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United States Marine Corps
A community portal about United States Marine Corps with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea... [more]
A community portal about United States Marine Corps with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea, utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. Alongside the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps operates under the United States Department of the Navy.
Today, Nov. 10, is the 234th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Older than the nation it helps to defend, on Nov. 10, 1775, the Continental Congress resolved that two battalions of American Marines "be inlisted (sp) and commissioned to serve for and during the present war between Great Britain and the colonies." Capt. Samuel Nichols was commissioned the first Marine Corps officer. Nichols, a young 30-year-old, was a native...
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