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Navy Lt. Frank G. Percy, the assistant battalion surgeon for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, cleans the burnt foot of a child at Patrol Base Gorgak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 25, 2010. Providing m More

Cpl. Mary Warren and Waheed Mohammed teach Afghan boys during class at the Forward Operating Base Geronimo schoolhouse, July 18. Most of the kids who attend school are younger than the current war. The children More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Theresa M. Medina, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines Scene Camera Operator: LCPL More

Fallujah, Iraq (Nov. 16, 2004) The Iraqi National Guard and U.S. Marines, assigned to Regimental-sized Combined Arms Team Seven (RCT-7) 1/3 Charlie Company, help pass out food and water to a civilian in the cit More

Fallujah, Iraq (Nov. 16, 2004) U.S. Marines, assigned to Regimental-sized Combined Arms Team Seven (RCT-7) 1/3 Charlie Company, drive an Assault Amphibian Vehicle (AVV) in the city of Fallujah, Iraq. The Marine More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Ripper State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-7 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ben J. Flores, USMC Release Status More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Ripper State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-7 Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ben J. Flores, USMC Release Status More

Three 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment batteries fired a combined 400 High Mobility Rocket Artillery System rounds during 2012 in Helmand province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. “It’s good to know More

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Patrick M. Maguire, embedded training team commander and logistics and administration mentor to the Afghan soldiers for Regimental Combat Team 7, poses for a photo with members of the Afghan More

An Afghan points out damage done to his compound in a village near Lakari bazaar in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 8. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, patrol More

The Afghan National Army provide security during a Nawa Community Council election near Forward Operating Base Jaker, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010. Involvement by ISAF forces was minimized durin More

Lt. Col. Brian S. Christmas, commanding officer, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, prays with elders at the beginning of a shura held at Combat Outpost Coutu in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 5, More

Soldiers from the Afghan National Army take cover in a field after exchanging fire with the enemy in Karez-e Sayyidi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 9. Soldiers from the ANA and Marines from Lima Company, More

Lance Cpl. Kathryn Mannion, a female engagement team member with Regimental Combat Team 7, takes notes of medical aid provided to Afghan children during a village medical outreach at Patrol Base Saipan, Marjah, More

Sgt. Guadalupe Rodriquez is currently deployed to Helmand province, Afghanistan and is assigned to the female engagement team, Regimental Combat Team 7. She is a motor transportation mechanic, but volunteered f More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Liz J. Arevalo, a corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, looks over a young Afghan child during a village medical engagement, just outside Patrol Base Siapan, Marjah, Helmand provin More

Sgt. Stephen J. Ross, a section leader with Regimental Combat Team 7 Personal Security Detachment, provides security for Col. Randall P. Newman, commanding officer of RCT-7, in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghani More

Afghan day laborers work to fill sandbags right outside Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 14, 2010.

Lance Cpl. Sharhonda Jones, a female engagement team member with Regimental Combat Team 7, gives the thumbs up to a compliment made about her sunglasses during a village medical outreachat Patrol Base Siapan, M More

Sgt. Guadalupe Rodriquez, 29, a member of the female engagement team with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, reads an old issue of Cosmopolitan magazine at Combat Outpost Bandini, July 15.

Lt. Col. Jeffery C. Holt, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, shakes the hand of the brother of an Afghanistan National Police officer killed in action. Marine representatives met with fam More

The father of an Afghanistan National Police officer killed in action listens during a meeting at the Nawa District Center Police Station, Afghanistan, July 17, 2010, where Marine representatives thanked the ma More

Afghan army soldiers move into position during the beginning of Operation Thresher in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, July 23. India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marines and Afghan soldiers conducted th More

Sgt. Phillip D. Blackwell, a section leader with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, provides hands-on training to an Afghan National Army soldier at Patrol Base Gorgak, Helmand province, Afgha More

Ismatullah breathes a sigh of relief after corpsmen help Dr. Abdul Bari pop and clean an abscess during a medical engagement at the Aynak School in Afghanistan, July 24, 2010. The pain from the abscess was so s More

Haji Abdul Manaf, Nawa district governor, makes opening remarks during a regional stability shura at Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan, July 26. The shura provides a way for Afghan, coalition, milita More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, walked away from their first improvised explosive device attack unharmed when their MRAP was hit during a routine personnel convoy July 27, during combat operati More

Marines from Sgt. Joe L. Wrightsman’s squad embrace each other after paying tribute to the fallen Marine’s monument during a memorial service at Patrol Base Jaker, Afghanistan, July 30. Wrightsman died supporti More

Cpl. Michael R. Gibbons and Cpl. Christina White hold White’s re-enlistment certificate at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, July 31. Gibbons took part in his first re-enlistment ceremony as a career planner July 31. Wh More

Lt. Col. Benjamin T. Watson, commanding officer for 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, speaks with Afghans on current operations in Safaar, Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 4, 2010.

