to Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California takes cover by a wall and checks his weapon during a firefight in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
Commanding Officer of Weapons Company 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California, Captain (CAPT) Hudspeth, USMC, briefs Marines on events to come aboard the USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Navy (USN) Hospitalman Apprentice (HA) John Newton, a Corpsman with the 1ST Squad, 1ST Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, peeks around a corner while on patrol in a simulated street training area, at the Twentynine Palms Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Area (MAGTFTA), Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (CPL) James Hicks with the Bravo Company, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California, probes for mines during a mine detection class at Camp Coyote, Kuwait (KWT), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Clay assigned to Bravo Company, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 1ST Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, California, calibrates a mine detector during a training class at Camp Coyote, Kuwait (KWT), in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) John Dyer, sets up the 7th Marines Blue Force Tracker, in support Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) First Lieutenant (1LT) John Dyer, sets up the 7th Marines Blue Force Tracker, in support Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Johnny Walker, a Pigeon, is the chemical confirmation detector for Delta Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM
Base: Camp Ripper
Country: Kuwait (KWT)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT Paul L. Anstine Ii, 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.