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Checking the alignment target, Sergeant (SGT) Mathew Levart, USMC, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, India Company Assault Section, Camp Pendleton, California, bore sites an engineers reusable Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) launcher at Camp Ripper, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
With the alignment tool in the barrel, US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Mathew Levart, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, India Company Assault Section, bore sights a reusable Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The SMAW is primarily a portable anti-armor rocket launcher used to destroy bunkers and fortifications as well as main battle tanks
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Berry, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion, Delta Company, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), cradles a reuseable Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) at a SMAW class at Camp Ripper Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Mathew Levart, with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, India Company Assault Section, bore sites an engineers gun at Camp Ripper, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Gustavo Sandoval, Charlie Company 1ST Tank Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California, loosens the bolts on a spare piece of track for reuse during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Ripper, Kuwait
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Greg Reyst of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7) Lima Company 7th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), assembles a sight rail for a reuseable Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) as a part of his weapon training during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at Camp Ripper, Kuwait
US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Pablo Alarcon, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), strains as he replaces the barrel of the Browning M2 HB 0.50 caliber heavy machine gun back into place at Camp Ripper, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Roderick Totton, 7th Marines, Headquarters Supply Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), greasing up an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Camp Ripper Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from Lima Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3/7), Twentynine Palms, California (CA), practice Prisoner of War handling during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, Camp Ripper, Kuwait
Using an alignment tool in the barrel, Sergeant (SGT) Mathew Levart, USMC, 3rd Battalion 7th Marines, India Company Assault Section, Camp Pendleton, California, bore sites an engineers reusable Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) launcher at Camp Ripper, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
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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.
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