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href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Foundation_and_American_Revolutionary_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Foundation_and_American_Revolutionary_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Foundation and American Revolutionary War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Foundation_and_American_Revolutionary_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-War_of_1812_and_afterward" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#War_of_1812_and_afterward"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>War of 1812 and afterward</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-War_of_1812_and_afterward-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-American_Civil_War_to_World_War_I" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#American_Civil_War_to_World_War_I"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>American Civil War to World War I</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-American_Civil_War_to_World_War_I-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_War_I" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_War_I"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>World War I</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_War_I-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-World_War_II" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#World_War_II"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>World War II</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-World_War_II-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Korean_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Korean_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Korean War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Korean_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vietnam_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vietnam_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Vietnam War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vietnam_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interim:_Vietnam_War_to_the_War_on_Terror" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interim:_Vietnam_War_to_the_War_on_Terror"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Interim: Vietnam War to the War on Terror</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interim:_Vietnam_War_to_the_War_on_Terror-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Global_War_on_Terrorism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Global_War_on_Terrorism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Global War on Terrorism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Global_War_on_Terrorism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Afghanistan_Campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Afghanistan_Campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.1</span> <span>Afghanistan Campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Afghanistan_Campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iraq_Campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iraq_Campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.2</span> <span>Iraq Campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iraq_Campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operations_in_Africa" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operations_in_Africa"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9.3</span> <span>Operations in Africa</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operations_in_Africa-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reshaped_for_China_threat" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reshaped_for_China_threat"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Reshaped for China threat</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reshaped_for_China_threat-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Organization" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Organization"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Organization</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Organization-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Organization subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Organization-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Department_of_the_Navy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Department_of_the_Navy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Department of the Navy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Department_of_the_Navy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Headquarters_Marine_Corps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Headquarters_Marine_Corps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Headquarters Marine Corps</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Headquarters_Marine_Corps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operating_Forces" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operating_Forces"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Operating Forces</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operating_Forces-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3.1</span> <span>Marine Air-Ground Task Force</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Supporting_Establishment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Supporting_Establishment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Supporting Establishment</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Supporting_Establishment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Marine_Corps_bases_and_stations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marine_Corps_bases_and_stations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Marine Corps bases and stations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marine_Corps_bases_and_stations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Marine_Forces_Reserve" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Marine_Forces_Reserve"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Marine Forces Reserve</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Marine_Forces_Reserve-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_operations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_operations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Special operations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_operations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Personnel</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Personnel subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Leadership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Leadership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Leadership</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Leadership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Women" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Women"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Women</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Women-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Racial_Integration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Racial_Integration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Racial Integration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Racial_Integration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rank_structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rank_structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Rank structure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rank_structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Commissioned_officers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Commissioned_officers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.1</span> <span>Commissioned officers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Commissioned_officers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Warrant_officers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Warrant_officers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.2</span> <span>Warrant officers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Warrant_officers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Enlisted" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Enlisted"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.3</span> <span>Enlisted</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Enlisted-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_Occupational_Specialty" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_Occupational_Specialty"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Military Occupational Specialty</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_Occupational_Specialty-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Initial_training" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Initial_training"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.6</span> <span>Initial training</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Initial_training-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uniforms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uniforms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Uniforms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Uniforms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Culture</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Official_traditions_and_customs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Official_traditions_and_customs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Official traditions and customs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Official_traditions_and_customs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unofficial_traditions_and_customs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unofficial_traditions_and_customs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Unofficial traditions and customs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unofficial_traditions_and_customs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Negative_associations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Negative_associations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Negative associations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Negative_associations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Veteran_marines" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Veteran_marines"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Veteran marines</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Veteran_marines-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Martial_arts_program" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Martial_arts_program"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Martial arts program</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Martial_arts_program-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Equipment" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equipment"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Equipment</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Equipment subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Equipment-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Infantry_weapons" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Infantry_weapons"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Infantry weapons</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Infantry_weapons-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ground_vehicles" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ground_vehicles"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Ground vehicles</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ground_vehicles-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aircraft" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aircraft"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Aircraft</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aircraft-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Relationship_with_other_services" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Relationship_with_other_services"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Relationship with other services</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Relationship_with_other_services-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Relationship with other services subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Relationship_with_other_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-United_States_Navy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Navy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>United States Navy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Navy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States_Army" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Army"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>United States Army</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Army-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States_Air_Force" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Air_Force"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>United States Air Force</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Air_Force-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States_Coast_Guard" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Coast_Guard"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>United States Coast Guard</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Coast_Guard-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Budget" class="vector-toc-list-item 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<span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.1</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13.2</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A9" title="قوات مشاة بحرية الولايات المتحدة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قوات مشاة بحرية الولايات المتحدة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB%C5%9E_D%C9%99niz_Piyadalar%C4%B1_Korpusu" title="ABŞ Dəniz Piyadaları Korpusu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="ABŞ Dəniz Piyadaları Korpusu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80" title="মার্কিন নৌসেনাবাহিনী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মার্কিন নৌসেনাবাহিনী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AD-kok_H%C3%A1i-peng-t%C5%ABi" title="Bí-kok Hái-peng-tūi – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bí-kok Hái-peng-tūi" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%8F%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%97%D0%A8%D0%90" title="Корпус марской пяхоты ЗША – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Корпус марской пяхоты ЗША" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D1%89%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Корпус на морската пехота на Съединените щати – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Корпус на морската пехота на Съединените щати" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korf_Fuzuilhourien-vor_ar_Stado%C3%B9-Unanet" title="Korf Fuzuilhourien-vor ar Stadoù-Unanet – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Korf Fuzuilhourien-vor ar Stadoù-Unanet" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cos_de_Marines_dels_Estats_Units_d%27Am%C3%A8rica" title="Cos de Marines dels Estats Units d'Amèrica – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Cos de Marines dels Estats Units d'Amèrica" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1mo%C5%99n%C3%AD_p%C4%9Bchota_Spojen%C3%BDch_st%C3%A1t%C5%AF_americk%C3%BDch" title="Námořní pěchota Spojených států amerických – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Námořní pěchota Spojených států amerických" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfflu_M%C3%B4r-filwyr_yr_Unol_Daleithiau" title="Corfflu Môr-filwyr yr Unol Daleithiau – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Corfflu Môr-filwyr yr Unol Daleithiau" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameerika_%C3%9Chendriikide_merejalav%C3%A4gi" title="Ameerika Ühendriikide merejalavägi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ameerika Ühendriikide merejalavägi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%8E%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CE%A0%CE%B5%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%97%CE%A0%CE%91" title="Σώμα Πεζοναυτών των ΗΠΑ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σώμα Πεζοναυτών των ΗΠΑ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuerpo_de_Marines_de_los_Estados_Unidos" title="Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cuerpo de Marines de los Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usona_Marinfanteria_Korpuso" title="Usona Marinfanteria Korpuso – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Usona Marinfanteria Korpuso" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriketako_Estatu_Batuetako_Marineen_Gorputza" title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Marineen Gorputza – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ameriketako Estatu Batuetako Marineen Gorputza" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="سپاه تفنگداران دریایی ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سپاه تفنگداران دریایی ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%91%EB%8C%80" title="미국 해병대 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국 해병대" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%84%D5%86_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%B0%D5%A5%D5%BF%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AB_%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BA%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD" title="ԱՄՆ ծովային հետևակի կորպուս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="ԱՄՆ ծովային հետևակի կորպուս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0" title="संयुक्त राज्य समुद्री कोर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="संयुक्त राज्य समुद्री कोर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornari%C4%8Dki_zbor_Sjedinjenih_Dr%C5%BEava" title="Mornarički zbor Sjedinjenih Država – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mornarički zbor Sjedinjenih Država" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korps_Marinir_Amerika_Serikat" title="Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA" title="חיל הנחתים של ארצות הברית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חיל הנחתים של ארצות הברית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASV_J%C5%ABras_k%C4%81jnieku_korpuss" title="ASV Jūras kājnieku korpuss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="ASV Jūras kājnieku korpuss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungtini%C5%B3_Valstij%C5%B3_j%C5%ABr%C5%B3_p%C4%97stinink%C5%B3_korpusas" title="Jungtinių Valstijų jūrų pėstininkų korpusas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jungtinių Valstijų jūrų pėstininkų korpusas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az_Amerikai_Egyes%C3%BClt_%C3%81llamok_Tenger%C3%A9szgyalogs%C3%A1ga" title="Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok Tengerészgyalogsága – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Az Amerikai Egyesült Államok Tengerészgyalogsága" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kor_Marin_Amerika_Syarikat" title="Kor Marin Amerika Syarikat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kor Marin Amerika Syarikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E6%B5%B7%E5%85%B5%E9%9A%8A" title="アメリカ海兵隊 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカ海兵隊" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="امریکی میرین – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="امریکی میرین" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpo_de_Fuzileiros_Navais_dos_Estados_Unidos" title="Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais dos Estados Unidos – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais dos Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro 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English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="United States Marine Corps" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpus_mornari%C5%A1ke_pehote_Zdru%C5%BEenih_dr%C5%BEav_Amerike" title="Korpus mornariške pehote Združenih držav Amerike – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Korpus mornariške pehote Združenih držav Amerike" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a 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Marines</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span>United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">Maritime land force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">Amphibious warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">Expeditionary warfare</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>180,958 active personnel (as of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt 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11 VH-3D and 8 VH-60N of HMX-1<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> not listed by WAF 2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a><br /><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a><br /><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington County, Virginia</a>, U.S.</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">"Jarheads", "<a href="/wiki/Devil_Dog" title="Devil Dog">Devil Dogs</a>", "Teufel Hunden", "Leathernecks"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Semper_fidelis#The_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Semper fidelis">Semper fidelis</a></i> ("Always faithful")</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Scarlet and gold<sup id="cite_ref-colors_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-colors-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_President_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="651" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></th><td 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href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_the_Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1548" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Smith_(general)" title="Eric Smith (general)">Eric M. Smith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_general.svg/25px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_general.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_general.svg/38px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_general.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_general.svg/50px-Flag_of_a_United_States_Marine_Corps_general.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/Christopher_J._Mahoney" title="Christopher J. 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">U.S. Department of the Army</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="889" data-file-height="889" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">U.S. Department of the Navy</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="356" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">U.S. Department of the Air Force</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Military services</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/40px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/60px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/80px-Mark_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">United States Marine Corps</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/40px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/60px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg/80px-Emblem_of_the_United_States_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/40px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/60px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg/80px-U.S._Air_Force_service_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png/40px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png/60px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png/80px-United_States_Space_Force_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="504" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#3C3B6E; color:#f9f9f9;"> Command structure</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Unified combatant commands</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Africa_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="792" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_United_States_Central_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USEUCOM.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/40px-USEUCOM.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/60px-USEUCOM.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/USEUCOM.svg/80px-USEUCOM.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="220" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/40px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/60px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg/80px-US_Indo-Pacific_Command_Seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="419" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Northern_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1025" data-file-height="1025" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Southern_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="491" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Cyber_Command.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="603" data-file-height="603" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/40px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/60px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg/80px-United_States_Space_Command_emblem_2019.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/40px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="48" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/60px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg/80px-United_States_Special_Operations_Command_Insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="190" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg/40px-US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg/60px-US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg/80px-US_Strategic_Command_Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1733" data-file-height="1733" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic Command</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/40px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/60px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg/80px-US-TRANSCOM-Emblem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation Command</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist" style="text-align:left;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Combat support agencies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg/40px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg/60px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_Defense_Contract_Management_Agency.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Management_Agency" title="Defense Contract Management Agency">Defense Contract Management Agency</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png/40px-US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png/60px-US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png/80px-US_Defense_Health_Agency_seal.png 2x" data-file-width="2192" data-file-height="2192" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Defense_Health_Agency" title="Defense Health Agency">Defense Health Agency</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DISA_Seal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/DISA_Seal.png/40px-DISA_Seal.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/DISA_Seal.png/60px-DISA_Seal.png 1.5x, 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title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_Armed_Forces_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States Armed Forces sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United States Marine Corps</b> (<b>USMC</b>), also referred to as the <b>United States Marines</b>, is the <a href="/wiki/Marines" title="Marines">maritime land force</a> service branch of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a> responsible for conducting <a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">expeditionary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious operations">amphibious operations</a><sup id="cite_ref-OMFTS_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMFTS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> through <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a>, implementing its own <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">aerial</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the eight <a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">uniformed services of the United States</a>. </p><p>The Marine Corps has been part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">United States Department of the Navy</a> since 30 June 1834 with its sister service, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The USMC operates <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_installations" title="List of United States Marine Corps installations">installations</a> on land and aboard sea-going <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">amphibious warfare ships</a> around the world. Additionally, several of the Marines' tactical <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">aviation</a> squadrons, primarily Marine Fighter Attack squadrons, are also embedded in Navy <a href="/wiki/Carrier_air_wing" title="Carrier air wing">carrier air wings</a> and operate from the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The history of the Marine Corps began when two <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a> of <a href="/wiki/Continental_Marines" title="Continental Marines">Continental Marines</a> were formed on 10 November 1775 in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> as a service branch of infantry troops capable of fighting both at sea and on shore.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific theater</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Corps took the lead in a massive campaign of amphibious warfare, <a href="/wiki/Leapfrogging_(strategy)" title="Leapfrogging (strategy)">advancing from island to island</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USMC-WW2-I-I-2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USMC-WW2-I-I-2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USMC-WW2-IV-II-1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USMC-WW2-IV-II-1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USMC-WW2-V-VI-1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USMC-WW2-V-VI-1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022, the USMC has around 177,200 active duty members and some 32,400 personnel in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">reserve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DoD_Budget_and_Manpower_Details_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoD_Budget_and_Manpower_Details-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mission">Mission</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As outlined in <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">10 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/5063">§ 5063</a> and as originally introduced under the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a>, three primary areas of responsibility for the U.S. Marine Corps are: </p> <ul><li>Seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and other land operations to support <a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">naval campaigns</a>;</li> <li>Development of tactics, technique, and equipment used by amphibious landing forces in coordination with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a>; and</li> <li>Such other duties as the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> or <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a> may direct.</li></ul> <p>This last clause derives from similar language in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congressional</a> acts <i>"For the Better Organization of the Marine Corps"</i> of 1834 and <i>"Establishing and Organizing a Marine Corps"</i> of 1798. In 1951, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives'</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">Armed Services Committee</a> called the clause "one of the most important statutory – and traditional – functions of the Marine Corps". It noted that the Corps has more often than not performed actions of a non-naval nature, including its famous actions in <a href="/wiki/First_Barbary_War" title="First Barbary War">Tripoli</a>, the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chapultepec" title="Battle of Chapultepec">Chapultepec</a>, and numerous <a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">counterinsurgency</a> and occupational duties (such as those in Central America, <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>). While these actions are not accurately described as support of naval campaigns nor as amphibious warfare, their common thread is that they are of an expeditionary nature, using the mobility of the Navy to provide timely intervention in foreign affairs on behalf of American interests.