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On November 7, 2004, the second Battle of Fallujah began. It was known as Operation Phantom Fury. U.S. military called it "some of the heaviest urban combat U.S. Marines and Soldiers have been involved in since Huế City in 1968.” #USMC #Marines #Fallujah #Military #History

On November 6, 2004, Sgt Morgan Strader, with Kilo Co., 3/1, talks with a fellow marine less than 24 hours before they assault the city of Fallujah. Sgt. Strader would be killed in action on November 12, 2004. (Photo by Lucian Read) #USMC #Marines #Fallujah #Military #History

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, pose for a picture before their assault on the city of Fallujah for Operation Phantom Fury, November 2004. (Photo by Lucia Read) #USMC #Marines #WarriorWednesday #Military #Fallujah

No matter how extreme or challenging the weather, region, or physical location on the planet, we will always accomplish our mission. #Military #Marines #Army #Navy #AirForce

U.S. Marines using rifle grenades, hand grenades, and "Molotov cocktails" as they battle Japanese troops holed up in caves in the northern part of island of Peleliu, September 1944. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense) #USMC #Marines #Peleliu #WWII #Military #History

Freedom is never free! Wear red today to support and remember our troops currently deployed overseas! Rah! 🇺🇸 #REDFriday #Military #Supportourtroops

Lance Cpl. Joseph Nunez and Viky, an IED detection dog, both attached to Fox Co., 2/2, search a compound for hidden threats during Operation Grizzly in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 18, 2013. (Photo by Cpl. Alejandro Pena) #USMC #Afghanistan #Military #WarriorWednesday

The Beirut Memorial statue stands tall and proud at the Beirut Memorial at Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina. This year marks the 43rd anniversary of the terrorist attack on October 23, 1983. (Photo by Cpl. Antonino Mazzamuto) #USMC #Beirut #Memorial

A U.S. Marine looks to the heavens as he holds an American flag while mourning the loss of his friends after the terrorist bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983. (Photo by Mark Foley/Associated Press) #USMC #Beirut #Lebanon #NeverForget

On October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb at the building serving as a barracks for 1st Battalion 8th Marines, killing 220 Marines, 18 sailors and 3 soldiers in Beirut, Lebanon. #USMC #USArmy #USNavy #Beirut #Lebanon #Military #History #NeverForget

On Oct. 22, 2015, SGM Thomas Payne was part of a nighttime rescue mission in the town of Hawija, Iraq, to free dozens of Iraqi hostages, scheduled for execution. His actions that night, made him the first living Delta Force member to receive the Medal of Honor. #MedalofHonor

A U.S. Marine with Lima Co., 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, takes cover in an orchard in the Now Zad Valley, Afghanistan, on Dec. 4, 2009. The Marines cleared out the insurgent so the local Afghans could return to their homes. (Photo by Cpl. Daniel M. Moman) #USMC #Military

You carried up to half your body weight for countless numbers of missions. Equating up to hundreds miles throughout years of service. Traversing up and down numerous mountains. But, the VA will say your chronic pains are not service related. #Military #Veterans #USMC #Vets

A Marine sniper sights through the scope of his 7.62mm M-40A1 sniper rifle from a sand bag rest in the Marine compound near the Beirut International Airport, October 1, 1983. (Photo courtesy of U.S. National Archives) #USMC #Marines #Beirut #Lebanon #Military #History

Freedom is never free! Wear red today to support and remember our troops currently deployed overseas! Rah! 🇺🇸 #REDFriday #Military #Supportourtroops

Then, 18 year old, Pfc. Stanley A. Parks, holds his flamethrower, next to his buddy, Randolph Peters, who carries a .30-caliber carbine, during the battle on Peleliu, September 1944. (Photo courtesy of USMC) #USMC #Marines #WWII #WorldWarII #Peleliu #Military #History

Cpl. Matthew Vogel, with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, puts on a PVS-14 night vision system while preparing to conduct a mission rehearsal at Camp Bastion in Helmand province, June 2, 2013. (Photo by Cpl Kowshon Ye) #USMC #Afghanistan #Military #WarriorWednesday

"It's been my experience, Lieutenant... heavy shit is highly overrated." (Battle: Los Angeles, 2011) #BattleLosAngeles #Movies #Quotes #USMC #Marines #AaronEckhart