The Second Battle of Fallujah Operation Al-Fajr and Operation Phantom Fury and the insurgent attacks in and around Fallujah. In September 2006 a push was mounted lasting until January 2007.

The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force attacks the Republican Guard's Baghdad Division, capturing a bridge and crossing the Tigris River. Air Force Maj.

In the beginning of the battle of Baghdad, U.S. forces have started a major ground offensive against at least two Republican Guard divisions -- the Medina and Baghdad divisions -- south of the Iraqi capital. U.S. forces engage Iraqi Republican Guard troops in a major fight in Karbala. In Nasiriya, U.S. Marines go block by block mopping up and attacking paramilitary units loyal to Saddam Hussein. The 1st Battalion of the 7th Marines secured two sites on the outskirts of Kut, an ancient city whose location on the Tigris River about 40 miles south of Baghdad makes it strategically important.

U.S. Marines fight off an ambush in the southeastern city of Nasiriya, with Iraqi forces supported by artillery. Thousands of civilians trying to flee Basra were fired upon by Iraqi paramilitaries. Three U.S. Marine infantry battalions occupy the northern and southern parts of Nasiriya.

Bush forces a U.S. Coalition role in Iraq. Units include the 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, the U.S. Third Division and First Marine Expeditionary Force. A combined British air and ground assault took control of Iraq's Faw Peninsula while U.S. Marines lead an assault on the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr.

U.S. and Coalition forces build up in Kuwait including Marine air and ground power and "Shock and Awe" begins with heavy air strikes against Iraqi forces.

Marines of the 15th and 26th Expeditionary Unit were the first conventional forces into Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in November of 2001. The Marines land in Kandahar.

The fall of the Al Jaber Airfield and the tank fight at the Kuwait International Airport; The Marines and the fall of Kuwait City.

The Marines ground war begins. The Marines take 16,000 prisoners in one day. The Reveille Counterattack, Marine Task Force Papa Bear meets the enemy at point blank range and the battle for the Burquan Oil Fields.

Marines mount small unit special ops. Marine airpower is unleashed on Iraq and Marine pilots have a 'turkey shoot' against the 5th Iraqi Mechanized Division.

The first troops engaged were the Marines when Iraqi forces attacked the Saudi city. The Battle of Khafji provided Coalition troops an indication of the manner in which Operation Desert Storm would be fought in the weeks to come.

Desert Storm was the largest single operation in Marine Corps history. Nearly 91,000 Leathernecks took part.