A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, carefully dusts the ground after receiving a confirmation sound from his metal detector during 2/9’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Support Company’s advanced improvised More

Marines and sailors with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, salute 3/6's battalion colors during a battalion transfer of authority ceremony, Aug. 8, at Forward Operating More

Afghan children listen as the Marjah district education director, Nazar Khan Taukalyar, reveals plans for a new school in the Koreh Chareh bazaar area during a school ground-breaking ceremony in Marjah, Afghani More

Seaman Joshua C. Kitchens, a corpsman with Police Mentoring team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, along with a member of the Afghan Uniformed Police, applies a bandage to the foot of an Afghan girl near the More

Yar Mohammad Barak, the district financial minister of Marjah, hands Afghani to an Afghan child in exchange for watermelon at the Koru Chareh bazaar in Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 9. The bazaar has seen business More

Sgt. Mark Peters, a squad leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, engages an Afghan resident during a patrol through Safaar, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2010. The Marines of 3/1 are developing r More

Afghan shop owners follow the Marines out to the bazaar, so the Marines can find out where each shop owners shop is at in Safaar, Garmsir District, Afghanistan, Aug. 12.

Lt. Col. Kyle B. Ellison, left, commanding officer of 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and Sgt. Maj. William Frye, sergeant major of 2/6, salute the memorial stand of Lance Cpl. Abram L. Howard during a memo More

Marines and sailors with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, share a lighthearted moment minutes before conducting an enemy contact patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 14.

An Afghan National Army soldier spikes a volleyball over the net during an evening pickup game of volleyball at Combat Outpost Angry in Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 14. The ANA is co-located with the Marines of Ec More

Lance Cpl. Taylor M. Boyd, a squad automatic weapon gunner with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, checks on his squadmates during a patrol through Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 15, 2010. Boyd, 19, i More

Lance Cpl. Jack Hamilton, a rifleman with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, scans the horizon for insurgents behind a canal bank while taking enemy contact in Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 16. The s More

aMarines from Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and Afghan farmers conduct a re-supply during Operation Big Wave in Khanagawr, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2010. Local farmers assisted the Mari More

Marines and sailors with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, eat dinner with the Afghan National Police in Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2010, during the month-long celebration of Ramadan. Because of the religi More

Marines with Meals on Wheels from Regimental Combat Team 7 all volunteered to come out and cook hot food for the Afghan National Army and Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, in Combat More

Capt. Daniel Nilsson, commanding officer for Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, discusses future community improvement projects with locals after opening a mosque to the public, Aug. 20, in Marja More

Fellow military police dog handlers pay tribute to their fallen brother, Cpl. Max W. Donahue during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Delhi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 21. Donahue was killed More

Lance Cpl. Cole. A. Jenks, a mortarman with Combined Action Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, shows Afghan Army soldier Nazef how to set the fuse on a 60 mm high-explosive mortar round during a missi More

Din Mohamad, an Afghan National Army soldier, fires a 60 mm high-explosive mortar round at Range Juarez, Afghanistan, during a mission rehearsal Aug. 28, 2010. The rehearsal with mortarmen from Combined Action More

Master Sgt. Sean Sargeant and Maj. John Rinaldi, from the 3rd Civil Affairs Group, unload school supplies with help from Afghans at Patrol Base Jaker, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 1. The CAG made a last More

A Marine from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, pays his final respects at the memorials of Cpl. Kristopher D. Greer and Gunnery Sgt. Floyd E. Holley during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Rankel More

Cpl. Michael H. Whorton, an intelligence analyst with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, receives chili dogs from 2/9’s chow hall at Camp Hansen, Marjah, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2010. Each morning food specialis More

Sgt. Christopher Conaway and Cpl. Curtis Wolf, a squad leader and a team leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, help an Afghan boy get his wheelbarrow up an incline while manning a vehicl More

Petty Officer 1st Class Osvaldo Diaz, the Regimental Combat Team 7 independent duty corpsman, sits down with a fellow sailor to conduct his post-deployment health assessment, Sept. 4, after a yearlong deploymen More

Cpl. John A. Galvan, an assistant squad leader with Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected Company, 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, takes a knee by his unit logo poster he drew for his tents, as a show of unit prid More

Marines of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, paid tribute to the life and service of a fallen brother during a memorial service at Combat Outpost Kherse, Marjah, Afghanistan, Sept. 5. Lance Cpl. More

Afghan men, women, and children throughout northern Marjah gathered outside Forward Operating Base Sher Wali in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, to attend an anti-drug summit that ultimately unified a plan for all More

Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, pray in front of battlefield memorials for Sgt. Jason D. Calo and Lance Cpl. Nathaniel J. Schultz during a joint memorial service at Patrol Base Be More

The personal security detachment for Regimental Combat Team 7, patrols through the Loy Chareh bazaar in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, to engage local residents.