<sup id="cite_ref-Estes_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estes-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">Marine Band</a>, dubbed the "President's Own" by <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>, provides music for state functions at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marines from Ceremonial Companies A & B, quartered in <a href="/wiki/Marine_Barracks,_Washington,_D.C." title="Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.">Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.</a>, guard presidential retreats, including <a href="/wiki/Camp_David" title="Camp David">Camp David</a>, and the Marines of the Executive Flight Detachment of <a href="/wiki/HMX-1" title="HMX-1">HMX-1</a> provide helicopter transport to the President and <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a>, with the radio call signs "<a href="/wiki/Marine_One" title="Marine One">Marine One</a>" and "Marine Two", respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Executive Flight Detachment also provides helicopter transport to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Cabinet">Cabinet members</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Very_important_person" title="Very important person">VIPs</a>. By authority of the 1946 Foreign Service Act, the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Security_Guard" title="Marine Security Guard">Marine Security Guards</a> of the Marine Embassy Security Command provide security for American <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_mission" title="Diplomatic mission">embassies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Legation" title="Legation">legations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Consul_(representative)" title="Consul (representative)">consulates</a> at more than 140 posts worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The relationship between the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">Department of State</a> and the U.S. Marine Corps is nearly as old as the Corps itself. For over 200 years, Marines have served at the request of various <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">Secretaries of State</a>. After <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, an alert, disciplined force was needed to protect American embassies, consulates, and legations throughout the world. In 1947, a proposal was made that the Department of Defense furnish Marine Corps personnel for Foreign Service guard duty under the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. A formal Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the Department of State and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> on 15 December 1948, and 83 Marines were deployed to overseas missions. During the first year of the program, 36 detachments were deployed worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historical_mission">Historical mission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Marine Corps was founded to serve as an infantry unit aboard naval vessels and was responsible for the security of the ship and its crew by conducting offensive and defensive combat during <a href="/wiki/Naval_boarding" title="Naval boarding">boarding actions</a> and defending the ship's officers from <a href="/wiki/Mutiny" title="Mutiny">mutiny</a>; to the latter end, their quarters on the ship were often strategically positioned between the officers' quarters and the rest of the vessel. Continental Marines manned raiding parties, both at sea and ashore. America's first amphibious assault landing occurred early in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>, on 3 March 1776, as the Marines gained control of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Montagu" title="Fort Montagu">Fort Montagu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Fort_of_Nassau" title="Old Fort of Nassau">Fort Nassau</a>, a <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> ammunition depot and naval port in <a href="/wiki/New_Providence" title="New Providence">New Providence</a>, the Bahamas. The role of the Marine Corps has expanded significantly since then; as the importance of its original naval mission declined with changing naval warfare doctrine and the professionalization of the naval service, the Corps adapted by focusing on formerly secondary missions ashore. The Advanced Base Doctrine of the early 20th century codified their combat duties ashore, outlining the use of Marines in the seizure of bases and other duties on land to support naval campaigns. In 1987, the USMC Sea School was closed; in 1998, all Marine Detachments on board ships were disbanded. </p><p>Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. Marine detachments served in their traditional duties as a ship's landing force, manning the ship's weapons and providing shipboard security. Marine detachments were augmented by members of the ship's company for landing parties, such as in the <a href="/wiki/First_Sumatran_expedition" title="First Sumatran expedition">First Sumatran expedition</a> of 1832 and continuing in the Caribbean and <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of Veracruz">Mexican campaigns</a> of the early 20th centuries. Marines developed tactics and techniques of amphibious assault on defended coastlines in time for use in World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawliss_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawliss-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During World War II, Marines continued to serve on capital ships, and some were assigned to man anti-aircraft batteries.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1950,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry Truman</a> responded to a message from U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Gordon_L._McDonough" title="Gordon L. McDonough">Gordon L. McDonough</a>. McDonough had urged President Truman to add Marine representation on the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. President Truman, writing in a letter addressed to McDonough, stated, "The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Stalin's</a>." McDonough then inserted <a class="external text" href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Letter,_Harry_Truman_to_Gordon_McDonough,_29_August_1950_(15310975758).jpg">President Truman's letter</a>, dated 29 August 1950, into the <i><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Record" title="Congressional Record">Congressional Record</a></i>. Congressmen and Marine organizations reacted, calling President Truman's remarks an insult, and demanded an apology. Truman apologized to the Marine commandant at the time, writing, "I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps." While Truman had apologized for his metaphor, he did not alter his position that the Marine Corps should continue to report to the Navy secretary. He made amends only by making a surprise visit to the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_League" title="Marine Corps League">Marine Corps League</a> a few days later, when he reiterated, "When I make a mistake, I try to correct it. I try to make as few as possible." He received a standing ovation.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When gun cruisers were retired by the end of the 1970s, the remaining Marine detachments were only seen on battleships and carriers. Its original mission of providing shipboard security ended in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capabilities">Capabilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Capabilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Marine Corps fulfills a critical military role as an amphibious warfare force. It is capable of <a href="/wiki/Asymmetric_warfare" title="Asymmetric warfare">asymmetric warfare</a> with <a href="/wiki/Conventional_warfare" title="Conventional warfare">conventional</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irregular_warfare" title="Irregular warfare">irregular</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_warfare" title="Hybrid warfare">hybrid forces</a>. While the Marine Corps does not employ any unique capabilities, as a force, it can rapidly deploy a combined-arms task force to almost anywhere in the world within days. The basic structure for all deployed units is a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a> (MAGTF) that integrates a <a href="/wiki/Ground_combat_element" title="Ground combat element">ground combat element</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Aviation_combat_element" title="Aviation combat element">aviation combat element</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Logistics_combat_element" title="Logistics combat element">logistics combat element</a> under a common <a href="/wiki/Command_element_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Command element (United States Marine Corps)">command element</a>. While the creation of joint commands under the <a href="/wiki/Goldwater%E2%80%93Nichols_Act" title="Goldwater–Nichols Act">Goldwater–Nichols Act</a> has improved interservice coordination between each branch, the Corps's ability to permanently maintain integrated multielement task forces under a single command provides a smoother implementation of combined-arms warfare principles.<sup id="cite_ref-Warren_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warren-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine-31st.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Marine-31st.jpg/220px-Marine-31st.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Marine-31st.jpg/330px-Marine-31st.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Marine-31st.jpg/440px-Marine-31st.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5414" data-file-height="3609" /></a><figcaption>U.S. Marines from the <a href="/wiki/31st_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="31st Marine Expeditionary Unit">31st Marine Expeditionary Unit</a> training</figcaption></figure> <p>The close integration of disparate Marine units stems from an organizational culture centered on the infantry. Every other Marine capability exists to support the infantry. Unlike some Western militaries, the Corps remained conservative against theories proclaiming the ability of new weapons to win wars independently. For example, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine aviation</a> has always been focused on <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a> and has remained largely uninfluenced by air power theories proclaiming that <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">strategic bombing</a> can single-handedly win wars.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawliss_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawliss-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Every_Marine_is_a_rifleman"></span>This focus on the infantry is matched with the doctrine of "Every Marine [is] a rifleman", a precept of Commandant <a href="/wiki/Alfred_M._Gray,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred M. Gray, Jr.">Alfred M. Gray, Jr.</a>, emphasizing the infantry combat abilities of every Marine. All Marines, regardless of <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_MOS" title="List of United States Marine Corps MOS">military specialization</a>, receive training as a <a href="/wiki/Rifleman" title="Rifleman">rifleman</a>, and all officers receive additional training as infantry platoon commanders.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During World War II at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island" title="Battle of Wake Island">Battle of Wake Island</a>, when all the Marine aircraft were destroyed, pilots continued the fight as ground officers, leading supply clerks and cooks in a final defensive effort.<sup id="cite_ref-Heinl_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heinl-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flexibility of execution is implemented via an emphasis on "<a href="/wiki/Intent_(military)" title="Intent (military)">commander's intent</a>" as a guiding principle for carrying out orders, specifying the end state but leaving open the method of execution.<sup id="cite_ref-Lind_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lind-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The amphibious assault techniques developed for World War II evolved, with the addition of <a href="/wiki/Air_assault" title="Air assault">air assault</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">maneuver warfare</a> doctrine, into the current "<i>Operational Maneuver from the Sea</i>" doctrine of <a href="/wiki/Power_projection" title="Power projection">power projection</a> from the seas.<sup id="cite_ref-OMFTS_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMFTS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marines are credited with developing helicopter insertion doctrine and were the earliest in the American military to widely adopt maneuver-warfare principles, which emphasize low-level initiative and flexible execution. In light of recent warfare that has strayed from the Corps's traditional missions,<sup id="cite_ref-2ndarmy_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndarmy-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Marines have renewed an emphasis on amphibious capabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Tarawa_operations.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/USS_Tarawa_operations.jpg/220px-USS_Tarawa_operations.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/USS_Tarawa_operations.jpg/330px-USS_Tarawa_operations.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/USS_Tarawa_operations.jpg/440px-USS_Tarawa_operations.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit depart <a href="/wiki/USS_Tarawa_(LHA-1)" title="USS Tarawa (LHA-1)">USS <i>Tarawa</i> (LHA-1)</a>, using both a Landing Craft Utility and CH-53E "Super Stallion" helicopters, during amphibious operations in Kuwait, 2003.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marine Corps relies on the Navy for <a href="/wiki/Sealift" title="Sealift">sealift</a> to provide its rapid deployment capabilities. In addition to basing a third of the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Force</a> in Japan, <a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit" title="Marine expeditionary unit">Marine expeditionary units</a> (MEU) are typically stationed at sea so they can function as first responders to international incidents.<sup id="cite_ref-ChenowethNihart_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChenowethNihart-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To aid rapid deployment, the <a href="/wiki/Military_Sealift_Command" title="Military Sealift Command">Maritime Pre-Positioning System</a> was developed: Fleets of <a href="/wiki/Container_ship" title="Container ship">container ships</a> are positioned throughout the world with enough equipment and supplies for a <a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_force" title="Marine expeditionary force">marine expeditionary force</a> to deploy for 30 days.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doctrine">Doctrine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Doctrine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two small manuals published during the 1930s established USMC doctrine in two areas. The <i><a href="/wiki/Small_Wars_Manual" title="Small Wars Manual">Small Wars Manual</a></i> laid the framework for Marine <a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">counterinsurgency</a> operations from <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam</a> to <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq</a> and <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Afghanistan</a> while the <i>Tentative Landing Operations Manual</i> established the doctrine for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_amphibious_operations" title="United States amphibious operations">amphibious operations of World War II</a>. "<i>Operational Maneuver from the Sea</i>" was the doctrine of power projection in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-OMFTS_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OMFTS-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">History of the United States Marine Corps</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation_and_American_Revolutionary_War">Foundation and American Revolutionary War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Foundation and American Revolutionary War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_First_Leader_of_Marines,_Maj._Samuel_Nicholas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Portrait_of_First_Leader_of_Marines%2C_Maj._Samuel_Nicholas.jpg/170px-Portrait_of_First_Leader_of_Marines%2C_Maj._Samuel_Nicholas.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Portrait_of_First_Leader_of_Marines%2C_Maj._Samuel_Nicholas.jpg/255px-Portrait_of_First_Leader_of_Marines%2C_Maj._Samuel_Nicholas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Portrait_of_First_Leader_of_Marines%2C_Maj._Samuel_Nicholas.jpg/340px-Portrait_of_First_Leader_of_Marines%2C_Maj._Samuel_Nicholas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="737" data-file-height="1037" /></a><figcaption>Maj. <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Nicholas" title="Samuel Nicholas">Samuel Nicholas</a>, first Commandant of the Marine Corps, was nominated to lead the Continental Marines by <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> in November 1775.</figcaption></figure> <p>The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Marines" title="Continental Marines">Continental Marines</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, formed by Captain <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Nicholas" title="Samuel Nicholas">Samuel Nicholas</a> by a resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> on 10 November 1775, to raise two <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a> of marines.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This date is celebrated as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_birthday" title="United States Marine Corps birthday">birthday of the Marine Corps</a>. Nicholas was nominated to lead the Marines by <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By December 1775, Nicholas raised one battalion of 300 men by recruitment in his home city of Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1776, the Marines went to sea under the command of Commodore <a href="/wiki/Esek_Hopkins" title="Esek Hopkins">Esek Hopkins</a> and in March undertook their first amphibious landing, the <a href="/wiki/Raid_of_Nassau" title="Raid of Nassau">Battle of Nassau</a> in the Bahamas, occupying the British port of Nassau for two weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 January 1777, the Marines arrived at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Princeton" title="Battle of Princeton">Battle of Princeton</a> attached to General <a href="/wiki/John_Cadwalader_(general)" title="John Cadwalader (general)">John Cadwalader</a>'s brigade, where they had been assigned by General <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>; by December 1776, Washington was retreating through New Jersey and, needing veteran soldiers, ordered Nicholas and the Marines to attach themselves to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Princeton" title="Battle of Princeton">Battle of Princeton</a>, where the Marines along with Cadwalader's brigade were personally rallied by Washington, was the first land combat engagement of the Marines; an estimated 130 marines were present at the battle.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the American Revolution, both the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Navy" title="Continental Navy">Continental Navy</a> and Continental Marines were disbanded in April 1783. The institution was resurrected on 11 July 1798; in preparation for the <a href="/wiki/Quasi-War" title="Quasi-War">Quasi-War</a> with <a href="/wiki/French_First_Republic" title="French First Republic">France</a>, Congress created the United States Marine Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marines had been enlisted by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">War Department</a> as early as August 1797<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for service in the newly-built <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> authorized by the Congressional "Act to provide a Naval Armament" of 18 March 1794,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which specified the numbers of marines to recruit for each frigate.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Marines' most famous action of this period occurred during the <a href="/wiki/First_Barbary_War" title="First Barbary War">First Barbary War</a> (1801–1805) against the <a href="/wiki/Barbary_pirates" title="Barbary pirates">Barbary pirates</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when <a href="/wiki/William_Eaton_(soldier)" title="William Eaton (soldier)">William Eaton</a> and First Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Presley_O%27Bannon" title="Presley O'Bannon">Presley O'Bannon</a> led 8 marines and 500 <a href="/wiki/Mercenary" title="Mercenary">mercenaries</a> in an effort to capture <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a>. Though they only reached <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Derna_(1805)" title="Battle of Derna (1805)">Derna</a>, the action at Tripoli has been immortalized in the <a href="/wiki/Marines%27_Hymn" title="Marines' Hymn">Marines' Hymn</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Mameluke_sword" title="Mameluke sword">Mameluke sword</a> carried by Marine officers.<sup id="cite_ref-Simmons_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simmons-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="War_of_1812_and_afterward">War of 1812 and afterward</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: War of 1812 and afterward"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_Capture_Penguin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Wiki_Capture_Penguin.jpg/220px-Wiki_Capture_Penguin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Wiki_Capture_Penguin.jpg/330px-Wiki_Capture_Penguin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Wiki_Capture_Penguin.jpg/440px-Wiki_Capture_Penguin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>British and U.S. troops garrisoned aboard <i>Hornet</i> and <i>Penguin</i> exchanging <a href="/wiki/Small_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Small arms">small arms</a> musket fire with Tristan da Cuna in the background during the <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Penguin" title="Capture of HMS Penguin">final engagement</a> between British and U.S. forces in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a></figcaption></figure><p> During the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>, Marine detachments on Navy ships took part in some of the great frigate duels that characterized the war, which were the first and last engagements of the conflict. Their most significant contribution was holding the center of General <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>'s defensive line at the 1815 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="Battle of New Orleans">Battle of New Orleans</a>, the final major battle and one of the most one-sided engagements of the war. With widespread news of the battle and the <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Cyane_and_HMS_Levant" title="Capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant">capture of HMS <i>Cyane</i>, HMS <i>Levant</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_HMS_Penguin" title="Capture of HMS Penguin">HMS <i>Penguin</i></a>, the final engagements between British and U.S. forces, the Marines had gained a reputation as expert <a href="/wiki/Marksman" title="Marksman">marksmen</a>, especially in defensive and ship-to-ship actions.<sup id="cite_ref-Simmons_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simmons-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They played a large role in the 1813 <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sacket%27s_Harbor" title="Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor">defense of Sacket's Harbor</a>, New York and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Craney_Island" title="Battle of Craney Island">Norfolk and Portsmouth</a>, Virginia,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also taking part in the 1814 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plattsburgh" title="Battle of Plattsburgh">defense of Plattsburgh</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Champlain_Valley" title="Champlain Valley">Champlain Valley</a> during one of the final British offensives along the Canadian-U.S. border. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bladensburg" title="Battle of Bladensburg">Battle of Bladensburg</a>, fought 24 August 1814, was one of the worst days for American arms, though a few units and individuals performed heroic service. Notable among them were Commodore Joshua Barney's 500 sailors and the 120 marines under Captain Samuel Miller USMC, who inflicted the bulk of British casualties and were the only effective American resistance during the battle. A final desperate Marine counter attack, with the fighting at close quarters, however was not enough; Barney and Miller's forces were overrun. In all of 114 marines, 11 were killed and 16 wounded. During the battle Captain Miller's arm was badly wounded, for his gallant service in action, Miller was brevetted to the rank of Major USMC.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chapultepec.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Chapultepec.jpg/220px-Chapultepec.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Chapultepec.jpg/330px-Chapultepec.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Chapultepec.jpg/440px-Chapultepec.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3019" data-file-height="1971" /></a><figcaption>Marines <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chapultepec" title="Battle of Chapultepec">storming Chapultepec Castle</a> with a large American flag during the <a href="/wiki/Mexican-American_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican-American War">Mexican-American War</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After the war, the Marine Corps fell into a malaise that ended with the appointment of <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Henderson" title="Archibald Henderson">Archibald Henderson</a> as its fifth commandant in 1820. Under his tenure, the Corps took on expeditionary duties in the Caribbean, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West">Key West</a>, West Africa, the <a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands" title="Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a>. Commandant Henderson is credited with thwarting President Jackson's attempts to combine and integrate the Marine Corps with the Army.<sup id="cite_ref-Simmons_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simmons-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, Congress passed the <i>Act for the Better Organization of the Marine Corps</i> in 1834, stipulating that the Corps was part of the Department of the Navy as a sister service to the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commandant Henderson volunteered the Marines for service in the <a href="/wiki/Seminole_Wars" title="Seminole Wars">Seminole Wars</a> of 1835, personally leading nearly half of the entire Corps (two battalions) to war. A decade later, in the <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a> (1846–1848), the Marines made their famed <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chapultepec" title="Battle of Chapultepec">assault on Chapultepec Palace</a> in Mexico City, which would be later celebrated as the "Halls of Montezuma" in the Marines' Hymn. In fairness to the U.S. Army, most of the troops who made the final assault at the Halls of Montezuma were soldiers and not Marines.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Americans forces were led by Army General <a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a>. Scott organized two storming parties of about 250 men each for 500 men total including 40 marines.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 1850s, the Marines engaged in service in Panama and Asia and were attached to Commodore <a href="/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry" title="Matthew C. Perry">Matthew Perry's</a> <a href="/wiki/East_India_Squadron" title="East India Squadron">East India Squadron</a> on its historic trip to the Far East.<sup id="cite_ref-Moskin_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moskin-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Civil_War_to_World_War_I">American Civil War to World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: American Civil War to World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marines01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="black & white photograph of six U.S. marines standing in line, five with Civil War-era rifles and one with an NCO sword." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Marines01.jpg/220px-Marines01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Marines01.jpg/330px-Marines01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Marines01.jpg/440px-Marines01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5900" data-file-height="4550" /></a><figcaption>Five USMC privates with fixed <a href="/wiki/Bayonet" title="Bayonet">bayonets</a>, and their NCO with his sword at the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard" title="Washington Navy Yard">Washington Navy Yard</a>, 1864</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marine Corps played a small role in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> (1861–1865); their most prominent task was <a href="/wiki/Blockade" title="Blockade">blockade</a> duty. As more and more states <a href="/wiki/Ordinance_of_Secession" title="Ordinance of Secession">seceded</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a>, about a third of the Corps's officers left the United States to join the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederacy</a> and form the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Marine_Corps" title="Confederate States Marine Corps">Confederate States Marine Corps</a>, which ultimately played little part in the war. The battalion of recruits formed for the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Bull_Run" title="First Battle of Bull Run">First Battle of Bull Run</a> performed poorly, retreating with the rest of the Union forces.<sup id="cite_ref-ChenowethNihart_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChenowethNihart-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blockade duty included sea-based amphibious operations to secure forward bases. In early November 1861, a group of sailors and Marines landed in the towns of Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina. A few days later that task force captured nearby Hilton Head Island. A couple of weeks later a reconnaissance in force group captured Tybee Island. This is where the Union set up the artillery barrage to bombard Fort Pulaski.