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Major General (MGEN) Carl A. Strock, left, shows Mr. Les Brownlee, right, the Under Secretary of the US Army (USA), the renovations being made to the Pole-E-Charki School by the Coalition Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force in Kabul, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Ecuadorian boys watch as Seabees assigned to Naval

Members of the U.S. military and Iraqi contractors

U.S. Soldiers with the 149th Vertical Construction

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A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment tent area facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment facility build by US Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan

The hallway inhabited by the Command Element 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

The hallway inhabited by the Command Element 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the water point manned by Marines attached to the 26th Marine Service Support Group, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

A view of the Al-Qaida/Taliban detainment facility built by Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), as seen from the air traffic control tower at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Base: Kandahar International Airport

Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles G. Grow

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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On March 27, 2006, U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Platoon, 463rd Military Police went to Khadi Miya Traffic Police Station check the on going progress of Iraqi Police. During the visit Iraqi Police's conducted Tactical Control Point's, vehicle search training, digital fingerprint scanning with voice identification and daily operations. U.S. Army spc. Patrick Hart operated the Digital Fingerpring Scanner.(U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr.) (Released)

Sgt. James Crawford III, an infantryman in 1st Platoon,

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Joint Task Force D.C. Public Affairs soldiers help cover inauguration

Newly designed large mobile air traffic control tower (LMATCT) are staged at Weapons Station Charleston on Joint Base Charleston in preparation for final inspections and electronics testing.

US Air Force Technical Sergeant James Keiffer (top, pointing) and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN Ray Fought, 235th Air Traffic Control Flight use a Hungarian/English translation book to make conversation with a group of Hungarian soldiers. Air Traffic Controllers from the 60th Operations Support Squadron (OSS), Travis Air Force Base, California, and the 30th OSS, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, work alongside Hungarian controllers in the air traffic control tower at Taszar Air Force Base, Hungary

Sgt. Alejandro Cruz scans the area through the scope

Cpl. Marcus Owens, an infantry Soldier of 1st Platoon,

Illumination flares fired by Marines and Army soldiers, viewed from inside the terminal at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

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