Cpl. Anthony Patris, a vehicle commander from Jump Platoon, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, listens in as his interpreter, Nasrullah Sadat, speaks with Afghan boys after an improvised More

Pfc. Gabe French, a team leader with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, pulls out a water bottle for an Afghan boy near the end of a brief patrol after conducting a security sweep at Khalaj High More

Hayatullah, one of the Nawa District governor’s bodyguards, sits atop food donations at the Nawa District governor’s Marine house near the Nawa District Governor’s Center, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2010. Making pur More

Cmdr. Rodney Pray, the surgeon for Regimental Combat Team 7, pulls out his harmonica and plays a few songs whenever he finds a little down time while in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 8. Pray, 56, More

Local government officials and many merchants from all over gather in Marjah for the reopening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the Marketplace in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sept. 11. The reopening of the market marks More

Battlefield crosses represent three recently fallen Marines of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment: Cpl. Philip Charte and Lance Cpl. Cody Roberts, riflemen with the company; and Lance Cpl. Ross Ca More

The identification tags of Cpl. John C. Bishop, a machine gunner with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, are displayed at his memorial service in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 16.

A young Afghan man teaches a brief class to his fellow students at the District Governor Center in Nawa, Afghanistan, during an exercise as part of training to become teachers for an adult literacy program, Sep More

Cpl. Calvin Vaulner, a vehicle commander with Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, walks to the Nawa Police Station after searching for enemy fighters responsible for small-arms fire near P More

Col. Randy Newman, the commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 7, hugs his wife Hillary and 8-year-old son after a yearlong deployment to Helmand province, Afghanistan during the homecoming of RCT-7’s main More

Lt. Col. Michael A. Moore and Sgt. Maj. Douglas E. Berry, the commanding officer and the sergeant major of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, bow their heads in honor of pilots Lt. Col. Mario D. Caraz More

Senator Lindsey Graham, a senior senator from South Carolina, makes his way onto an MV-22 Osprey at the end of a visit to Nawa, Afghanistan, Nov. 11. Graham, along with Senators John McCain, a senior senator fr More

Plans graphics show the intended scope of Operation Golden Gate, a Regional Command-Southwest combined-joint engineering mission to construct a bridge complex spanning the Helmand River in southwest Afghanistan More

Marines with Regimental Combat Team 7 navigate through a flooded off-road trail during a rough terrain driving exercise, May 3. The exercise, a part of “Spartan Resolve 3-2012,” trained the Marines to maneuver More

Marines with Regimental Combat Team 7 fire their M4 carbines while on the move during a range, May 4. The range was part of Spartan Resolve 3-2012, a pre-deployment training exercise designed to prepare Marines More

Marines with Regimental Combat Team 7 fire their M4 carbines while on the move during a range, May 4. The range was part of “Spartan Resolve 3-2012,” a pre-deployment training exercise designed to prepare Marin More

Capt. Pete Priester, the fire support coordinator with Regimental Combat Team 7, awaits an inbound A-10 Warthog during a call for close air support exercise, May 5. The exercise was a part of “Spartan Resolve 3 More

Marines with Personal Security Detachment, Regimental Combat Team 7, practice firing while moving laterally during training, May 10. The training, which was part of “Spartan Resolve 3-2012,” focused on teachin More

Lance Cpl. David Caicedo, administrative specialist, Regimental Combat Team 7, reads a book for the United for Reading program at the library here, May 15. Caicedo, who read “How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight,” by More

Master Sgt. Steven Hernandez, assistant operations chief, Regimental Combat Team-7, receives the Meritorious Service Medal during an awards ceremony here, June 19. Colonel Austin Renforth, commanding officer, R More

Lt. Col. Seth Folsom, outgoing battalion commander of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, hands the battalion guidon to Lt. Col. Edward Greeley, the incoming battalion commander of 3rd Bn., 7th Marines, during More

Marines with Regimental Combat Team-7 wait for instructions during gas chamber training here, June 29. The Marines practiced donning, clearing, and drinking water with the gas mask. The gas chamber is one of th More

Corporal Michael Kelly, a fire support man with Regimental Combat Team-7, shakes hands with Maj. Rudy Salcido, the commanding officer of Headquarters Company, RCT-7, after being promoted to his current rank her More

Major Omaar Hernandez, the assistant air officer with Regimental Combat Team-7, repeats the oath of office after being promoted to his current rank here, July 2. Hernandez, a native of Orlando, is preparing to More

Corporal Richard Davis, a data operator with Regimental Combat Team-7 and his daughter, June, play in the wade pool during a Family Day here, July 2. The Family Day event was designed to build relationships bet More

Lance Corporal Jordan Walker, a squad automatic weapon gunner with the Personal Security Detachment, Regimental Combat Team-7, provides security while Lance Cpl. Zachary Bowden, a dismounted sweeper with PSD, R More

Marines with Personal Security Detail, Regimental Combat Team-7, practice using the Thor III, a remote-controlled improvised explosive device jammer, during counter-IED training at Camp Wilson, July 18. The jam More

An UH-1Y ‘Venom’ provides close air support during a Fire Support Coordination Exercise as part of Enhanced Mojave Viper 7-12, July 24. Marines with Regimental Combat Team-7 coordinated close air support and ar More