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April and May 1862, Marines participated in <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_New_Orleans" title="Capture of New Orleans">the capture and occupation of New Orleans</a> and the occupation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> key events in the war that helped secure Union control of the lower <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> basin and denied the Confederacy a major port and naval base on the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf Coast</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The remainder of the 19th century was marked by declining strength and introspection about the mission of the Marine Corps. The Navy's transition from <a href="/wiki/Sailing_ship" title="Sailing ship">sail</a> to <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steam</a> put into question the need for Marines on naval ships. Meanwhile, Marines served as a convenient resource for interventions and landings to protect American interests overseas. The Corps was involved in over 28 separate interventions in the 30 years from the end of the American Civil War to the end of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were called upon to stem political and labor unrest within the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellsworth_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellsworth-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under Commandant <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Zeilin" title="Jacob Zeilin">Jacob Zeilin</a>'s tenure, Marine customs and traditions took shape: the Corps adopted the <a href="/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor" title="Eagle, Globe, and Anchor">Marine Corps emblem</a> on 19 November 1868. It was during this time that "The Marines' Hymn" was first heard. Around 1883, the Marines adopted their current motto "<i><a href="/wiki/Semper_fidelis" title="Semper fidelis">Semper fidelis</a></i>" (<i>Always Faithful</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Simmons_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simmons-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" title="John Philip Sousa">John Philip Sousa</a>, the musician and composer, enlisted as a Marine apprentice at age 13, serving from 1867 until 1872, and again from 1880 to 1892 as the leader of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">Marine Band</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a> (1898), Marines led American forces ashore in the Philippines, Cuba, and <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, demonstrating their readiness for deployment. At <a href="/wiki/Guant%C3%A1namo_Bay" title="Guantánamo Bay">Guantánamo Bay</a>, Cuba, the Marines seized an <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">advanced naval base</a> that remains in use today. Between 1899 and 1916, the Corps continued its record of participation in foreign expeditions, including the <a href="/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion" title="Boxer Rebellion">Boxer Rebellion</a> in China, Panama, the Cuban Pacifications, the <a href="/wiki/Perdicaris_affair" title="Perdicaris affair">Perdicaris incident</a> in Morocco, <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of Veracruz">Veracruz</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_the_Dominican_Republic_(1916%E2%80%931924)" class="mw-redirect" title="United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)">Santo Domingo</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Banana_Wars" title="Banana Wars">Banana Wars</a> in <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Haiti" title="United States occupation of Haiti">Haiti</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Nicaragua" title="United States occupation of Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>;<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the experiences gained in counterinsurgency and <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrilla operations</a> during this period were consolidated into the <i>Small Wars Manual</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (March 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="monochromatic artwork of marines fighting Germans in a forest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg/220px-Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg/330px-Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg/440px-Scott_Belleau_Wood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="674" /></a><figcaption>Georges Scott, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood" title="Battle of Belleau Wood"><i>American Marines in Belleau Wood</i></a>, 1918</figcaption></figure> <p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Marines served as a part of the <a href="/wiki/American_Expeditionary_Forces" title="American Expeditionary Forces">American Expeditionary Force</a> under General <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a> when <a href="/wiki/American_entry_into_World_War_I" title="American entry into World War I">America entered into the war</a> on 6 April 1917. The Marine Corps had a deep pool of officers and <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">non-commissioned officers</a> with battle experience and thus experienced a large expansion. The U.S. Marine Corps entered the war with 511 officers and 13,214 enlisted personnel and by 11 November 1918 had reached a strength of 2,400 officers and 70,000 enlisted.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> African-Americans were entirely excluded from the Marine Corps during this conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Opha_May_Johnson" title="Opha May Johnson">Opha May Johnson</a> was the first woman to enlist in the Marines; she joined the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Forces_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Forces Reserve">Marine Corps Reserve</a> in 1918 during World War I, officially becoming the first female Marine.<sup id="cite_ref-History_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From then until the end of World War I, 305 women enlisted in the Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood" title="Battle of Belleau Wood">Battle of Belleau Wood</a> in 1918, the Marines and U.S. media reported that Germans had nicknamed them <i>Teufel Hunden,</i> meaning "<a href="/wiki/Devil_Dog" title="Devil Dog">Devil Dogs</a>" for their reputation as <a href="/wiki/Shock_troops" title="Shock troops">shock troops</a> and marksmen at ranges up to 900 meters; there is no evidence of this in German records (as <i>Teufelshunde</i> would be the proper German phrase). Nevertheless, the name stuck in U.S. Marine lore.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">Between the World Wars</a>, the Marine Corps was headed by Commandant <a href="/wiki/John_A._Lejeune" title="John A. Lejeune">John A. Lejeune</a>, and under his leadership, the Corps studied and developed amphibious techniques that would be of great use in World War II. Many officers, including Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Earl_Hancock_Ellis" title="Earl Hancock Ellis">Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis</a>, foresaw a war in the Pacific with <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japan</a> and undertook preparations for such a conflict. Through 1941, as the prospect of war grew, the Corps pushed urgently for joint amphibious exercises with the Army and acquired amphibious equipment that would prove of great use in the upcoming conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-Ballendorf_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ballendorf-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Ortiz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Peter_Ortiz.jpg/170px-Peter_Ortiz.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="273" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Peter_Ortiz.jpg/255px-Peter_Ortiz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Peter_Ortiz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Former <a href="/wiki/List_of_French_Paratrooper_Units" class="mw-redirect" title="List of French Paratrooper Units">French Foreign Legion</a> Lieutenant, and U.S. Marine Corps officer <a href="/wiki/Peter_J._Ortiz" title="Peter J. Ortiz">Peter J. Ortiz</a>, who served in the European theater, often behind enemy lines</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Marines performed a central role in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>, along with the U.S. Army. The battles of <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal_campaign" title="Guadalcanal campaign">Guadalcanal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_campaign" title="Bougainville campaign">Bougainville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Tarawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Guam" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Battle of Guam">Guam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tinian" title="Battle of Tinian">Tinian</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Britain_campaign" title="New Britain campaign">Cape Gloucester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan" title="Battle of Saipan">Saipan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Peleliu" title="Battle of Peleliu">Peleliu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima" title="Battle of Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa" title="Battle of Okinawa">Okinawa</a> saw fierce fighting between marines and the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a>. Some 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Battle of Iwo Jima, which began on 19 February 1945, was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war. The Japanese had learned from their defeats in the <a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Marianas Campaign</a> and prepared many fortified positions on the island including <a href="/wiki/Pillbox_(military)" title="Pillbox (military)">pillboxes</a> and network of tunnels. The Japanese put up fierce resistance, but American forces <a href="/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima" title="Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima">reached the summit</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Suribachi" title="Mount Suribachi">Mount Suribachi</a> on 23 February. The mission was accomplished with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Marines played a comparatively minor role in the <a href="/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="European theatre of World War II">European theater</a>. Nonetheless, they did continue to provide security detachments to U.S. embassies and ships, contributed personnel to small <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special ops</a> teams dropped into <a href="/wiki/German-occupied_Europe" title="German-occupied Europe">Nazi-occupied Europe</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services" title="Office of Strategic Services">Office of Strategic Services</a> (OSS, the precursor to the <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a>) missions, and acted as staff planners and trainers for U.S. Army amphibious operations, including the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the war, the Corps had expanded from two brigades to six <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a>, five <a href="/wiki/Wing_(military_unit)" title="Wing (military unit)">air wings</a>, and supporting troops, totaling about 485,000 marines. In addition, 20 <a href="/wiki/Marine_defense_battalions" title="Marine defense battalions">defense battalions</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Paramarines" title="Paramarines">parachute battalion</a> were raised.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly 87,000 marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2018-10-31_15_25_21_The_west_side_of_the_Marine_Corps_War_Memorial_in_Arlington_County,_Virginia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Color photo of the Marine Corps War Memorial, a bronze statue of six marines raising a U.S. flag attached unto a Japanese pipe atop Mount Suribachi." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/2018-10-31_15_25_21_The_west_side_of_the_Marine_Corps_War_Memorial_in_Arlington_County%2C_Virginia.jpg/220px-2018-10-31_15_25_21_The_west_side_of_the_Marine_Corps_War_Memorial_in_Arlington_County%2C_Virginia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/2018-10-31_15_25_21_The_west_side_of_the_Marine_Corps_War_Memorial_in_Arlington_County%2C_Virginia.jpg/330px-2018-10-31_15_25_21_The_west_side_of_the_Marine_Corps_War_Memorial_in_Arlington_County%2C_Virginia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/2018-10-31_15_25_21_The_west_side_of_the_Marine_Corps_War_Memorial_in_Arlington_County%2C_Virginia.jpg/440px-2018-10-31_15_25_21_The_west_side_of_the_Marine_Corps_War_Memorial_in_Arlington_County%2C_Virginia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Photograph of the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_War_Memorial" title="Marine Corps War Memorial">Marine Corps War Memorial</a>, which depicts the second U.S. flag-raising atop <a href="/wiki/Mount_Suribachi" title="Mount Suribachi">Mount Suribachi</a>, on Iwo Jima. The memorial is modeled on <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rosenthal" title="Joe Rosenthal">Joe Rosenthal</a>'s famous <a href="/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima" title="Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima">Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1942, the Navy <a href="/wiki/Seabee" title="Seabee">Seabees</a> were created with the Marine Corps providing their organization and military training. Many Seabee units were issued the USMC standard issue and were re-designated "Marine". Despite the Corps giving them their military organization and military training, issuing them uniforms, and redesignating their units, the Seabees remained Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history.navy.mil_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history.navy.mil-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> USMC historian Gordon L. Rottmann writes that one of the "Navy's biggest contributions to the Marine Corps during WWII was the creation of the Seabees."<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Forrestal" title="James Forrestal">James Forrestal</a>'s prediction that the Marine flag raising at Iwo Jima meant "a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years",<sup id="cite_ref-Warren2007_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warren2007-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Clancy1996_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clancy1996-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Corps faced an immediate institutional crisis following the war because of a suddenly shrunken budget. Army generals pushing for a strengthened and reorganized defense establishment attempted to fold the Marine mission and assets into the Navy and Army. Drawing on hastily assembled Congressional support, and with the assistance of the so-called "<a href="/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Admirals" title="Revolt of the Admirals">Revolt of the Admirals</a>", the Marine Corps rebuffed such efforts to dismantle the Corps, resulting in statutory protection of the Marine Corps in the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Krulak_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krulak-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly afterward, in 1952 the Douglas–Mansfield Act afforded the commandant an equal voice with the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a> on matters relating to the Marines and established the structure of <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_divisions" title="List of United States Marine Corps divisions">three active divisions</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aircraft_wings" title="List of United States Marine Corps aircraft wings">air wings</a> that remain today.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Korean_War">Korean War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Korean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koreacloseairsupport1950.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Koreacloseairsupport1950.JPEG/220px-Koreacloseairsupport1950.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Koreacloseairsupport1950.JPEG/330px-Koreacloseairsupport1950.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Koreacloseairsupport1950.JPEG/440px-Koreacloseairsupport1950.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2332" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">F4U Corsairs</a> providing close air support to marines of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a> fighting Chinese forces in North Korea, December 1950</figcaption></figure> <p>The beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> (1950–1953) saw the hastily formed <a href="/wiki/1st_Provisional_Marine_Brigade" title="1st Provisional Marine Brigade">Provisional Marine Brigade</a> holding the defensive line at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pusan_Perimeter" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Pusan Perimeter">Pusan Perimeter</a>. To execute a <a href="/wiki/Flanking_maneuver" title="Flanking maneuver">flanking maneuver</a>, General <a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a> called on United Nations forces, including U.S. Marines, to make an amphibious landing at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">Inchon</a>. The successful landing resulted in the collapse of North Korean lines and the pursuit of North Korean forces north near the <a href="/wiki/Yalu_River" title="Yalu River">Yalu River</a> until the entrance of the People's Republic of China into the war. Chinese troops surrounded, surprised, and overwhelmed the overextended and outnumbered American forces. The U.S. Army's X Corps, which included the <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a> and the Army's <a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th Infantry Division</a> regrouped and inflicted heavy casualties during their fighting withdrawal to the coast, known as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir" title="Battle of Chosin Reservoir">Battle of Chosin Reservoir</a>. </p><p>The fighting calmed after the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, but late in March 1953, the relative quiet of the war was broken when the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> launched a massive offensive on three outposts manned by the <a href="/wiki/5th_Marine_Regiment" title="5th Marine Regiment">5th Marine Regiment</a>. These outposts were codenamed "Reno", "Vegas", and "Carson". The campaign was collectively known as the Nevada Cities Campaign. There was brutal fighting on Reno Hill, which was eventually captured by the Chinese. Although Reno was lost, the 5th Marines held both Vegas and Carson through the rest of the campaign. In this one campaign, the Marines suffered approximately 1,000 casualties and might have suffered much more without the U.S. Army's <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Faith" title="Task Force Faith">Task Force Faith</a>. Marines would continue a battle of attrition around the <a href="/wiki/38th_parallel_north" title="38th parallel north">38th Parallel</a> until the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">1953 armistice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fehrenbach_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fehrenbach-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the war, the Corps expanded from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 marines, mostly reservists; 30,544 marines were killed or wounded during the war, and 42 were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vietnam_War">Vietnam War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Marines_in_Operation_Allen_Brook_(Vietnam_War)_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/U.S._Marines_in_Operation_Allen_Brook_%28Vietnam_War%29_001.jpg/220px-U.S._Marines_in_Operation_Allen_Brook_%28Vietnam_War%29_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/U.S._Marines_in_Operation_Allen_Brook_%28Vietnam_War%29_001.jpg/330px-U.S._Marines_in_Operation_Allen_Brook_%28Vietnam_War%29_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/U.S._Marines_in_Operation_Allen_Brook_%28Vietnam_War%29_001.jpg/440px-U.S._Marines_in_Operation_Allen_Brook_%28Vietnam_War%29_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="673" data-file-height="518" /></a><figcaption>U.S. marines of "G" Company, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Battalion,_7th_Marines" title="2nd Battalion, 7th Marines">2nd Battalion, 7th Marines</a> in action during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Allen_Brook" title="Operation Allen Brook">Operation Allen Brook</a> in South Vietnam, 1968</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marine Corps served in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, taking part in such battles as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hu%E1%BA%BF" title="Battle of Huế">Battle of Hue</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khe_Sanh" title="Battle of Khe Sanh">Battle of Khe Sanh</a> in 1968. Individuals from the USMC generally operated in the Northern I Corps Regions of <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>. While there, they were constantly engaged in a guerrilla war against the <a href="/wiki/Viet_Cong" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a>, along with an intermittent conventional war against the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Army_of_Vietnam" title="People's Army of Vietnam">North Vietnamese Army</a>, this made the Marine Corps known throughout Vietnam and gained a frightening reputation from the Viet Cong. Portions of the Corps were responsible for the less-known <a href="/wiki/Combined_Action_Program" title="Combined Action Program">Combined Action Program</a> that implemented unconventional techniques for counterinsurgency and worked as military advisors to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Vietnam_Marine_Division" title="Republic of Vietnam Marine Division">Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps</a>. Marines were withdrawn in 1971 and returned briefly in 1975 to evacuate <a href="/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City" title="Ho Chi Minh City">Saigon</a> and attempt a rescue of the crew of the <a href="/wiki/Mayaguez_incident" title="Mayaguez incident">SS <i>Mayaguez</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Millet_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Millet-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vietnam was the longest war up to that time for the Marines; by its end, 13,091 had been killed in action,<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CasualtiesTheWall_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CasualtiesTheWall-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 51,392 had been wounded, and 57 Medals of Honor had been awarded.<sup id="cite_ref-CasualtiesUSN_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CasualtiesUSN-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USMC-MOH_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USMC-MOH-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of policies concerning rotation, more marines were deployed for service during Vietnam than World War II.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While recovering from Vietnam, the Corps hit a detrimental low point in its service history caused by <a href="/wiki/Court-martial" title="Court-martial">courts-martial</a> and non-judicial punishments related partially to increased <a href="/wiki/Desertion" title="Desertion">unauthorized absences and desertions</a> during the war. Overhaul of the Corps began in the late 1970s, discharging the most delinquent, and once the quality of new recruits improved, the Corps focused on reforming the non-commissioned officer Corps, a vital functioning part of its forces.<sup id="cite_ref-Warren_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warren-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interim:_Vietnam_War_to_the_War_on_Terror">Interim: Vietnam War to the War on Terror</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Interim: Vietnam War to the War on Terror"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beirut_Memorial_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Beirut_Memorial_1.jpg/220px-Beirut_Memorial_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Beirut_Memorial_1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Beirut Memorial at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Lejeune" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune">Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune</a></figcaption></figure> <p>After the Vietnam War, the U.S. Marines resumed their expeditionary role, participating in the failed 1980 <a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage</a> rescue attempt <a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Grenada" title="United States invasion of Grenada">Operation Urgent Fury</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Panama" title="United States invasion of Panama">Operation Just Cause</a>. On 23 October 1983, the Marine barracks <a href="/wiki/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombings" title="1983 Beirut barracks bombings">in Beirut was bombed</a>, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history (220 marines and 21 other service members were killed) and leading to the American withdrawal from Lebanon. In 1990, Marines of the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sharp_Edge" title="Operation Sharp Edge">Joint Task Force Sharp Edge</a> saved thousands of lives by evacuating British, French and American nationals from the violence of the <a href="/wiki/First_Liberian_Civil_War" title="First Liberian Civil War">Liberian Civil War</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Persian Gulf War</a> of 1990 to 1991, Marine task forces formed for Operation Desert Shield and later liberated Kuwait, along with Coalition forces, in Operation Desert Storm.<sup id="cite_ref-Simmons_45-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simmons-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marines participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995) during Operations <a href="/wiki/Unified_Task_Force" title="Unified Task Force">Restore Hope, Restore Hope II</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Operation_United_Shield" title="Operation United Shield">United Shield</a> to provide humanitarian relief.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, Marines took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Silver_Wake" title="Operation Silver Wake">Operation Silver Wake</a>, the evacuation of American citizens from the U.S. Embassy in <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a>, Albania.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Global_War_on_Terrorism">Global War on Terrorism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Global War on Terrorism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marines_in_Saddams_palace_DM-SD-04-12222.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Color photograph of three U.S. marines entering a partially destroyed palace" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Marines_in_Saddams_palace_DM-SD-04-12222.jpg/220px-Marines_in_Saddams_palace_DM-SD-04-12222.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Marines_in_Saddams_palace_DM-SD-04-12222.jpg/330px-Marines_in_Saddams_palace_DM-SD-04-12222.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Marines_in_Saddams_palace_DM-SD-04-12222.jpg/440px-Marines_in_Saddams_palace_DM-SD-04-12222.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1720" data-file-height="1160" /></a><figcaption>U.S. marines from <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_7th_Marines" title="1st Battalion, 7th Marines">1st Battalion, 7th Marines</a> entering <a href="/wiki/As-Salam_Palace" title="As-Salam Palace">Saddam's Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>, 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">attacks on 11 September 2001</a>, President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> announced the <a href="/wiki/War_on_terror" title="War on terror">Global War on Terrorism</a>. The stated objective of the Global War on Terror is "the defeat of <a href="/wiki/Al-Qaeda" title="Al-Qaeda">Al-Qaeda</a>, other terrorist groups and any nation that supports or harbors terrorists".<sup id="cite_ref-WhiteHouse_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhiteHouse-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, the Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of that mission.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In spring 2009, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s goal of reducing spending in the Defense Department was led by Secretary <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> in a series of budget cuts that did not significantly change the Corps's budget and programs, cutting only the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_VH-71_Kestrel" title="Lockheed Martin VH-71 Kestrel">VH-71 Kestrel</a> and resetting the <a href="/wiki/VXX" title="VXX">VXX</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-cut_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cut-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_Spending_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes_Spending-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WP_Spending_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WP_Spending-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_on_Fiscal_Responsibility_and_Reform" title="National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform">National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform</a> singled the Corps out for the brunt of a series of recommended cuts in late 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In light of <a href="/wiki/United_States_budget_sequestration_in_2013" class="mw-redirect" title="United States budget sequestration in 2013">budget sequestration in 2013</a>, General <a href="/wiki/James_F._Amos" title="James F. Amos">James Amos</a> set a goal of a force of 174,000 Marines.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He testified that this was the minimum number that would allow for an effective response to even a single contingency operation, but it would reduce the peacetime ratio of time at home bases to time deployed down to a historical low level.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Afghanistan_Campaign">Afghanistan Campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Afghanistan Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_platoon,_Alpha_Company,_1st_Battalion,_9th_Marine_Regiment,_24th_MEU,_Djibouti,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/1st_platoon%2C_Alpha_Company%2C_1st_Battalion%2C_9th_Marine_Regiment%2C_24th_MEU%2C_Djibouti%2C_2010.jpg/220px-1st_platoon%2C_Alpha_Company%2C_1st_Battalion%2C_9th_Marine_Regiment%2C_24th_MEU%2C_Djibouti%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/1st_platoon%2C_Alpha_Company%2C_1st_Battalion%2C_9th_Marine_Regiment%2C_24th_MEU%2C_Djibouti%2C_2010.jpg/330px-1st_platoon%2C_Alpha_Company%2C_1st_Battalion%2C_9th_Marine_Regiment%2C_24th_MEU%2C_Djibouti%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/1st_platoon%2C_Alpha_Company%2C_1st_Battalion%2C_9th_Marine_Regiment%2C_24th_MEU%2C_Djibouti%2C_2010.jpg/440px-1st_platoon%2C_Alpha_Company%2C_1st_Battalion%2C_9th_Marine_Regiment%2C_24th_MEU%2C_Djibouti%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2430" /></a><figcaption>U.S. marines dismounting from an <a href="/wiki/Assault_Amphibious_Vehicle" title="Assault Amphibious Vehicle">Assault Amphibious Vehicle</a> in Djibouti</figcaption></figure> <p>Marines and other American forces began staging in Pakistan and Uzbekistan on the border of Afghanistan as early as October 2001 in preparation for <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">Operation Enduring Freedom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/15th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="15th Marine Expeditionary Unit">15th</a> and <a href="/wiki/26th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="26th Marine Expeditionary Unit">26th Marine Expeditionary Units</a> were some of the first conventional forces into Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in November 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-IHT_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IHT-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After that, Marine battalions and squadrons rotated through, engaging the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> and Al-Qaeda forces. Marines of the <a href="/wiki/24th_Marine_Expeditionary_Unit" title="24th Marine Expeditionary Unit">24th Marine Expeditionary Unit</a> flooded into the Taliban-held town of <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Garmsir" title="Battle of Garmsir">Garmsir</a> in <a href="/wiki/Helmand_province_campaign" title="Helmand province campaign">Helmand Province</a> on 29 April 2008, in the first major American operation in the region in years.