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US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Garza, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), uses the M98A1 Command Launch Unit (CLU) of the JAVELIN Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System Medium to look for enemy tanks during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia. The CLU can provide a 9.2X magnification of the area of interest

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Garza uses the M98A1 Command Launch Unit of a JAVELIN Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System Medium, to look for enemy forces as USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Hammond and (LCPL) Robinson, scan the horizon during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia. The USMC Marines are with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Garza, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), prepares to fire a JAVELIN Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System Medium (M98A1) on enemy tanks as fellow Marines look on during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Olivas, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), looks through a JAVELIN Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System ß Medium eyepiece looking for enemy forces during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Robinson points out a good target to USMC Corporal (CPL) Garza, both with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), as he prepares to fire a JAVELIN Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System Medium (M98A1) on enemy tanks during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Aaron R. Jacobs, F/Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) mans a Mark 19 Mod 3 40mm automatic grenade machine gun, mounted atop a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) truck at a gun position in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Riley (left) and USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Garza, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), fix the M64/M64A1 sight unit on an 81 mm M252 mortar as they prepare to fire on enemy targets during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia

U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle gunner Lance Corporal Jose Lopez makes adjustments to an M252 81mm Medium Extended Range Mortar while "A" gunner Private First Class Chris Worley sights in the next 81mm Motar round. The 3rd Light Armored Recon Company along with other U.S. and Australian Forces is joining together to take part in exercise Crocodile '99 in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Mattew Fontenot and Private First Class (PFC) Bryan Englert, Combined Anti-Armor Team, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV), prepare a Hughes TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire command link guided missile) heavy anti-tank weapon system during a live-fire exercise as a part of Fuji Combined Arms Operation FY-04-2

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Garza, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), uses the M98A1 Command Launch Unit (CLU) of the JAVELIN Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System Medium to look for enemy tanks during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia. The CLU can provide a 9.2X magnification of the area of interest

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Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003

Base: Camp Samuel Hill

State: Queensland

Country: Australia (AUS)

Scene Major Command Shown: Golf 2nd Bn 3rd Mar

Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nicholas J. Riddle, 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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marine cpl garza golf golf company battalion regiment command launch unit command launch unit clu javelin anti tank weapon system medium anti tank weapon system medium enemy tanks enemy tanks exercise crocodile exercise crocodile shoalwater bay shoalwater bay australia magnification x magnification interest us marine corps training exercise marine regiment united states marine corps handheld rocket launcher sports lance corporal high resolution m 98 a 1 command launch unit scene major command camp samuel hill lcpl nicholas military exercise marine company javelin missile anti tank missile system us national archives