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2009, 7,000 marines with the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Expeditionary_Brigade_(United_States)" title="2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)">2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade</a> (2nd MEB) deployed to Afghanistan in an effort to improve security<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_MEB-A_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS_MEB-A-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and began <a href="/wiki/Operation_Strike_of_the_Sword" title="Operation Strike of the Sword">Operation Strike of the Sword</a> the next month. In February 2010, the 2nd MEB launched the largest offensive of the Afghan Campaign since 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Moshtarak" title="Operation Moshtarak">Battle of Marjah</a>, to clear the Taliban from their key stronghold in Helmand Province.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Marjah, marines progressed north up the <a href="/wiki/Helmand_River" title="Helmand River">Helmand River</a> and cleared the towns of Kajahki and Sangin. Marines remained in Helmand Province until 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iraq_Campaign">Iraq Campaign</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Iraq Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv/220px--Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="168" data-durationhint="599" data-mwtitle="Second_Battle_of_Fallujah,_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Second_Battle_of_Fallujah,_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="622" data-height="476" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="314" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="470" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah%2C_mosque_firefight_and_house_searches.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="470" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>U.S. marines during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="Second Battle of Fallujah">Second Battle of Fallujah</a> in 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>U.S. Marines served in the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, along with its sister services. The <a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a>, along with the U.S. Army's <a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="3rd Infantry Division (United States)">3rd Infantry Division</a>, spearheaded the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marines left Iraq in the summer of 2003 but returned in the beginning of 2004. They were given <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Force_West" title="Multi-National Force West">responsibility</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Anbar_campaign_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Anbar campaign (2003–2011)">Al Anbar Province</a>, the large desert region to the west of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>. During this occupation, the Marines lead assaults on the city of <a href="/wiki/Fallujah" title="Fallujah">Fallujah</a> in April (<a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="First Battle of Fallujah">Operation Vigilant Resolve</a>) and November 2004 (<a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="Second Battle of Fallujah">Operation Phantom Fury</a>) and saw intense fighting in such places as <a href="/wiki/Ramadi" title="Ramadi">Ramadi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Qa%27im_(town)" title="Al-Qa'im (town)">Al-Qa'im</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hit,_Iraq" title="Hit, Iraq">Hīt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service's time in Iraq courted controversy with events such as the <a href="/wiki/Haditha_massacre" title="Haditha massacre">Haditha killings</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Hamdania_incident" title="Hamdania incident">Hamdania incident</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Post_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Post-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Iraq" title="Sons of Iraq">Anbar Awakening</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War_troop_surge_of_2007" title="Iraq War troop surge of 2007">2007 surge</a> reduced levels of violence. The Marine Corps officially ended its role in Iraq on 23 January 2010 when it handed over responsibility for Al Anbar Province to the U.S. Army.<sup id="cite_ref-outofiraq?_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outofiraq?-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marines <a href="/wiki/American-led_intervention_in_Iraq_(2014%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)">returned to Iraq in the summer of 2014</a> in response to growing violence there.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Operations_in_Africa">Operations in Africa</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Operations in Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout the Global War on Terrorism, the U.S. Marines have supported operations in Africa to counter Islamic extremism and piracy in the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>. In late 2002, <a href="/wiki/Combined_Joint_Task_Force_%E2%80%93_Horn_of_Africa" title="Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa">Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa</a> was stood up at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Lemonnier" title="Camp Lemonnier">Camp Lemonnier</a>, Djibouti to provide regional security.<sup id="cite_ref-CJTF-HOA2_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CJTF-HOA2-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite transferring overall command to the Navy in 2006, the Marines continued to <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom_%E2%80%93_Horn_of_Africa" title="Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa">operate in the Horn of Africa</a> into 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-USMC2_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USMC2-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reshaped_for_China_threat">Reshaped for China threat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Reshaped for China threat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Force_Design_2030" title="Force Design 2030">Force Design 2030</a></div> <p>In the 2020s, as the U.S. national strategy shifted from the war on terrorism to <a href="/wiki/United_States_foreign_policy_toward_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" title="United States foreign policy toward the People's Republic of China">competition with China</a>, the Marine Corps abandoned its previous plan to focus on land operations and strengthened its firepower configuration in the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pacific" title="Indo-Pacific">Indo-Pacific</a> region to defeat the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Liberation_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese People's Liberation Army">Chinese People's Liberation Army</a> in possible island operations.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of this shift the USMC has established a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Rotational_Force_%E2%80%93_Darwin" title="Marine Rotational Force – Darwin">joint deployment</a> with the Australian military in Darwin starting with 200 Marines in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">Organization of the United States Marine Corps</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg/220px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg/330px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg/440px-Organization_of_U.S._Space_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1390" data-file-height="801" /></a><figcaption>Organization of the United States Marine Corps within the Department of Defense</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Department_of_the_Navy">Department of the Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Department of the Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a>, led by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a>, is a military department of the cabinet-level U.S. Department of Defense that oversees the Marine Corps and the Navy. The most senior Marine officer is the <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant</a> (unless a Marine officer is the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs</a> or <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs</a>), responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Marine Corps so that its forces are ready for deployment under the operational command of the <a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">combatant commanders</a>. The Marine Corps is organized into four principal subdivisions: <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a> (HQMC), the Operating Forces, the Supporting Establishment, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">Marine Forces Reserve</a> (MARFORRES or USMCR).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Headquarters_Marine_Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Headquarters Marine Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a></div> <p>The Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) consists of the <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a>, the Director Marine Corps Staff, the several Deputy Commandants, the <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a>, and various special staff officers and Marine Corps agency heads that report directly to either the Commandant or Assistant Commandant. HQMC is supported by the Headquarters and Service Battalion, USMC providing administrative, supply, logistics, training, and services support to the Commandant and his staff.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Additionally, Marine Corps' aircraft arm and intelligence arm are both organized under HQMC; those being the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine Corps Aviation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Intelligence" title="Marine Corps Intelligence">Marine Corps Intelligence</a> respectively. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operating_Forces">Operating Forces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Operating Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Operating Forces are divided into three categories: Marine Corps Forces (MARFOR) assigned to unified combatant commands, namely, the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Forces</a> (FMF); <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Security_Force_Regiment" title="Marine Corps Security Force Regiment">Security Forces</a> guarding high-risk naval installations; and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Security_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Corps Security Guard">Security Guard</a> detachments at <a href="/wiki/List_of_American_embassies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of American embassies">American embassies</a>. Under the "Forces for Unified Commands" memo, in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Unified_Command_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified Command Plan">Unified Command Plan</a>, Marine Corps Forces are assigned to each of the combatant commands at the discretion of the secretary of defense. Since 1991, the Marine Corps has maintained component headquarters at each of the regional unified combatant commands.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marine Corps Forces are divided into <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Command">Forces Command</a> (MARFORCOM) and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_Pacific" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific">Pacific Command</a> (MARFORPAC), each headed by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">lieutenant general</a> dual-posted as the commanding general of either <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Atlantic" title="Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic">FMF Atlantic (FMFLANT)</a> or <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force,_Pacific" title="Fleet Marine Force, Pacific">FMF Pacific (FMFPAC)</a>, respectively. MARFORCOM/FMFLANT has operational control of the <a href="/wiki/II_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="II Marine Expeditionary Force">II Marine Expeditionary Force</a>; MARFORPAC/FMFPAC has operational control of the <a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/III_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="III Marine Expeditionary Force">III Marine Expeditionary Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChenowethNihart_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChenowethNihart-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additional service components under the Marine Corps Forces includes: the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Europe_and_Africa" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa">Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa</a> (MARFOREUR/AF) under <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">U.S. European Command</a> (EURCOM) and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">U.S. Africa Command</a> (AFRICOM); the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Central_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Central Command">Marine Corps Forces Central Command</a> (MARFORCENT) under <a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">U.S. Central Command</a> (CENTCOM); the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces,_South" title="United States Marine Corps Forces, South">Marine Corps Forces South</a> (MARFORSOUTH) under <a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">U.S. Southern Command</a> (SOUTHCOM); the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Forces_Cyberspace_Command" title="Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command">Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command</a> (MARFORCYBER) under <a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">U.S. Cyber Command</a> (CYBERCOM); the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Space_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Space Command">Marine Corps Forces Space Command</a> (MARFORSPACE) under <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">U.S. Space Command</a> (SPACECOM); and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Forces_Strategic_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command">Marine Corps Forces Strategic Command</a> (MARFORSTRAT) under <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">U.S. Strategic Command</a> (STRATCOM). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Marine Air-Ground Task Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a></div> <p>The basic framework for deployable Marine units is the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Air-Ground_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Air-Ground Task Force">Marine Air-Ground Task Force</a> (MAGTF), a flexible structure of varying size. A MAGTF integrates a <a href="/wiki/Ground_combat_element" title="Ground combat element">ground combat element</a> (GCE), an <a href="/wiki/Aviation_combat_element" title="Aviation combat element">aviation combat element</a> (ACE), and a <a href="/wiki/Logistics_combat_element" title="Logistics combat element">logistics combat element</a> (LCE) under a common <a href="/wiki/Command_element_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Command element (United States Marine Corps)">command element</a> (CE), capable of operating independently or as part of a larger coalition. The MAGTF structure reflects a strong preference in the Corps toward self-sufficiency and a commitment to <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a>, both essential assets to an <a href="/wiki/Expeditionary_warfare" title="Expeditionary warfare">expeditionary force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Warren_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Warren-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supporting_Establishment">Supporting Establishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Supporting Establishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Supporting Establishment includes the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Combat_Development_Command" title="Marine Corps Combat Development Command">Combat Development Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Logistics_Command" title="Marine Corps Logistics Command">Logistics Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Systems_Command" title="Marine Corps Systems Command">Systems Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Training_and_Education_Command" title="United States Marine Corps Training and Education Command">Training and Education Command</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruiting_Command" title="Marine Corps Recruiting Command">Recruiting Command</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Installations_Command" title="Marine Corps Installations Command">Installations Command</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">Marine Band</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Drum_and_Bugle_Corps" title="United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps">Marine Drum and Bugle Corps</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Marine_Corps_bases_and_stations">Marine Corps bases and stations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Marine Corps bases and stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_installations" title="List of United States Marine Corps installations">List of United States Marine Corps installations</a></div> <p>The Marine Corps operates many major bases, 14 of which host operating forces, seven support and training installations, as well as satellite facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-BGenWilliams_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGenWilliams-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marine Corps bases are concentrated around the locations of the Marine Expeditionary Forces, though reserve units are scattered throughout the US. The principal bases are <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Pendleton" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton">Camp Pendleton</a> on the West Coast, home to I Marine Expeditionary Force,<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Lejeune" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune">Camp Lejeune</a> on the East Coast, home to II Marine Expeditionary Force,<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Smedley_D._Butler" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler">Camp Butler</a> in <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa, Japan</a>, home to III Marine Expeditionary Force.<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other important bases include air stations, recruit depots, logistics bases, and training commands. <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Ground_Combat_Center_Twentynine_Palms" title="Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms">Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms</a> in California is the Marine Corps's largest base and home to the Corps's most complex combined-arms live-fire training.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico" title="Marine Corps Base Quantico">Marine Corps Base Quantico</a> in Virginia is home to <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Combat_Development_Command" title="Marine Corps Combat Development Command">Marine Corps Combat Development Command</a> and nicknamed the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps".<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marine Corps maintains a significant presence in the <a href="/wiki/National_Capital_Region_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Capital Region (United States)">National Capital Region</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a> scattered amongst <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">the Pentagon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henderson_Hall_(Arlington,_Virginia)" title="Henderson Hall (Arlington, Virginia)">Henderson Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard" title="Washington Navy Yard">Washington Navy Yard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marine_Barracks,_Washington,_D.C." title="Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.">Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.</a> Additionally, Marines operate <a href="/wiki/Detachment_(military)" title="Detachment (military)">detachments</a> at many installations owned by other branches to better share resources, such as specialty schools. Marines are also present at and operate many forward bases during expeditionary operations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marine_Forces_Reserve">Marine Forces Reserve</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Marine Forces Reserve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marine_Forces_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Forces Reserve">Marine Forces Reserve</a></div> <p>The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES/USMCR) consists of the <a href="/wiki/Force_Headquarters_Group" title="Force Headquarters Group">Force Headquarters Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/4th_Marine_Division_(United_States)" title="4th Marine Division (United States)">4th Marine Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/4th_Marine_Aircraft_Wing" title="4th Marine Aircraft Wing">4th Marine Aircraft Wing</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/4th_Marine_Logistics_Group" title="4th Marine Logistics Group">4th Marine Logistics Group</a>. The MARFORRES/USMCR is capable of forming a 4th Marine Expeditionary Force or reinforcing/augmenting active-duty forces.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Special_operations">Special operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Special operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Forces_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command">United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Marine_Raider_Regiment" title="Marine Raider Regiment">Marine Raider Regiment</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Special_Operations_Capable_Forces" title="United States Marine Corps Special Operations Capable Forces">United States Marine Corps Special Operations Capable Forces</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MARSOC_are_shooting_with_M4_at_Washoe_Coutny_Reginal_Shooting_Facility.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/MARSOC_are_shooting_with_M4_at_Washoe_Coutny_Reginal_Shooting_Facility.jpg/220px-MARSOC_are_shooting_with_M4_at_Washoe_Coutny_Reginal_Shooting_Facility.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/MARSOC_are_shooting_with_M4_at_Washoe_Coutny_Reginal_Shooting_Facility.jpg/330px-MARSOC_are_shooting_with_M4_at_Washoe_Coutny_Reginal_Shooting_Facility.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/MARSOC_are_shooting_with_M4_at_Washoe_Coutny_Reginal_Shooting_Facility.jpg/440px-MARSOC_are_shooting_with_M4_at_Washoe_Coutny_Reginal_Shooting_Facility.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="497" /></a><figcaption>Marine Raiders conducting <a href="/wiki/Close-quarters_combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Close-quarters combat">CQB</a> training</figcaption></figure> <p>Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) includes the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Raider_Regiment" title="Marine Raider Regiment">Marine Raider Regiment</a>, the Marine Raider Support Group, and the Marine Raider Training Center (MRTC). Both the Raider Regiment and the Raider Support Group consist of a headquarters company and three operations battalions. MRTC conducts screening, assessment, selection, training and development functions for MARSOC units. Marine Corps Special Operations Capable forces include: <a href="/wiki/Air_Naval_Gunfire_Liaison_Company_(ANGLICO)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO)">Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Companies</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chemical_Biological_Incident_Response_Force" title="Chemical Biological Incident Response Force">Chemical Biological Incident Response Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reconnaissance_Battalions" title="United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions">Marine Division Reconnaissance Battalions</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance" title="United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance">Force Reconnaissance Companies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Special_Purpose_Force" title="Maritime Special Purpose Force">Maritime Special Purpose Force</a>, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Special_Operations_Capable_Forces#Special_Reaction_Teams" title="United States Marine Corps Special Operations Capable Forces">Special Reaction Teams</a>. Additionally, all deployed MEUs are certified as "<a href="/wiki/Marine_expeditionary_unit_(special_operations_capable)" title="Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable)">special operations capable</a>", namely, "MEU(SOC)". </p><p>Although the notion of a Marine special operations forces contribution to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">United States Special Operations Command</a> (USSOCOM) was considered as early as the founding of USSOCOM in the 1980s, it was resisted by the Marine Corps. Commandant <a href="/wiki/Paul_X._Kelley" title="Paul X. Kelley">Paul X. Kelley</a> expressed the belief that marines should only support marines and that the Corps should not fund a special operations capability that would not directly support Marine Corps operations.<sup id="cite_ref-WThomasSmith_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WThomasSmith-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, much of the resistance from within the Corps dissipated when Marine leaders watched the Corps' 15th and 26th MEU(SOC)s "sit on the sidelines" during the very early stages of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> while other conventional units and special operations units from the Army, Navy, and Air Force actively engaged in operations in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-Priddy_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Priddy-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a three-year development period, the Corps agreed in 2006 to supply a 2,500-strong unit, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, which would answer directly to USSOCOM.<sup id="cite_ref-Bradley_Graham_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bradley_Graham-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marines" title="List of United States Marines">List of United States Marines</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_historically_notable_United_States_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of historically notable United States Marines">List of historically notable United States Marines</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:387px;max-width:387px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:127px;max-width:127px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Smith_Official_Photo_V1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="color photograph of Eric M. Smith" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Gen_Smith_Official_Photo_V1.jpg/125px-Gen_Smith_Official_Photo_V1.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Gen_Smith_Official_Photo_V1.jpg/188px-Gen_Smith_Official_Photo_V1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Gen_Smith_Official_Photo_V1.jpg/250px-Gen_Smith_Official_Photo_V1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Smith_(general)" title="Eric Smith (general)">Eric M. Smith</a>, <br />Commandant of the Marine Corps</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:127px;max-width:127px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Christopher_J._Mahoney_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="color photograph of Christopher J. Mahoney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Gen_Christopher_J._Mahoney_%282%29.jpg/125px-Gen_Christopher_J._Mahoney_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Gen_Christopher_J._Mahoney_%282%29.jpg/188px-Gen_Christopher_J._Mahoney_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Gen_Christopher_J._Mahoney_%282%29.jpg/250px-Gen_Christopher_J._Mahoney_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1820" data-file-height="2355" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_J._Mahoney" title="Christopher J. Mahoney">Christopher J. Mahoney</a>, <br />Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:127px;max-width:127px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SMMC_Carlos_A._Ruiz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="color photograph of Carlos A. Ruiz" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/SMMC_Carlos_A._Ruiz.jpg/125px-SMMC_Carlos_A._Ruiz.jpg" decoding="async" width="125" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/SMMC_Carlos_A._Ruiz.jpg/188px-SMMC_Carlos_A._Ruiz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/SMMC_Carlos_A._Ruiz.jpg/250px-SMMC_Carlos_A._Ruiz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2166" data-file-height="2708" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Ruiz" title="Carlos A. Ruiz">Carlos A. Ruiz</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a> is the highest-ranking officer of the Marine Corps, unless a Marine is either the chairman or vice chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. The commandant has the <a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">U.S. Code Title 10</a> responsibility to staff, train, and equip the Marine Corps and has no command authority. The commandant is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reports to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-119" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a> acts as the chief deputy to the commandant. The <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a> is the senior enlisted Marine and acts as an adviser to the commandant. Headquarters Marine Corps comprises the rest of the commandant's counsel and <a href="/wiki/Staff_(military)" title="Staff (military)">staff</a>, with deputy commandants that oversee various aspects of the Corps assets and capabilities. The 39th and current Commandant is <a href="/wiki/Eric_Smith_(general)" title="Eric Smith (general)">Eric M. Smith</a>, while the 20th and current Sergeant Major is <a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Ruiz" title="Carlos A. Ruiz">Carlos A. Ruiz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women">Women</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Women"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Marines" class="mw-redirect" title="Women in the United States Marines">Women in the United States Marines</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Opha_Johnson_and_Katherine_Towle_in_1946.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Opha_Johnson_and_Katherine_Towle_in_1946.png/170px-Opha_Johnson_and_Katherine_Towle_in_1946.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Opha_Johnson_and_Katherine_Towle_in_1946.png/255px-Opha_Johnson_and_Katherine_Towle_in_1946.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Opha_Johnson_and_Katherine_Towle_in_1946.png/340px-Opha_Johnson_and_Katherine_Towle_in_1946.png 2x" data-file-width="574" data-file-height="757" /></a><figcaption>Sargeant <a href="/wiki/Opha_May_Johnson" title="Opha May Johnson">Opha Johnson</a> (far right) in 1946, with Colonel <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Towle" class="mw-redirect" title="Katherine Towle">Katherine Towle</a> (far left). They are looking at Opha Johnson's uniform being worn by PFC Muriel Albert.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_three_female_Marines_graduate_Infantry_training_course_131121-M-JR212-076.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/First_three_female_Marines_graduate_Infantry_training_course_131121-M-JR212-076.jpg/220px-First_three_female_Marines_graduate_Infantry_training_course_131121-M-JR212-076.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/First_three_female_Marines_graduate_Infantry_training_course_131121-M-JR212-076.jpg/330px-First_three_female_Marines_graduate_Infantry_training_course_131121-M-JR212-076.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/First_three_female_Marines_graduate_Infantry_training_course_131121-M-JR212-076.jpg/440px-First_three_female_Marines_graduate_Infantry_training_course_131121-M-JR212-076.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a><figcaption>Two of the first female graduates of the School of Infantry-East's Infantry Training Battalion course, 2013</figcaption></figure> <p>Women have served in the United States Marine Corps since 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first woman to have enlisted was <a href="/wiki/Opha_May_Johnson" title="Opha May Johnson">Opha May Johnson</a> (1878–1955).<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2017, three women joined an infantry battalion at Camp Lejeune. Women had not served as infantry marines prior to this.<sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, the Marines released a recruitment advertisement that focused on women for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of October 2019<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, female Marines make up 7.8% of the personnel.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In December 2020, the Marine Corps began a trial program to have females integrated into the training companies at their <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_San_Diego" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego">recruit depot in San Diego</a> as Congress has mandated an end to the male-only program there. For the 60 female recruits, scheduled to begin training in San Diego in February 2021, the Corps will transfer female drill instructors from their <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruit_Depot_Parris_Island" title="Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island">recruit depot in Parris Island</a>, which already has a <a href="/wiki/Mixed-sex_education" title="Mixed-sex education">coed</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-femalenow_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-femalenow-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fifty-three of these recruits successfully graduated from boot camp in April 2021 and became marines.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-128" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racial_Integration">Racial Integration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Racial Integration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Desegregation_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Desegregation in the United States Marine Corps">Desegregation in the United States Marine Corps</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Howard_P._Perry,_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Howard_P._Perry%2C_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-Howard_P._Perry%2C_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Howard_P._Perry%2C_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.tiff/lossy-page1-330px-Howard_P._Perry%2C_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Howard_P._Perry%2C_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.tiff/lossy-page1-440px-Howard_P._Perry%2C_the_first_African-American_US_Marine_Corps_recruit.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2440" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Howard P. Perry, the first black recruit in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1776 and 1777, a dozen <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> marines served in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, but from 1798 to 1942, the Marine Corps followed a racially discriminatory policy of denying African Americans the opportunity to serve.<sup id="cite_ref-ShawDonnelly_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShawDonnelly-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marine Corps was the last of the services to recruit African Americans, and its own history page acknowledges that it was a presidential order that "forced the Corps, despite objections from its leadership, to begin recruiting African American Marines in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It accepted them as recruits into segregated all-black units.<sup id="cite_ref-ShawDonnelly_129-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShawDonnelly-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next few decades, the incorporation of black troops was not widely accepted within the Corps, nor was <a href="/wiki/Desegregation_in_the_United_States" title="Desegregation in the United States">desegregation</a> smoothly or quickly achieved. The integration of African American Marines proceeded in stages from segregated battalions in 1942, to unified training in 1949, and finally full integration in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Marine Corps today is a fully integrated force, with Marines of all racial and ethnic backgrounds serving together. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rank_structure">Rank structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Rank structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">United States Marine Corps rank insignia</a></div> <p>As in the rest of the United States Armed Forces (excluding the Air Force and Space Force, which do not currently appoint warrant officers), Marine Corps <a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">ranks</a> fall into one of three categories: <a href="/wiki/Officer_(armed_forces)" title="Officer (armed forces)">commissioned officer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">warrant officer</a>, and enlisted, in decreasing order of authority. To standardize compensation, each rank is assigned a <a href="/wiki/Pay_grade" title="Pay grade">pay grade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commissioned_officers">Commissioned officers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Commissioned officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Commissioned officers are distinguished from other officers by their <a href="/wiki/Commission_(document)" title="Commission (document)">commission</a>, which is the formal written authority, issued in the name of the President of the United States, that confers the rank and authority of a Marine officer. Commissioned officers carry the "special trust and confidence" of the President of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Estes_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estes-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marine Corps commissioned officers are promoted based on an "<a href="/wiki/Up_or_out" title="Up or out">up or out</a>" system in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Officer_Personnel_Management_Act" title="Defense Officer Personnel Management Act">Defense Officer Personnel Management Act</a> of 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="width:100%; overflow:auto"> <table style="background-color:#F7F8FF; border:1px solid #8888AA; padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_pay_grades_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services pay grades of the United States">US DoD<br />pay grade</a> </th> <th>O-10 </th> <th>O-9 </th> <th>O-8 </th> <th>O-7 </th> <th>O-6 </th> <th>O-5 </th> <th>O-4 </th> <th>O-3 </th> <th>O-2 </th> <th>O-1 </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO#Definitions" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">NATO code</a> </th> <th>OF-9 </th> <th>OF-8 </th> <th>OF-7 </th> <th>OF-6 </th> <th>OF-5 </th> <th>OF-4 </th> <th>OF-3 </th> <th>OF-2 </th> <th colspan="2">OF-1 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Insignia </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O10_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/100px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/150px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/US-O10_insignia.svg/200px-US-O10_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2514" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O9_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/US-O9_insignia.svg/75px-US-O9_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/US-O9_insignia.svg/113px-US-O9_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/US-O9_insignia.svg/150px-US-O9_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1883" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O8_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/50px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/75px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/US-O8_insignia.svg/100px-US-O8_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1252" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O7_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US-O7_insignia.svg/25px-US-O7_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US-O7_insignia.svg/38px-US-O7_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/US-O7_insignia.svg/50px-US-O7_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="583" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O6_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/60px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/90px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/US-O6_insignia.svg/120px-US-O6_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="475" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O5_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/57px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/86px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/US-O5_insignia.svg/114px-US-O5_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="524" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O4_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/57px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="57" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/86px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/US-O4_insignia.svg/114px-US-O4_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="524" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._O-3_insignia_(USN,_USMC,_USCG,_NOAACOC,_PHSCC).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/U.S._O-3_insignia_%28USN%2C_USMC%2C_USCG%2C_NOAACOC%2C_PHSCC%29.svg/60px-U.S._O-3_insignia_%28USN%2C_USMC%2C_USCG%2C_NOAACOC%2C_PHSCC%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/U.S._O-3_insignia_%28USN%2C_USMC%2C_USCG%2C_NOAACOC%2C_PHSCC%29.svg/90px-U.S._O-3_insignia_%28USN%2C_USMC%2C_USCG%2C_NOAACOC%2C_PHSCC%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/U.S._O-3_insignia_%28USN%2C_USMC%2C_USCG%2C_NOAACOC%2C_PHSCC%29.svg/120px-U.S._O-3_insignia_%28USN%2C_USMC%2C_USCG%2C_NOAACOC%2C_PHSCC%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="126" data-file-height="126" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O2_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O2_insignia.svg/24px-US-O2_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O2_insignia.svg/36px-US-O2_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/US-O2_insignia.svg/48px-US-O2_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US-O1_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US-O1_insignia.svg/24px-US-O1_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US-O1_insignia.svg/36px-US-O1_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/US-O1_insignia.svg/48px-US-O1_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Service uniform insignia </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_10_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/US_Marine_10_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_10_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/US_Marine_10_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_10_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/US_Marine_10_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_10_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O5_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/US_Marine_O5_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O5_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/US_Marine_O5_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O5_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/US_Marine_O5_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O5_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O4_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/US_Marine_O4_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O4_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/US_Marine_O4_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O4_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/US_Marine_O4_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O4_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O3_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/US_Marine_O3_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O3_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/US_Marine_O3_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O3_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/US_Marine_O3_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O3_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O2_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/US_Marine_O2_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O2_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/US_Marine_O2_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O2_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/US_Marine_O2_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O2_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/60px-US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/90px-US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_vertical.svg/120px-US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Blue dress uniform insignia </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O10_shoulderboard_dress.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/US_Marine_O10_shoulderboard_dress.svg/60px-US_Marine_O10_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/US_Marine_O10_shoulderboard_dress.svg/90px-US_Marine_O10_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/US_Marine_O10_shoulderboard_dress.svg/120px-US_Marine_O10_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_dress.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_dress.svg/60px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_dress.svg/90px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_dress.svg/120px-US_Marine_O9_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O8_shoulderboard_dress.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_dress.svg/90px-US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_dress.svg/120px-US_Marine_O7_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_dress.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_dress.svg/60px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_dress.svg/90px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_dress.svg/120px-US_Marine_O6_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_dress.svg/60px-US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_dress.svg/90px-US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_dress.svg/120px-US_Marine_O1_shoulderboard_dress.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Title </th> <td><a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">General</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant general</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major general</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general_(United_States)" title="Brigadier general (United States)">Brigadier general</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(United_States)" title="Colonel (United States)">Colonel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lieutenant colonel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-3)" title="Captain (United States O-3)">Captain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_lieutenant#United_States" title="First lieutenant">First lieutenant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant#United_States" title="Second lieutenant">Second lieutenant</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Abbreviation </th> <td>Gen </td> <td>LtGen </td> <td>MajGen </td> <td>BGen </td> <td>Col </td> <td>LtCol </td> <td>Maj </td> <td>Capt </td> <td>1stLt </td> <td>2ndLt </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Warrant_officers">Warrant officers</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Warrant officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer (United States)</a></div> <p>Warrant officers are primarily formerly enlisted experts in a specific specialized field and provide leadership generally only within that speciality. </p> <div style="width:100%; overflow:auto"> <table style="background-color:#F7F8FF; border:1px solid #8888AA; padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th width="14%"><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_pay_grades_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services pay grades of the United States">US DoD pay grade</a> </th> <th width="11%" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Infantry_weapons_officer" title="Infantry weapons officer">Marine Gunner</a><br /> Insignia </th> <th width="15%">W-5 </th> <th width="15%">W-4 </th> <th width="15%">W-3 </th> <th width="15%">W-2 </th> <th width="15%">W-1 </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO#Definitions" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">NATO code</a> </th> <th>WO-5 </th> <th>WO-4 </th> <th>WO-3 </th> <th>WO-2 </th> <th>WO-1 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Insignia </th> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC_CWO_Gunner_(Dress).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/USMC_CWO_Gunner_%28Dress%29.png/50px-USMC_CWO_Gunner_%28Dress%29.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="66" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/USMC_CWO_Gunner_%28Dress%29.png/75px-USMC_CWO_Gunner_%28Dress%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/USMC_CWO_Gunner_%28Dress%29.png/100px-USMC_CWO_Gunner_%28Dress%29.png 2x" data-file-width="873" data-file-height="1161" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC_CWO5.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/USMC_CWO5.svg/25px-USMC_CWO5.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/USMC_CWO5.svg/38px-USMC_CWO5.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/USMC_CWO5.svg/50px-USMC_CWO5.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="131" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC_CWO4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/USMC_CWO4.svg/25px-USMC_CWO4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/USMC_CWO4.svg/38px-USMC_CWO4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/USMC_CWO4.svg/50px-USMC_CWO4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="131" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC_CWO3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/USMC_CWO3.svg/25px-USMC_CWO3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/USMC_CWO3.svg/38px-USMC_CWO3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/USMC_CWO3.svg/50px-USMC_CWO3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="131" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC_CWO2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/USMC_CWO2.svg/25px-USMC_CWO2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/USMC_CWO2.svg/38px-USMC_CWO2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/USMC_CWO2.svg/50px-USMC_CWO2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="131" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC_WO1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/USMC_WO1.svg/25px-USMC_WO1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/USMC_WO1.svg/38px-USMC_WO1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/USMC_WO1.svg/50px-USMC_WO1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="131" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Service Uniform Insignia </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_W-5_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/US_Marine_W-5_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Marine_W-5_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/US_Marine_W-5_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Marine_W-5_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/US_Marine_W-5_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Marine_W-5_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_W-4_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/US_Marine_W-4_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Marine_W-4_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/US_Marine_W-4_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Marine_W-4_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/US_Marine_W-4_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Marine_W-4_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_W-3_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/US_Marine_W-3_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Marine_W-3_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/US_Marine_W-3_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Marine_W-3_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/US_Marine_W-3_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Marine_W-3_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_W-2_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/US_Marine_W-2_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Marine_W-2_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/US_Marine_W-2_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Marine_W-2_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/US_Marine_W-2_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Marine_W-2_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Marine_W-1_shoulderboard.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/US_Marine_W-1_shoulderboard.svg/50px-US_Marine_W-1_shoulderboard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/US_Marine_W-1_shoulderboard.svg/75px-US_Marine_W-1_shoulderboard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/US_Marine_W-1_shoulderboard.svg/100px-US_Marine_W-1_shoulderboard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="92" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Title </th> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td>Chief warrant officer 5 </td> <td>Chief warrant officer 4 </td> <td>Chief warrant officer 3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_warrant_officer#United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Chief warrant officer">Chief warrant officer</a> 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_(United_States)#Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant Officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a> 1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Abbreviation </th> <td>CWO5 </td> <td>CWO4 </td> <td>CWO3 </td> <td>CWO2 </td> <td>WO </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Enlisted">Enlisted</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Enlisted"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Enlisted marines in the pay grades E-1 to E-3 make up the bulk of the Corps's ranks. Although they do not technically hold leadership ranks, the Corps's ethos stresses leadership among all marines, and junior marines are often assigned responsibilities normally reserved for superiors. Those in the pay grades of E-4 and E-5 are non-commissioned officers (NCOs).<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They primarily supervise junior Marines and act as a vital link with the higher command structure, ensuring that orders are carried out correctly. Marines E-6 and higher are staff non-commissioned officers (SNCOs), charged with supervising NCOs and acting as enlisted advisers to the command.<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The E-8 and E-9 levels have two and three ranks per pay grade, respectively, each with different responsibilities. The first sergeant and sergeant major ranks are command-oriented, serving as the senior enlisted marines in a unit, charged to assist the commanding officer in matters of discipline, administration, and the morale and welfare of the unit. Master sergeants and master gunnery sergeants provide technical leadership as occupational specialists in their specific MOS. The <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a> is a billet conferred on the senior enlisted marine of the entire Marine Corps, personally selected by the commandant, and is given a special pay grade above E-9. It is possible for an enlisted marine to hold a position senior to Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps which was the case from 2011 to 2015 with the appointment of Sergeant Major <a href="/wiki/Bryan_B._Battaglia" title="Bryan B. Battaglia">Bryan B. Battaglia</a> to the billet of <a href="/wiki/Senior_Enlisted_Advisor_to_the_Chairman" title="Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman">Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman</a>, who is the most senior enlisted member of the United States military, serving in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="width:100%; overflow:auto"> <table style="background-color:#F7F8FF; border:1px solid #8888AA; padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; font-size:90%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCC;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_pay_grades_of_the_United_States#Enlisted_pay_grades" title="Uniformed services pay grades of the United States">US DoD<br />pay grade</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Special</th> <th colspan="2">E-9 </th> <th colspan="2">E-8 </th> <th>E-7 </th> <th>E-6 </th> <th>E-5 </th> <th>E-4 </th> <th>E-3 </th> <th>E-2 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/USMC-E8-MSG_%28Service%29.svg/50px-USMC-E8-MSG_%28Service%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/USMC-E8-MSG_%28Service%29.svg/75px-USMC-E8-MSG_%28Service%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/USMC-E8-MSG_%28Service%29.svg/100px-USMC-E8-MSG_%28Service%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="593" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC-E7_(Service).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/USMC-E7_%28Service%29.svg/50px-USMC-E7_%28Service%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/USMC-E7_%28Service%29.svg/75px-USMC-E7_%28Service%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/File:USMC-E3_(Service).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/USMC-E3_%28Service%29.svg/50px-USMC-E3_%28Service%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/USMC-E3_%28Service%29.svg/75px-USMC-E3_%28Service%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/USMC-E3_%28Service%29.svg/100px-USMC-E3_%28Service%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="342" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC-E2_(Service).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/USMC-E2_%28Service%29.svg/50px-USMC-E2_%28Service%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/USMC-E2_%28Service%29.svg/75px-USMC-E2_%28Service%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="mw-redirect" title="Gunnery Sergeant">Gunnery Sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Staff_Sergeant" class="mw-redirect" title="Staff Sergeant">Staff Sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lance_Corporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lance Corporal">Lance Corporal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Private_First_Class" class="mw-redirect" title="Private First Class">Private First Class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Abbreviation </th> <td>SEAC </td> <td>SMMC </td> <td>SgtMaj </td> <td>MGySgt </td> <td>1stSgt </td> <td>MSgt </td> <td>GySgt </td> <td>SSgt </td> <td>Sgt </td> <td>Cpl </td> <td>LCpl </td> <td>PFC </td> <td>Pvt </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_Occupational_Specialty">Military Occupational Specialty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Military Occupational Specialty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Military_Occupational_Specialty" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Occupational Specialty">Military Occupational Specialty</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_MOS" title="List of United States Marine Corps MOS">List of United States Marine Corps MOS</a></div> <p>The Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of job classification. Using a four digit code, it designates what field and specific occupation a Marine performs. Segregated between officer and enlisted, the MOS determines the staffing of a unit. Some MOSs change with rank to reflect supervisory positions; others are secondary and represent a temporary assignment outside of a Marine's normal duties or special skill.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_training">Initial training</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Initial training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">United States Marine Corps Recruit Training</a> and <a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine_recruits.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Marine_recruits.jpg/220px-Marine_recruits.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Marine_recruits.jpg/330px-Marine_recruits.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Marine_recruits.jpg/440px-Marine_recruits.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4059" data-file-height="2706" /></a><figcaption>Marine recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego</figcaption></figure> <p>Every year, over 2,000 new Marine officers are commissioned, and 38,000 recruits are accepted and trained.<sup id="cite_ref-ChenowethNihart_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChenowethNihart-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All new marines, enlisted or officer, are <a href="/wiki/Military_recruitment" title="Military recruitment">recruited</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruiting_Command" title="Marine Corps Recruiting Command">Marine Corps Recruiting Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commissioned officers are commissioned mainly through one of three sources: <a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps">Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">Officer Candidates School</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a>. Following commissioning, all Marine commissioned officers, regardless of accession route or further training requirements, attend <a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> at Marine Corps Base Quantico. At The Basic School, second lieutenants, warrant officers, and selected foreign officers learn the art of infantry and <a href="/wiki/Combined_arms" title="Combined arms">combined arms</a> warfare.<sup id="cite_ref-Estes_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estes-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Enlisted marines attend <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">recruit training</a>, known as <i>boot camp</i>, at either Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego or Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Historically, the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> served as a dividing line that delineated who would be trained where, while more recently, a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Recruiting_Command#Structure" title="Marine Corps Recruiting Command">district system</a> has ensured a more even distribution of male recruits between the two facilities. All recruits must pass a fitness test to start training; those who fail will receive individualized attention and training until the minimum standards are reached.<sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marine recruit training is the longest among the American military services; it is 13 weeks long including processing and out-processing.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following recruit training, enlisted marines then attend <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_School_of_Infantry" title="United States Marine Corps School of Infantry">The School of Infantry</a> at <a href="/wiki/Camp_Geiger" title="Camp Geiger">Camp Geiger</a> or <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Base_Camp_Pendleton" title="Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton">Camp Pendleton</a>. Infantry marines begin their combat training, which varies in length, immediately with the Infantry Training Battalion. Marines in all other MOSs train for 29 days in Marine Combat Training, learning common infantry skills, before continuing on to their MOS schools, which vary in length.<sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Uniforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USMC_uniforms.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/USMC_uniforms.jpg/280px-USMC_uniforms.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/USMC_uniforms.jpg/420px-USMC_uniforms.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/USMC_uniforms.jpg 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="356" /></a><figcaption>An illustration of U.S. marines in various uniform setups. From left to right: A U.S. marine in a <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Combat_Utility_Uniform" title="Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform">Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform</a> with full combat load <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 2003</span>, a U.S. marine in a (full) <a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">blue dress uniform</a>, a U.S. Marine officer in a service uniform, and a U.S. Marine general in an <a href="/wiki/Mess_dress_uniform" title="Mess dress uniform">evening dress uniform</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marine Corps has the most stable and most recognizable uniforms in the American military; the Dress Blues dates back to the early 19th century<sup id="cite_ref-ChenowethNihart_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChenowethNihart-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the service uniform to the early 20th century. Only a handful of skills (parachutist, air crew, explosive ordnance disposal, etc.) warrant <a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">distinguishing badges</a>, and rank insignia is not worn on uniform headgear (with the exception of an officer's garrison service cover). </p><p>Marines have four main uniforms: dress, service, utility, and physical training. These uniforms have a few minor but very distinct variations from enlisted personnel to commissioned and non-commissioned officers. The Marine Corps <b><a href="/wiki/Full_dress_uniform" title="Full dress uniform">dress uniform</a></b> is the most elaborate, worn for formal or ceremonial occasions. There are four different forms of the dress uniform. The variations of the dress uniforms are known as "Alphas", "Bravos", "Charlies", or "Deltas". The most common being the "Blue Dress Alphas or Bravos", called "Dress Blues" or simply "Blues". It is most often seen in recruiting advertisements and is equivalent to <a href="/wiki/Black_tie" title="Black tie">black tie</a>. There is a "Blue-White" Dress for summer, and Evening Dress for formal (<a href="/wiki/White_tie" title="White tie">white tie</a>) occasions, which are reserved for SNCO's and officers. Versions with a khaki shirt in lieu of the coat (Blue Dress Charlie/Delta) are worn as a daily working uniform by Marine recruiters and NROTC staff.<sup id="cite_ref-uniform_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniform-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <b>service uniform</b> was once the prescribed daily work attire in garrison; however, it has been largely superseded in this role by the utility uniform. Consisting of olive green and khaki colors. It is roughly equivalent in function and composition to a <a href="/wiki/Suit_(clothing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suit (clothing)">business suit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-uniform_141-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniform-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (March 2021)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <b>utility uniform</b>, currently the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Combat_Utility_Uniform" title="Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform">Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform</a>, is a camouflage uniform intended for wear in the field or for dirty work in garrison, though it has been standardized for regular duty. It is rendered in <a href="/wiki/MARPAT" title="MARPAT">MARPAT</a> pixelated <a href="/wiki/Camouflage" title="Camouflage">camouflage</a> that breaks up the wearer's shape. In garrison, the woodland and desert uniforms are worn depending on the marine's duty station.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (March 2021)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Marines consider the utilities a working uniform and do not permit their wear off-base, except in transit to and from their place of duty and in the event of an emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-uniform_141-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniform-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Culture of the United States Marine Corps">Culture of the United States Marine Corps</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Official_traditions_and_customs">Official traditions and customs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Official traditions and customs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As in any military organization, the official and unofficial traditions of the Marine Corps serve to reinforce camaraderie and set the service apart from others. The Corps's embrace of its rich culture and history is cited as a reason for its high <i>esprit de corps</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Estes_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Estes-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An important part of the Marine Corps culture is the traditional seafaring naval terminology derived from its history with the Navy. "Marines" are not "soldiers" or "sailors".<sup id="cite_ref-DCNT925052_143-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCNT925052-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flags,_USMC.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="color artwork of an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor over crossed American and Marine flags" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flags%2C_USMC.png/220px-Flags%2C_USMC.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Flags%2C_USMC.png/330px-Flags%2C_USMC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Flags%2C_USMC.png 2x" data-file-width="422" data-file-height="221" /></a><figcaption>The Eagle, Globe and Anchor along with the U.S. flag, the Marine Corps flag and the Commandant's flag</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Marine Corps emblem</i> is the <a href="/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor" title="Eagle, Globe, and Anchor">Eagle, Globe, and Anchor</a>, sometimes abbreviated "EGA", adopted in 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marine Corps seal includes the emblem, also is found on the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">flag of the United States Marine Corps</a>, and establishes scarlet and gold as the official colors.<sup id="cite_ref-Customs_EmblemSeal_145-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Customs_EmblemSeal-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marine motto <i><a href="/wiki/Semper_Fidelis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semper Fidelis">Semper Fidelis</a></i> means <i>Always Faithful</i> in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>, often appearing as <i>Semper Fi</i>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Marines%27_Hymn" title="Marines' Hymn">Marines' Hymn</a></i> dates back to the 19th century and is the oldest official song in the United States armed forces. <i>Semper Fi</i> is also the name of the <a href="/wiki/Semper_Fidelis_(march)" title="Semper Fidelis (march)">official march of the Corps</a>, composed by <a href="/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" title="John Philip Sousa">John Philip Sousa</a>. The mottos <i>"Fortitudine"</i> (With Fortitude); <i>By Sea and by Land</i>, a translation of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>' <i>Per Mare, Per Terram</i>; and <i>To the Shores of Tripoli</i> were used until 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-Customs2_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Customs2-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Philip_Sousa_-_U.S._Marine_Band_-_Semper_Fidelis_March.ogg" title="File:John Philip Sousa - U.S. Marine Band - Semper Fidelis March.ogg">Semper Fidelis March</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="256" data-mwtitle="John_Philip_Sousa_-_U.S._Marine_Band_-_Semper_Fidelis_March.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/John_Philip_Sousa_-_U.S._Marine_Band_-_Semper_Fidelis_March.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/John_Philip_Sousa_-_U.S._Marine_Band_-_Semper_Fidelis_March.ogg/John_Philip_Sousa_-_U.S._Marine_Band_-_Semper_Fidelis_March.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description"><a href="/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa" title="John Philip Sousa">John Philip Sousa</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Semper_Fidelis_(march)" title="Semper Fidelis (march)">Semper Fidelis March</a>", the official march of the U.S. Marine Corps. Performed by the U.S. Marine Band in June 1909.</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>Two styles of swords are worn by marines: the officers' <a href="/wiki/Mameluke_Sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Mameluke Sword">Mameluke Sword</a>, similar to the Persian <a href="/wiki/Shamshir" title="Shamshir">shamshir</a> presented to Lt. <a href="/wiki/Presley_O%27Bannon" title="Presley O'Bannon">Presley O'Bannon</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Derna_(1805)" title="Battle of Derna (1805)">Battle of Derna</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_noncommissioned_officer%27s_sword" title="United States Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword">Marine NCO sword</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChenowethNihart_35-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChenowethNihart-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_birthday_ball" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Marine Corps birthday ball">Marine Corps Birthday</a> is celebrated every year on 10 November in a cake-cutting ceremony where the first slice of cake is given to the oldest marine present, who in turn hands it off to the youngest marine present. The celebration includes a reading of Commandant <a href="/wiki/John_A._Lejeune" title="John A. Lejeune">Lejeune's</a> Birthday Message.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Close Order Drill is heavily emphasized early on in a marine's initial training, incorporated into most formal events, and is used to teach discipline by instilling habits of precision and automatic response to orders, increase the confidence of junior officers and noncommissioned officers through the exercise of command and give marines an opportunity to handle individual weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unofficial_traditions_and_customs">Unofficial traditions and customs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Unofficial traditions and customs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Teufel_Hunden_US_Marines_recruiting_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="cartoon of a bulldog wearing a Marine helmet chasing a dachshund wearing a German helmet, the poster reads "Teufel Hunden: German nickname for U.S. Marines. Devil Dog recruiting station, 628 South State Street"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Teufel_Hunden_US_Marines_recruiting_poster.jpg/170px-Teufel_Hunden_US_Marines_recruiting_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Teufel_Hunden_US_Marines_recruiting_poster.jpg/255px-Teufel_Hunden_US_Marines_recruiting_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Teufel_Hunden_US_Marines_recruiting_poster.jpg/340px-Teufel_Hunden_US_Marines_recruiting_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="833" data-file-height="1223" /></a><figcaption>A recruiting poster making use of the "Teufel Hunden" [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] nickname</figcaption></figure> <p>Marines have several generic nicknames: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Devil_Dog" title="Devil Dog">Devil Dog</a>:</i> German soldiers during the First World War reportedly said at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood" title="Battle of Belleau Wood">Belleau Wood</a> that the marines were so vicious that the German infantrymen called them Teufelshunde – 'devil dogs'.<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Gyrene:</i> commonly used between fellow marines.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leatherneck" title="Leatherneck">Leatherneck</a>:</i> refers to a leather collar formerly part of the Marine uniform during the Revolutionary War period.<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Jarhead</i> has several oft-disputed explanations.<sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crayon-eater" class="mw-redirect" title="Crayon-eater">Crayon-eater</a>:</i> A self-deprecating term originating in the 2010s, playing off of a stereotype of Marines as unintelligent.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Some other unofficial traditions include mottos and exclamations: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oorah" title="Oorah">Oorah</a></i> is common among marines, being similar in function and purpose to the Army, Air Force, and Space Force's <a href="/wiki/Hooah" title="Hooah">hooah</a> and the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Hooyah" title="Hooyah">hooyah</a> cries. Many possible <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">etymologies</a> have been offered for the term.<sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Semper_fidelis" title="Semper fidelis">Semper Fi</a></i> is a common greeting among serving and veteran marines.</li> <li><i>Improvise, Adapt and Overcome</i> has become an adopted mantra in many units.<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Negative_associations">Negative associations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Negative associations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In spite of any association or tangible evidence of extremism in the current culture of the Marine Corps, the Marines had two short associations in their ranks, particularly with <a href="/wiki/White_supremacy" title="White supremacy">White supremacy</a>. In 1976 the Camp Pendleton Chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a>, which had over 100 members, was headed by an active duty marine. In 1986, a number of Marines were implicated in the theft of weapons for the <a href="/wiki/White_Patriot_Party" title="White Patriot Party">White Patriot Party</a>. While the sale of the weapons was to a supremacist organization it was never verified that the Marines were actual members of the organization. Although similar affiliation there is not evidence of correlation from the event in the 1976 to the events recorded in 1986. The USMC, along with the rest of the military, has since made an effort to address extremism in the ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-160" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veteran_marines">Veteran marines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Veteran marines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Corps encourages the idea that "marine" is an earned title, and most Marine Corps personnel take to heart the phrase, "Once a marine, Always a marine". They reject the term "ex-marine" in most circumstances. There are no regulations concerning the address of persons who have left active service, so a number of customary terms have come into common use.<sup id="cite_ref-Krulak_75-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krulak-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Martial_arts_program">Martial arts program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Martial arts program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Martial_Arts_Program" title="Marine Corps Martial Arts Program">Marine Corps Martial Arts Program</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine_martial_arts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Marine_martial_arts.jpg/220px-Marine_martial_arts.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Marine_martial_arts.jpg/330px-Marine_martial_arts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Marine_martial_arts.jpg/440px-Marine_martial_arts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4591" data-file-height="3279" /></a><figcaption>Marines training in martial arts</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2001, the Marine Corps initiated an internally designed martial arts program, called Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP). Because of an expectation that urban and police-type <a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping" title="Peacekeeping">peacekeeping</a> missions would become more common in the 21st century, placing marines in even closer contact with unarmed civilians, MCMAP was implemented to provide marines with a larger and more versatile set of less-than-lethal options for controlling hostile, unarmed individuals. It is a stated aim of the program to instill and maintain the "Warrior Ethos" within marines.<sup id="cite_ref-Yi_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yi-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MCMAP is an eclectic mix of different styles of martial arts melded together. MCMAP consists of punches and kicks from <a href="/wiki/Taekwondo" title="Taekwondo">Taekwondo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Karate" title="Karate">Karate</a>, opponent weight transfer from <a href="/wiki/Jujutsu" title="Jujutsu">Jujitsu</a>, ground grappling involving <a href="/wiki/Joint_lock" title="Joint lock">joint locking</a> techniques and <a href="/wiki/Chokehold" title="Chokehold">chokes</a> from <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu" title="Brazilian jiu-jitsu">Brazilian jiu-jitsu</a>, and a mix of knife and baton/stick fighting derived from <a href="/wiki/Arnis" title="Arnis">Eskrima</a>, and elbow strikes and kick boxing from <a href="/wiki/Muay_Thai" title="Muay Thai">Muay Thai</a>. Marines begin MCMAP training in boot camp, where they will earn the first of five available <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Martial_Arts_Program#Structure_and_belt_system" title="Marine Corps Martial Arts Program">belts</a>. The belts begin at tan and progress to black and are worn with standard utility uniforms.<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Category:United_States_Marine_Corps_equipment" title="Category:United States Marine Corps equipment">Category:United States Marine Corps equipment</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment</a></div> <p>As of 2013, the typical infantry rifleman carries $14,000 worth of gear (excluding <a href="/wiki/Night_vision_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Night vision device">night-vision goggles</a>), compared to $2,500 a decade earlier. The number of pieces of equipment (everything from radios to trucks) in a typical infantry battalion has also increased, from 3,400 pieces of gear in 2001 to 8,500 in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-163" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infantry_weapons">Infantry weapons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Infantry weapons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FORECON_CQB_trng_-001-.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/FORECON_CQB_trng_-001-.jpg/220px-FORECON_CQB_trng_-001-.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/FORECON_CQB_trng_-001-.jpg/330px-FORECON_CQB_trng_-001-.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/FORECON_CQB_trng_-001-.jpg/440px-FORECON_CQB_trng_-001-.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="997" /></a><figcaption>Marines firing <a href="/wiki/MEU(SOC)_pistol" title="MEU(SOC) pistol">MEU(SOC) pistols</a> while <a href="/wiki/Garrison" title="Garrison">garrisoned</a> aboard a ship</figcaption></figure> <p>The infantry weapon of the Marine Corps is the <a href="/wiki/M27_Infantry_Automatic_Rifle" title="M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle">M27 IAR</a><sup id="cite_ref-164" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> service rifle. Most non-infantry marines have been equipped with the <a href="/wiki/M4_carbine" title="M4 carbine">M4 Carbine</a><sup id="cite_ref-165" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Colt_9mm_SMG" title="Colt 9mm SMG">Colt 9mm SMG</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The standard <a href="/wiki/Sidearm_(weapon)" title="Sidearm (weapon)">side arm</a> is the <a href="/wiki/SIG_Sauer_M17" title="SIG Sauer M17">SIG Sauer M17</a>/M18<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M18 will replace all other pistols in the Marine Corps inventory, including the <a href="/wiki/Beretta_M9" title="Beretta M9">M9</a>, M9A1, <a href="/wiki/MEU(SOC)_pistol" title="MEU(SOC) pistol">M45A1</a> and M007, as the <a href="/wiki/MEU(SOC)_pistol" title="MEU(SOC) pistol">M45A1</a> Close Quarter Battle Pistol (CQBP) in small numbers. <a href="/wiki/Suppressive_fire" title="Suppressive fire">Suppressive fire</a> is provided by the, <a href="/wiki/M249_light_machine_gun" title="M249 light machine gun">M249 SAW</a>, and <a href="/wiki/M240_machine_gun" title="M240 machine gun">M240</a> machine guns, at the squad and company levels respectively. In 2018, the M27 IAR was selected to be the standard-issue rifle for all infantry squads.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the Marine Corps committed to fielding <a href="/wiki/Silencer_(firearms)" title="Silencer (firearms)">suppressors</a> to all its infantry units, making it the first branch of the U.S. military to adopt them for widespread use.<sup id="cite_ref-169" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The USMC infantry issued grenade launcher is the M320, which shoots a 40 mm grenade,<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as the M67 fragmentation grenade.<sup id="cite_ref-171" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indirect fire is also provided by the <a href="/wiki/M203_grenade_launcher" title="M203 grenade launcher">M203 grenade launcher</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Milkor_MGL" title="Milkor MGL">M32 grenade launcher</a> in fireteams, <a href="/wiki/M224_mortar" title="M224 mortar">M224 60 mm mortar</a> in companies, and <a href="/wiki/M252_mortar" title="M252 mortar">M252 81 mm mortar</a> in battalions. The <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mk_19_grenade_launcher" title="Mk 19 grenade launcher">MK19 automatic grenade launcher (40 mm)</a> are available for use by dismounted infantry, though they are more commonly vehicle-mounted. Precision firepower is provided by the <a href="/wiki/M40_rifle" title="M40 rifle">M40 series</a><sup id="cite_ref-172" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Barrett_M82" title="Barrett M82">Barrett M107</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Designated_marksman" title="Designated marksman">designated marksmen</a> use the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Designated_Marksman_Rifle" title="United States Marine Corps Designated Marksman Rifle">DMR</a> variant of the M27, known as the M38, and the <a href="/wiki/Squad_Advanced_Marksman_Rifle" title="Squad Advanced Marksman Rifle">SAM-R</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AAV-australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/AAV-australia.jpg/220px-AAV-australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/AAV-australia.jpg/330px-AAV-australia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/AAV-australia.jpg/440px-AAV-australia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1268" data-file-height="1012" /></a><figcaption>Marine <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_Assault_Vehicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious Assault Vehicle">Amphibious Assault Vehicles</a> emerge from the surf onto the sand of Freshwater Beach, Australia</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marine Corps utilizes a variety of direct-fire rockets and missiles to provide infantry with an offensive and defensive anti-armor capability. The <a href="/wiki/Mk_153_Shoulder-Launched_Multipurpose_Assault_Weapon" title="Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon">Mk 153 SMAW</a> and <a href="/wiki/AT4" title="AT4">AT4</a> are unguided rockets that can destroy armor and fixed defenses (e.g., bunkers) at ranges up to 500 meters. The smaller and lighter <a href="/wiki/M72_LAW" title="M72 LAW">M72 LAW</a> can destroy targets at ranges up to 200 meters.<sup id="cite_ref-173" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-174" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/FGM-172_SRAW" title="FGM-172 SRAW">FGM-172 SRAW</a>, <a href="/wiki/FGM-148_Javelin" title="FGM-148 Javelin">FGM-148 Javelin</a> and <a href="/wiki/BGM-71_TOW" title="BGM-71 TOW">BGM-71 TOW</a> are <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_guided_missile" title="Anti-tank guided missile">anti-tank guided missiles</a>. The Javelin can utilize top-attack profiles to avoid heavy frontal armor. The SRAW is a close range missile system that uses a <a href="/wiki/Predicted_Line_of_Sight" class="mw-redirect" title="Predicted Line of Sight">Predicted Line of Sight</a> (PLOS) guidance system. The Javelin and TOW are heavier missiles effective past 2,000 meters that give infantry an offensive capability against armor.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ground_vehicles">Ground vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Ground vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps</a></div> <p>The Corps operates the same <a href="/wiki/Humvee" title="Humvee">HMMWV</a> as does the Army, which is in the process of being replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Light_Tactical_Vehicle" title="Joint Light Tactical Vehicle">Joint Light Tactical Vehicle</a> (JLTV). However, for its specific needs, the Corps uses a number of unique vehicles. The <a href="/wiki/LAV-25" title="LAV-25">LAV-25</a> is a dedicated wheeled armored personnel carrier, similar to the Army's <a href="/wiki/Stryker" title="Stryker">Stryker</a> vehicle, used to provide strategic mobility.<sup id="cite_ref-176" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amphibious capability is provided by the <a href="/wiki/Assault_Amphibious_Vehicle" title="Assault Amphibious Vehicle">AAV-7A1 Assault Amphibious Vehicle</a>, an armored tracked vehicle that doubles as an <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armored personnel carrier</a>, due to be replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_Combat_Vehicle" title="Amphibious Combat Vehicle">Amphibious Combat Vehicle</a>, a faster vehicle with superior armor and weaponry. The threat of <a href="/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine">land mines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" title="Improvised explosive device">improvised explosive devices</a> in Iraq and Afghanistan has seen the Corps begin purchasing heavily armored vehicles that can better withstand the effects of these weapons as part of the <a href="/wiki/MRAP" class="mw-redirect" title="MRAP">Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle program</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-177" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-177"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LVSR_178-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LVSR-178"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Marines also operate the <a href="/wiki/M777_howitzer" title="M777 howitzer">M777 155 mm howitzer</a> and the <a href="/wiki/M142_HIMARS" title="M142 HIMARS">High Mobility Artillery Rocket System</a> (HIMARS), a truck-mounted rocket artillery system. Both are capable of firing guided munitions.<sup id="cite_ref-JCLewis_179-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JCLewis-179"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, the Marine Corps retired its <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1A1 Abrams</a> tanks and eliminated all of its tank units. General David Berger explained the decision describing the long-serving Marine weapons system as "operationally unsuitable for our highest-priority challenges." The move leaves the Army as the sole American operator of tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-180" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-180"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aircraft.osprey.678pix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="color photo of four parachutists jumping from the open ramp of an MV-22 Osprey in flight" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Aircraft.osprey.678pix.jpg/220px-Aircraft.osprey.678pix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Aircraft.osprey.678pix.jpg/330px-Aircraft.osprey.678pix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Aircraft.osprey.678pix.jpg/440px-Aircraft.osprey.678pix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1600" /></a><figcaption>Marine parachutists jumping from an <a href="/wiki/Bell-Boeing_V-22_Osprey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey">MV-22 Osprey</a> at 10,000 feet</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft#Marine_Corps" title="List of active United States military aircraft">List of active United States Marine Corps military aircraft</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Organic_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Organic unit">organic</a> aviation capability of the Marine Corps is essential to its amphibious mission. <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Corps Aviation">Marine Corps Aviation</a> operates both <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">rotary-wing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">fixed-wing aircraft</a> mainly to provide <a href="/wiki/Assault_Support" title="Assault Support">Assault Support</a> and <a href="/wiki/Close_air_support" title="Close air support">close air support</a> to its ground forces. Other aircraft types are used in a variety of support and special-purpose roles. The light transport and attack capabilities are provided by the <a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1Y_Venom" title="Bell UH-1Y Venom">Bell UH-1Y Venom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bell_AH-1Z_Viper" title="Bell AH-1Z Viper">Bell AH-1Z Viper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-181" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-181"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medium-lift squadrons utilize the <a href="/wiki/Bell-Boeing_V-22_Osprey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey">MV-22 Osprey</a> <a href="/wiki/Tiltrotor" title="Tiltrotor">tiltrotor</a>. Heavy-lift squadrons are equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53E_Super_Stallion" title="Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion">CH-53E Super Stallion</a> helicopter, which are being replaced with the upgraded <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53K" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikorsky CH-53K">CH-53K</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-182" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-182"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marine attack squadrons fly the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II">AV-8B Harrier II</a>; while the fighter/attack mission is handled by the single-seat and dual-seat versions of the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornet</a> strike-fighter aircraft. The AV-8B is a <a href="/wiki/V/STOL" title="V/STOL">V/STOL</a> aircraft that can operate from <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship" title="Amphibious assault ship">amphibious assault ships</a>, land air bases and short, expeditionary airfields, while the F/A-18 can only be flown from land or <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>. Both are slated to be replaced by 340 of the <a href="/wiki/STOVL" title="STOVL">STOVL</a> B version of the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a><sup id="cite_ref-183" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-183"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 80 of the carrier <a href="/wiki/F-35C" class="mw-redirect" title="F-35C">F-35C</a> versions for deployment with Navy <a href="/wiki/Carrier_air_wing" title="Carrier air wing">carrier air wings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-184" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-184"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-187" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-187"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg/220px-US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg/330px-US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg/440px-US_Navy_111003-N-ZZ999-002_An_F-35B_Lightning_II_makes_the_first_vertical_landing_on_a_flight_deck_at_sea_aboard_the_amphibious_assault_ship_USS_W.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>A Marine Corps F-35B, the vertical-landing version of the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35 Lightning II</a> <a href="/wiki/Multirole_combat_aircraft" title="Multirole combat aircraft">multirole fighter</a> landing aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Wasp_(LHD-1)" title="USS Wasp (LHD-1)">USS <i>Wasp</i></a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Corps operates its own organic <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">aerial refueling</a> assets in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">KC-130 Hercules</a>; however, it also receives a large amount of support from the U.S. Air Force. The Hercules doubles as a ground refueler and tactical-airlift transport aircraft. The USMC electronic warfare plane, the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B</a>, was retired in 2019. The Marines operate <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">unmanned aerial vehicles</a>: the <a href="/wiki/AAI_RQ-7_Shadow" title="AAI RQ-7 Shadow">RQ-7 Shadow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boeing_ScanEagle" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing ScanEagle">Scan Eagle</a> for tactical reconnaissance.<sup id="cite_ref-188" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-188"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (<a href="/wiki/VMFT-401" title="VMFT-401">VMFT-401</a>), operates <a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">F-5E, F-5F and F-5N Tiger II</a> aircraft in support of air combat adversary (<a href="/wiki/Dissimilar_air_combat_training" title="Dissimilar air combat training">aggressor</a>) training. Marine Helicopter Squadron One (<a href="/wiki/HMX-1" title="HMX-1">HMX-1</a>) operates the <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-3_Sea_King" title="Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King">VH-3D Sea King</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">VH-60N Whitehawk</a> helicopters in the VIP transport role, most notably <a href="/wiki/Marine_One" title="Marine One">Marine One</a>, but are <a href="/wiki/VXX" title="VXX">due to be replaced</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_VH-92_Patriot" title="Sikorsky VH-92 Patriot">VH-92 Patriot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-189" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-189"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A single Marine Corps <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">C-130 Hercules</a> aircraft, "Fat Albert", is used to support the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration team, the "<a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-190" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-190"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_other_services">Relationship with other services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Relationship with other services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In general, the Marine Corps shares many resources with the other branches of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>. However, the Corps has consistently sought to maintain its own identity with regard to mission, funding, and assets, while utilizing support available from the larger branches. While the Marine Corps has far fewer installations both in the U.S. and worldwide than the other branches, many <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Army_installations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Army installations">Army posts</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_installations" title="List of United States Navy installations">Naval stations</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">Air Force bases</a> have a Marine presence. They also cross-train with other countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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As a result, the Navy and Marine Corps have a close relationship, more so than with other branches of the military. <a href="/wiki/White_paper" title="White paper">White papers</a> and promotional literature have commonly used the phrase "Navy-Marine Corps Team",<sup id="cite_ref-Seapower21_191-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seapower21-191"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EnduringFreedomVid_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EnduringFreedomVid-192"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or refer to "the Naval Service". Both the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a> (CNO) and Commandant of the Marine Corps report directly to the Secretary of the Navy.<sup id="cite_ref-193" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-193"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-194" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-194"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Operationally, the Marine Corps provides the <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Marine_Force" title="Fleet Marine Force">Fleet Marine Forces</a> for service with the Navy's fleets, including the forward-deployed Marine Expeditionary Units embarked aboard Navy amphibious warships. The Corps also contributes some Marine Aviation fixed-wing fighter/attack assets (aircraft squadrons and related aircraft maintenance augmentation units) as part of the Carrier Air Wings deployed aboard aircraft carriers. The <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Security_Force_Regiment" title="Marine Corps Security Force Regiment">Marine Corps Security Force Regiment</a> provides infantry-based security battalions and Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team companies to guard and defend high-priority and overseas Navy bases. Security for the Presidential Retreat located aboard the <a href="/wiki/Camp_David" title="Camp David">Naval Support Activity Thurmont, aka <i>Camp David</i></a> is provided by the Marine infantry battalion stationed as part of the garrison aboard Marine Barracks Washington. </p><p>Cooperation between the two services includes the training and instruction of some future Marine Corps officers (most are trained and commissioned through Marine Corps OCS), all Marine Corps Naval Aviators (aircraft pilots) and Naval Flight Officers (airborne weapons and sensor system officers), and some Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel. The Corps receives a significant portion of its officers from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">United States Naval Academy</a> (USNA) and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps</a> (NROTC). USNA and NROTC staff and faculty includes Marine Corps instructors. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation#Aviators_and_flight_officers" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine Corps aviators and flight officers</a> are trained in the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Training_Command" title="Naval Air Training Command">Naval Air Training Command</a> (NATRACOM) and are designated, or <i>winged</i> as <a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Aviator">Naval Aviators</a> or <a href="/wiki/Naval_Flight_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Flight Officer">Naval Flight Officers</a>. The Marine Corps provides flight instructors to the Naval Air Training Command as well as <a href="/wiki/Drill_instructor" title="Drill instructor">drill instructors</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">Navy's Officer Candidate School</a>. Many enlisted marines, particularly those in the aviation maintenance specialties, are trained at Navy technical training centers. The Marine Corps also provides ground combat training support to various Navy field medical (Hospital Corpsmen), Naval Construction Force (Seabee), and Navy Expeditionary Warfare personnel, units, and commands. </p><p>Training alongside each other is viewed as critical, as the Navy provides transport, logistical, and combat support to put Marine units into the fight, such as <a href="/wiki/Strategic_sealift_ships" title="Strategic sealift ships">maritime prepositioning ships</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naval_gunfire_support" title="Naval gunfire support">naval gunfire support</a>. Most Marine aviation assets ultimately derive from the Navy, with regard to acquisition, funding, and testing, and Navy aircraft carriers typically deploy with a Marine squadron alongside Navy squadrons. Marines do not recruit or train noncombatants such as chaplains or medical/dental personnel; naval personnel fill these roles. Some of these sailors, particularly <a href="/wiki/Hospital_corpsman" title="Hospital corpsman">Hospital corpsmen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Religious_program_specialist" title="Religious program specialist">Religious program specialists</a>, generally wear Marine uniforms emblazoned with Navy insignia. Conversely, the Marine Corps is responsible for conducting land operations to support naval campaigns, including the seizure of naval bases. Both services operate a network security team in conjunction. </p><p>Marines and sailors share many naval traditions, especially terminology and customs. Marine Corps <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> recipients wear the Navy variant of this and other awards;<sup id="cite_ref-Lawliss_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawliss-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with few exceptions, the awards and badges of the Navy and Marine Corps are identical. Much of testing for new Marine Corps aircraft is done at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Patuxent_River" title="Naval Air Station Patuxent River">Naval Air Station Patuxent River</a>. The Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration team is staffed by both Navy and Marine officers and enlisted personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawliss_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawliss-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, the Marine Corps joined with the Navy and Coast Guard to adopt a new maritime strategy called <i><a href="/wiki/A_Cooperative_Strategy_for_21st_Century_Seapower" title="A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower">A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower</a></i> that raises the notion of prevention of war to the same <a href="/wiki/Philosophy_of_war" title="Philosophy of war">philosophical</a> level as the conduct of war.<sup id="cite_ref-195" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-195"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This new strategy charts a course for the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps to work collectively with each other and international partners to prevent regional crises, human-made or natural, from occurring or reacting quickly should one occur to avoid negative impacts to the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Army">United States Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: United States Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CSA-2006-01-12-095303_M249SAW.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/CSA-2006-01-12-095303_M249SAW.jpg/220px-CSA-2006-01-12-095303_M249SAW.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/CSA-2006-01-12-095303_M249SAW.jpg/330px-CSA-2006-01-12-095303_M249SAW.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/CSA-2006-01-12-095303_M249SAW.jpg/440px-CSA-2006-01-12-095303_M249SAW.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1989" data-file-height="1542" /></a><figcaption>A soldier from the <a href="/wiki/1st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="1st Infantry Regiment (United States)">1st Infantry Regiment</a> provides security for a joint Army-Marine patrol in <a href="/wiki/Rawa_(Iraq)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawa (Iraq)">Rawa</a> in 2006. The <a href="/wiki/Shoulder_sleeve_insignia" title="Shoulder sleeve insignia">shoulder sleeve insignia</a> has the logo of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Marine Division (United States)">2nd Marine Division</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Marine Corps capabilities overlap with those of the United States Army, historically creating competition for funding and missions. The competition dates back to the founding of the Continental Marines, when General George Washington refused to allow the initial Marine battalions to be drawn from among his Continental Army. In the aftermath of World War II, Army leadership made efforts to restructure the American defense establishment including the dissolution of the Marine Corps and the folding of its capabilities into the other services. Leading this movement were such prominent Army officers as General <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Army Chief of Staff</a> <a href="/wiki/George_C._Marshall" title="George C. Marshall">George C. Marshall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Krulak_75-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Krulak-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Goldwater-Nichols_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldwater-Nichols Act">Goldwater-Nichols Act</a> significantly reshaped the services roles and relationships with each other, enforcing more joint decision making.<sup id="cite_ref-196" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-196"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Department of Defense Directive 5100.01 tasks both the Army and Marine Corps with expeditionary and amphibious operations.<sup id="cite_ref-197" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-197"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With most of the 2000s spent in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> voiced concerns that the Marine Corps are becoming a "second Army".<sup id="cite_ref-2ndarmy_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndarmy-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since these comments, the Marine Corps has shed its main battle tanks, reduced its size, and focused more on operations in littoral areas where the Army is not explicitly tasked to operate.<sup id="cite_ref-198" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-198"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Army maintains much larger and diverse combat arms, special operations, and logistics forces. The Army has much lighter and expeditionary forces in its infantry and airborne infantry brigade combat teams. The Army also maintains heavier and more logistically taxing armored brigade combat teams.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Marine Corps, in comparison, maintains forces between these two extremes of mobility and protection. The Marine Corps organizes much smaller deployable units with integrated aviation support. The Marine Corps was historically hesitant to provide forces to U.S. Special Operations Command, instead making specialty units available to its division commanders. The Army has maintained Special Forces, Rangers, civil affairs, psychological operations, special operations aviation, and special missions units for decades. In 2003, the Marine Corps<sup id="cite_ref-Donald_Rumsfeld_200-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donald_Rumsfeld-200"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> created the present-day successors to the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Raiders" title="Marine Raiders">Marine Raiders</a> and provided them to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations Command</a> starting with the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Det_One" title="Det One">MCSOCOM Detachment One</a>. The modern Marine Raider training pipeline was based on input from U.S. Army Ranger and Special Forces units.<sup id="cite_ref-Priddy_117-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Priddy-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Culturally, marines and soldiers share most of the common U.S. military slang and terminology, but the Corps utilizes a large number of naval terms and traditions incompatible with Army lifestyle, as well as its own <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions" title="List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions">unique vernacular</a>. As the Army Reserve and Army National Guard is much larger than the Marine Corps's Reserve, many more former active duty marines continue their service in the Army's reserve components.<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Army does not require transfers from the Marines, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Security_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Security Forces">Air Force Security Forces</a>, or special operations of any branch to attend Army Basic Combat Training.<sup id="cite_ref-202" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-202"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the requirement that all inter-service transfers attend Marine Corps Recruit Training, very few former soldiers serve in the Marine Corps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Air_Force">United States Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: United States Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:C-5_CH-46.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="color photo of marines pushing carted equipment from the open bay of a large cargo jet" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/C-5_CH-46.jpg/170px-C-5_CH-46.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/C-5_CH-46.jpg/255px-C-5_CH-46.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/C-5_CH-46.jpg/340px-C-5_CH-46.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>Marines unloading <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Vertol_CH-46_Sea_Knight" title="Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight">CH-46 Sea Knight</a> helicopters from an Air Force <a href="/wiki/C-5_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="C-5 Galaxy">C-5 Galaxy</a></figcaption></figure> <p>While some of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Aviation" title="United States Marine Corps Aviation">Marine Corps Aviation</a> assets ultimately derive from the Navy, a large amount of support is drawn from the United States Air Force. The Marine Corps makes extensive use of the USAF <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> to <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">airlift</a> marines and equipment, along with utilizing close air support from the Air Force. The Air Force may also attach <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Control_Party" title="Tactical Air Control Party">Tactical Air Control Party</a> units to conventional Marine ground forces to provide coordination for close air support.<sup id="cite_ref-203" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-203"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Air Force traditionally provides the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Force_Air_Component_Commander" title="Joint Force Air Component Commander">Joint Force Air Component Commander</a> (JFACC) who controls "sorties for air defense, and long range interdiction and reconnaissance" while the MAGTF commander retains control of the Marines' organic aviation assets, however Marine Aviation missions not directly in the support of the MAGTF will be typically controlled by the JFACC.<sup id="cite_ref-204" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-204"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>202<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-205" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-205"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>203<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-206" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-206"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>204<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Coast_Guard">United States Coast Guard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: United States Coast Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Marine Corps shares a sphere of operation with units of the United States Coast Guard, including operation of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Maritime_Training_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Maritime Training Center">Joint Maritime Training Center</a> (JMTC) (previously known as the Special Missions Training Center (SMTC)), a joint Coast Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps training facility located on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-207" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-207"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>205<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-208" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-208"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>206<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Budget">Budget</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the Department of the Navy (from whence the Marine Corps receives its funding), for FY 2019, the Marine Corps received $43.2B in funding.<sup id="cite_ref-209" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-209"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>207<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Appropriation Summary – United States Marine Corps (in millions of dollars)<sup id="cite_ref-210" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-210"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>208<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Area </th> <th>FY2018 </th> <th>FY2019 </th></tr> <tr> <td>Military Personnel </td> <td>13,197 </td> <td>13,888 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reserve Personnel </td> <td>763 </td> <td>785 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution </td> <td>903 </td> <td>831 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contribution, Reserves </td> <td>81 </td> <td>74 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Operation and Maintenance </td> <td>8,118 </td> <td>7,843 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Operation and Maintenance, Reserve </td> <td>287 </td> <td>275 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Procurement </td> <td>2,019 </td> <td>2,858 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Procurement of Ammunition, Navy/Marine Corps </td> <td>1,038* </td> <td>1,182* </td></tr> <tr> <td>Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps </td> <td>1,993* </td> <td>2,593* </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total Appropriated </td> <td>28,399 </td> <td>30,329 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>* not exact since certain fields are combined with Navy expenditures<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2013, the USMC became the first American military branch to ever have a fully audited annual budget.<sup id="cite_ref-211" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-211"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>209<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ad_hoc_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Category:Ad hoc units and formations of the United States Marine Corps">Category:Ad hoc units and formations of the United States Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Key_Volunteer_Network" title="Marine Corps Key Volunteer Network">Marine Corps Key Volunteer Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Planning_Process" title="Marine Corps Planning Process">Marine Corps Planning Process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Women%27s_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve">United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions" title="List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions">List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Marine_Corps&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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In Office of the Federal Register (ed.). <i>Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1998, Book 2: July 1 to December 31, 1998</i>. Government Printing Office. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesmari0000lurc/page/1217">1217</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4034-4551-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4034-4551-3"><bdi>978-1-4034-4551-3</bdi></a>. <q>The Marine Band played at Thomas Jefferson's Inauguration in 1801 and hasn't missed a single one since. Jefferson was a violin player who loved music almost as much as he loved freedom. He named the band "The President's Own".</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Remarks+Celebrating+the+200th+Anniversary+of+the+United+States+Marine+Corps+Band+10+July+1998&rft.btitle=Public+Papers+of+the+Presidents+of+the+United+States%2C+William+J.+Clinton%2C+1998%2C+Book+2%3A+July+1+to+December+31%2C+1998&rft.pages=1217&rft.pub=Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-4034-4551-3&rft.aulast=Clinton&rft.aufirst=William+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funitedstatesmari0000lurc%2Fpage%2F1217&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHearn2007" class="citation book cs1">Hearn, Chester G. (2007). <i>Marines: An Illustrated History: The United States Marine Corps from 1775 to the 21st Century</i>. 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Penguin Group US. p. 670. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4295-2009-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4295-2009-6"><bdi>978-1-4295-2009-6</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140708150644/http://books.google.com/books?id=wQG95Vd5iYYC&pg=PT670">Archived</a> from the original on 8 July 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 June</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Marine%3A+A+Guided+Tour+of+a+Marine+Expeditionary+Unit&rft.pages=670&rft.pub=Penguin+Group+US&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-1-4295-2009-6&rft.aulast=Clancy&rft.aufirst=Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DwQG95Vd5iYYC%26pg%3DPT670&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Krulak-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Krulak_75-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Krulak_75-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Krulak_75-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKrulak1984" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Victor_H._Krulak" title="Victor H. Krulak">Krulak, Victor H.</a> (1984). <i>First To Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-785-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-785-2"><bdi>0-87021-785-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=First+To+Fight%3A+An+Inside+View+of+the+U.S.+Marine+Corps&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1984&rft.isbn=0-87021-785-2&rft.aulast=Krulak&rft.aufirst=Victor+H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span> Chapter 7, <i>The Marines' Push Button</i> pp. 113–119.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fehrenbach-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fehrenbach_76-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFehrenbach1994" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/T._R._Fehrenbach" title="T. R. Fehrenbach">Fehrenbach, T. R.</a> (1994). <i>This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History</i>. Brassey's. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-57488-259-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-57488-259-7"><bdi>1-57488-259-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=This+Kind+of+War%3A+The+Classic+Korean+War+History&rft.pub=Brassey%27s&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=1-57488-259-7&rft.aulast=Fehrenbach&rft.aufirst=T.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-77"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-77">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070806010111/http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Special_Interests/KWC/Fast_Facts.htm">"Fast Facts on the Korean War"</a>. History Division, U.S. Marine Corps. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Special_Interests/KWC/Fast_Facts.htm">the original</a> on 6 August 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fast+Facts+on+the+Korean+War&rft.pub=History+Division%2C+U.S.+Marine+Corps&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil%2FHD%2FSpecial_Interests%2FKWC%2FFast_Facts.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Millet-78"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Millet_78-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMillet1991" class="citation book cs1">Millet, Alan R. (1991). <i>Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps</i>. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 605. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-02-921596-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-02-921596-8"><bdi>978-0-02-921596-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Semper+Fidelis%3A+The+History+of+the+United+States+Marine+Corps&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=605&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=978-0-02-921596-8&rft.aulast=Millet&rft.aufirst=Alan+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq56-1.htm">Casualties: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070605234857/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq56-1.htm">Archived</a> 5 June 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, United States Navy.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CasualtiesTheWall-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CasualtiesTheWall_80-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Official Navy figures number the marine deaths at 13,091. This source provides a number of 14,837. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060902063652/http://thewall-usa.com/summary.asp">"U.S. Military Casualties in Southeast Asia"</a>. The Wall-USA. 31 March 1997. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thewall-usa.com/summary.asp">the original</a> on 2 September 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Military+Casualties+in+Southeast+Asia&rft.pub=The+Wall-USA&rft.date=1997-03-31&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewall-usa.com%2Fsummary.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CasualtiesUSN-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CasualtiesUSN_81-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070605234857/http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq56-1.htm">"Casualties: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Wounded in Wars, Conflicts, Terrorist Acts, and Other Hostile Incidents"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ABC11+Raleigh-Durham&rft.atitle=After+9%2F11%2C+Camp+Lejeune+Marines+recall+being+first+responders+in+War+on+Terror&rft.date=2021-09-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fabc11.com%2F911-september-11-sept-2001-war-on-terror%2F10997075%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cut-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cut_87-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/06/gates.budget.cuts/index.html">"Gates Announces Major Pentagon Priority Shifts"</a>. CNN. 9 April 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090417041415/http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/06/gates.budget.cuts/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on 17 April 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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United States Marine Corps. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/sites/mcub/PAGES/Uniform%20Regs%20Chapters/Uniform%20Regs%20Index.asp">the original</a> on 8 October 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2005</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mco+p1020.34g&rft.pub=United+States+Marine+Corps&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil%2Fsites%2Fmcub%2FPAGES%2FUniform%2520Regs%2520Chapters%2FUniform%2520Regs%2520Index.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-142"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-142">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marines.mil/news/messages/Pages/MESSAGES198.aspx">ALMAR 007/08</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080813032114/http://www.marines.mil/news/messages/Pages/MESSAGES198.aspx">Archived</a> 13 August 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> directing seasonal uniform changes</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DCNT925052-143"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DCNT925052_143-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Don-t-call-a-Marine-a-soldier-or-sailor-62554.php">"Don't call a Marine a soldier or sailor"</a>. <i>The News-Times</i>. Danbury, CT. 25 September 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170525180208/http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Don-t-call-a-Marine-a-soldier-or-sailor-62554.php">Archived</a> from the original on 25 May 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+News-Times&rft.atitle=Don%27t+call+a+Marine+a+soldier+or+sailor&rft.date=2005-09-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newstimes.com%2Fnews%2Farticle%2FDon-t-call-a-Marine-a-soldier-or-sailor-62554.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-144"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-144">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080107114803/http://www.uspharmd.com/usmc/mcega.htm">"U.S. Marine Corps Emblem"</a>. U.S. Marine Corps. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uspharmd.com/usmc/mcega.htm">the original</a> on 7 January 2008.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Marine+Corps+Emblem&rft.pub=U.S.+Marine+Corps&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uspharmd.com%2Fusmc%2Fmcega.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Customs_EmblemSeal-145"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Customs_EmblemSeal_145-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070219202302/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Customes_Traditions/Emblem_Seal.htm">"Marine Corps Emblem and Seal"</a>. <i>Customs and Traditions</i>. Reference Branch, History Division, United States Marine Corps. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Customes_Traditions/Emblem_Seal.htm">the original</a> on 19 February 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 October</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Customs+and+Traditions&rft.atitle=Marine+Corps+Emblem+and+Seal&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tecom.usmc.mil%2FHD%2FCustomes_Traditions%2FEmblem_Seal.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Customs2-146"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Customs2_146-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070304212218/http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/hd/historical/Customs_and_Traditions.htm">"USMC Customs and Traditions"</a>. History Division, U.S. Marine Corps. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/hd/historical/Customs_and_Traditions.htm">the original</a> on 4 March 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=USMC+Customs+and+Traditions&rft.pub=History+Division%2C+U.S.+Marine+Corps&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil%2Fhd%2Fhistorical%2FCustoms_and_Traditions.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-147"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-147">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070806095953/http://hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil/HD/Historical/Customes_Traditions/Birthday_Celebration.htm">"Marine Corps Birthday Celebration"</a>. USMC History Division. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/Pages/Customs_Traditions/Birthday_Celebration.aspx">the original</a> on 6 August 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Marine+Corps+Birthday+Celebration&rft.pub=USMC+History+Division&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcu.usmc.mil%2Fhistorydivision%2FPages%2FCustoms_Traditions%2FBirthday_Celebration.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-148"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-148">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070710044843/http://www.iiimef.usmc.mil/medical/FMF/FMFE/FMFEref/SC_0503_SH_Drill_%28Platoon%29.doc">"Drill a Platoon Sized Unit"</a>. <i>Student Handout</i>. Marine Corps University. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iiimef.usmc.mil/medical/FMF/FMFE/FMFEref/SC_0503_SH_Drill_(Platoon).doc">the original</a> on 10 July 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Student+Handout&rft.atitle=Drill+a+Platoon+Sized+Unit&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iiimef.usmc.mil%2Fmedical%2FFMF%2FFMFE%2FFMFEref%2FSC_0503_SH_Drill_%28Platoon%29.doc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-149"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-149">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">"Marine Corps History, Customs, and Courtesies". <i>U.S. Marine Guidebook</i>. United states Marine Corps. 2010. p. 37. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60239-941-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60239-941-9"><bdi>978-1-60239-941-9</bdi></a>. <q>Marines fought like teufel hunden, legendary wild, devil dogs that at one time roamed the forests of northern Germany</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Marine+Corps+History%2C+Customs%2C+and+Courtesies&rft.btitle=U.S.+Marine+Guidebook&rft.pages=37&rft.pub=United+states+Marine+Corps&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-60239-941-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-150"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-150">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMyers1988" class="citation book cs1">Myers, Thomas (1988). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/walkingpointamer0000myer">"Hearts of Darkness"</a></span>. <i>Walking Point: American Narratives of Vietnam</i>. Oxford University Press, USA. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/walkingpointamer0000myer/page/114">114</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-505351-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-505351-7"><bdi>978-0-19-505351-7</bdi></a>. <q>He reminds his charges that "at Belleau Wood the Marines were so vicious that the German infantrymen called them Teufel-Hunden – 'devil dogs'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hearts+of+Darkness&rft.btitle=Walking+Point%3A+American+Narratives+of+Vietnam&rft.pages=114&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press%2C+USA&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-19-505351-7&rft.aulast=Myers&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwalkingpointamer0000myer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-151"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-151">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaseleski2009" class="citation book cs1">Waseleski, Michael (2009). <i>To Lead by the Unknowing, to Do the Unthinkable</i>. AuthorHouse. p. 5. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4389-5676-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4389-5676-3"><bdi>978-1-4389-5676-3</bdi></a>. <q>the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments earned the nickname of "Teufel Hunden" (devil dog) by the Germans in World War I during the 1918 Château-Thierry campaign near the French village of Bouresches, the Battle of Belleau Wood</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=To+Lead+by+the+Unknowing%2C+to+Do+the+Unthinkable&rft.pages=5&rft.pub=AuthorHouse&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-4389-5676-3&rft.aulast=Waseleski&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-152"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.6thmarines.marines.mil/Units/1st-Battalion/History/">"6th Marine Regiment > Units > 1st Battalion > History"</a>. <i>www.6thmarines.marines.mil</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190804164709/https://www.6thmarines.marines.mil/Units/1st-Battalion/History/">Archived</a> from the original on 4 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 May</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.6thmarines.marines.mil&rft.atitle=6th+Marine+Regiment+%3E+Units+%3E+1st+Battalion+%3E+History&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.6thmarines.marines.mil%2FUnits%2F1st-Battalion%2FHistory%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-153"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-153">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRottman2011" class="citation book cs1">Rottman, Gordon (2011). "GI and Gyrene Jargon US Army and Marine Corps Slang". <i>FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang of World War II</i>. Osprey Publishing. p. 49. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-653-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-653-0"><bdi>978-1-84908-653-0</bdi></a>. <q>based on Chinese pronunciation of Marine</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=GI+and+Gyrene+Jargon+US+Army+and+Marine+Corps+Slang&rft.btitle=FUBAR+F%2A%2A%2Aed+Up+Beyond+All+Recognition%3A+Soldier+Slang+of+World+War+II&rft.pages=49&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-84908-653-0&rft.aulast=Rottman&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-154"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-154">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">"Marine Corps History, Customs, and Courtesies". <i>U.S. Marine Guidebook</i>. United states Marine Corps. 2010. p. 37. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60239-941-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60239-941-9"><bdi>978-1-60239-941-9</bdi></a>. <q>In 1804 the Secretary of the Navy ordered Marines to wear black leather stock collars when on duty</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Marine+Corps+History%2C+Customs%2C+and+Courtesies&rft.btitle=U.S.+Marine+Guidebook&rft.pages=37&rft.pub=United+states+Marine+Corps&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-60239-941-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-155"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-155">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRottman2011" class="citation book cs1">Rottman, Gordon (2011). "GI and Gyrene Jargon US Army and Marine Corps Slang". <i>FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang of World War II</i>. Osprey Publishing. p. 51. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-653-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84908-653-0"><bdi>978-1-84908-653-0</bdi></a>. <q>Most likely it was the pillbox cap and high stiff collar making a Marine appear similar to a Mason jar</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=GI+and+Gyrene+Jargon+US+Army+and+Marine+Corps+Slang&rft.btitle=FUBAR+F%2A%2A%2Aed+Up+Beyond+All+Recognition%3A+Soldier+Slang+of+World+War+II&rft.pages=51&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-84908-653-0&rft.aulast=Rottman&rft.aufirst=Gordon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-156"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-156">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHauptman2023" class="citation news cs1">Hauptman, Max (5 January 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/marines-eat-crayons-joke-history/">"When did Marines really start eating crayons: An investigation"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Task_%26_Purpose" title="Task & Purpose">Task & Purpose</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"Resource Summary". <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.secnav.navy.mil/fmc/fmb/Documents/20pres/Budget%20Highlights%20Book.pdf">Highlights of the Department of the Navy – FY 2020 Budget</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">United States Department of the Navy</a></i> (Report). p. 11. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201223180530/https://www.secnav.navy.mil/fmc/fmb/Documents/20pres/Budget%20Highlights%20Book.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 23 December 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Frederick, Maryland: PublishAmerica. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4137-9902-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-4137-9902-7"><bdi>1-4137-9902-7</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.DouglasFosterBooks.com">the original</a> on 20 April 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Braving+the+Fear%3A+The+True+Story+of+Rowdy+US+Marines+in+the+Gulf+War&rft.place=Frederick%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=PublishAmerica&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=1-4137-9902-7&rft.aulast=Foster&rft.aufirst=Douglas&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.DouglasFosterBooks.com&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMartinez2007" class="citation book cs1">Martinez, Marco (2007). <i>Hard Corps: From Gangster to Marine Hero</i>. New York: Crown Forum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-307-38304-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-307-38304-4"><bdi>978-0-307-38304-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hard+Corps%3A+From+Gangster+to+Marine+Hero&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Crown+Forum&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-307-38304-4&rft.aulast=Martinez&rft.aufirst=Marco&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRicks1997" class="citation book cs1">Ricks, Thomas E. (1997). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/makingcorps00rick_1"><i>Making the Corps</i></a></span>. New York: Scribner. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4165-4450-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-4165-4450-X"><bdi>1-4165-4450-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Making+the+Corps&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=1-4165-4450-X&rft.aulast=Ricks&rft.aufirst=Thomas+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmakingcorps00rick_1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Marine+Corps" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUlbrich2011" class="citation book cs1">Ulbrich, David J. (2011). <i>Preparing for Victory: Thomas Holcomb and the Making of Modern Marine Corps, 1935–1943</i>. 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title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Secretary_to_the_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps">Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals">Marine Corps four-star generals</a></li> <li>Marine Corps three-star generals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960">1942–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_since_2010" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals since 2010">2010–present</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="US_Congress" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">US Congress</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">House Armed Services Committee</a> 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href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_School_of_Infantry" title="United States Marine Corps School of Infantry">School of Infantry</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">Officer Candidates School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Martial_Arts_Program" title="Marine Corps Martial Arts Program">Martial Arts Program</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms<br />and equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">Uniforms</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Culture of the United States Marine Corps">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_acronyms_and_expressions" title="List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions">Acronyms and terms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_birthday" title="United States Marine Corps birthday">Birthday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color_Sergeant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps">Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle,_Globe,_and_Anchor" title="Eagle, Globe, and Anchor">Eagle, Globe, and Anchor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Flag of the United States Marine Corps">Flag</a></li> <li><a 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Memorial">Marine Corps War Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Detachment" title="Marine Detachment">Marine Detachments</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Marines%27_Hymn" title="Marines' Hymn">Marines' Hymn</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oorah" title="Oorah">Oorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="National Museum of the Marine Corps">National Museum</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima" title="Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima">Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">Rifleman's Creed</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Semper_fidelis" title="Semper fidelis">Semper Fidelis</a></i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Semper_Fidelis_(march)" title="Semper Fidelis (march)">march</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">History of Hispanics in the USMC</a></li> <li><a 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Corps</a></dd> <dd>N = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a></dd> <dd>AF = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a></dd> <dd>SF = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a></dd> <dd>CG = <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Leadership</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Defense">Deputy Secretary of Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Deputy_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security">Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman</a></li></ul></li> <li>Committees on Armed Services <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States Senate Committee on Armed Services">Senate</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_components_of_the_U.S._Department_of_Defense" title="List of components of the U.S. Department of Defense">Components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military departments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">Department of Defense</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Secretary of Homeland Security">Secretary</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Service branches and heads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the United States Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_Coast_Guard" title="Commandant of the Coast Guard">Commandant of the Coast Guard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Reserve_components_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces">Reserve components</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Reserves: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Reserve" title="United States Coast Guard Reserve">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_National_Guard" title="Army National Guard">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">AF</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliaries" title="Auxiliaries">Civilian auxiliaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_Auxiliary_Radio_System" title="Military Auxiliary Radio System">Military Auxiliary Radio System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Cyber_Auxiliary" title="Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary">Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">Merchant Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_Air_Patrol" title="Civil Air Patrol">Civil Air Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Auxiliary" title="United States Coast Guard Auxiliary">Coast Guard Auxiliary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unified_combatant_command" title="Unified combatant command">Unified combatant command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command" title="United States Africa Command">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">European</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command" title="United States Indo-Pacific Command">Indo-Pacific</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Northern_Command" title="United States Northern Command">Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Command" title="United States Space Command">Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command" title="United States Cyber Command">Cyber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Special_Operations_Command" title="United States Special Operations Command">Special Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Command" title="United States Strategic Command">Strategic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Transportation_Command" title="United States Transportation Command">Transportation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Title_10_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 10 of the United States Code">Title 10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_14_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 14 of the United States Code">Title 14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_32_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 32 of the United States Code">Title 32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Title_50_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 50 of the United States Code">Title 50</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">The Pentagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States military bases">Installations</a></li> <li>Units: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Category:Military units and formations of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Units_and_formations_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Category:Units and formations of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Organization of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_logistics_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Military logistics of the United States">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_of_the_military_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Mass media of the military of the United States">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Armed_Forces_unit_mottoes" title="List of United States Armed Forces unit mottoes">Unit mottoes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Operations<br />and <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">history</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States" title="Military budget of the United States">Budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_deployments" title="United States military deployments">Current deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_the_United_States" title="List of conflicts in the United States">Conflicts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States" title="List of wars involving the United States">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_civil_affairs_in_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="History of civil affairs in the United States Armed Forces">Civil affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Army" title="History of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="History of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="History of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="History of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="History of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="History of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_military_operations" title="Timeline of United States military operations">Timeline</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_American_military_history" title="Colonial American military history">Colonial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Demographics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_African_Americans" title="Military history of African Americans">African Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Asian_Americans" title="Military history of Asian Americans">Asian Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhists_in_the_United_States_military" title="Buddhists in the United States military">Buddhist Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Jewish_Americans" title="Military history of Jewish Americans">Jewish Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslims_in_the_United_States_military" title="Muslims in the United States military">Muslim Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikhs_in_the_United_States_military" title="Sikhs in the United States military">Sikh Americans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Hispanic_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Hispanic Americans">Hispanic Americans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_American_Civil_War" title="Hispanics in the American Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Hispanics in the United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Hispanics in the United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Navy" title="Hispanics in the United States Navy">Navy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hispanics_in_the_United_States_Naval_Academy" title="Hispanics in the United States Naval Academy">Academy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">History centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Center_of_Military_History" title="United States Army Center of Military History">Army Center of Military History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_History_Division" title="United States Marine Corps History Division">Marine Corps History Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_History_and_Heritage_Command" title="Naval History and Heritage Command">Naval History and Heritage Command</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency" title="Air Force Historical Research Agency">Air Force Historical Research Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/American_official_war_artists" title="American official war artists">War artists</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Art_Program" title="United States Army Art Program">Army Art Program</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Art_Program" title="United States Air Force Art Program">Air Force Art Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Training</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_service_academies" title="United States service academies">Service academies</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy" title="United States Military Academy">A</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Military Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Academy" title="United States Naval Academy">MC/N</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="Naval Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">AF/SF</a><small> (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Preparatory_School" title="United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School">prep</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Academy" title="United States Coast Guard Academy">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine_Academy" title="United States Merchant Marine Academy">Merchant Marine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Officers_Training_Corps" title="Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Officer_Training_Corps" title="Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li>Officer candidate/training school: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Army)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidates_School_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Officer Candidates School (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Officer_Candidate_School_(United_States_Navy)" title="Officer Candidate School (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Officer_Training_School" title="Air Force Officer Training School">AF/SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officer</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_Candidate_School" title="Warrant Officer Candidate School">A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Military_Entrance_Processing_Command" title="United States Military Entrance Processing Command">MEPS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Services_Vocational_Aptitude_Battery" title="Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery">ASVAB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Basic_School" title="The Basic School">The Basic School</a> (MC)</li> <li>Enlisted recruit training: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Basic_Training" title="United States Army Basic Training">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Recruit_Training" title="United States Marine Corps Recruit Training">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recruit_Training_Command,_Great_Lakes,_Illinois" title="Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Basic_Military_Training" title="United States Air Force Basic Military Training">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_Training_Center_Cape_May" title="United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_education_and_training_in_the_United_States" title="Category:Military education and training in the United States">Other education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Uniforms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Uniforms of the United States Armed Forces">Uniforms</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Uniforms of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Uniforms of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Uniforms of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Uniforms of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces">Awards & decorations</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inter-service_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States military">Inter-service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Navy">MC/N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Department of the Air Force">AF/SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Awards and decorations of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Authorized_foreign_decorations_of_the_United_States_military" title="Authorized foreign decorations of the United States military">Foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_decoration_authorized_by_the_US_military" class="mw-redirect" title="International military decoration authorized by the US military">International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_award_devices" title="United States military award devices">Devices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States" title="Military badges of the United States">Badges</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Identification_badges_of_the_uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Identification badges of the uniformed services of the United States">Identification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Badges of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Badges of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Badges of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Badges of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Space_Force" title="Badges of the United States Space Force">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badges_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Badges of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_comparative_military_ranks" title="List of comparative military ranks">Ranks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Officer: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Army officer rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Navy officer rank insignia">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force officer rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard_officer_rank_insignia" title="United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer_(United_States)" title="Warrant officer (United States)">Warrant officers</a></li> <li>Enlisted: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Army enlisted rank insignia">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_rank_insignia" title="United States Marine Corps rank insignia">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_enlisted_rates" title="List of United States Navy enlisted rates">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_enlisted_rank_insignia" title="United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force_rank_insignia" title="United States Space Force rank insignia">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_enlisted_ranks" title="List of United States Coast Guard enlisted ranks">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Oath: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_oath_of_enlistment" title="United States Armed Forces oath of enlistment">Enlistment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">Officer</a></li></ul></li> <li>Creeds & Codes: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_the_United_States_Fighting_Force" title="Code of the United States Fighting Force">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noncommissioned_officer%27s_creed" title="Noncommissioned officer's creed">NCO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Creed" title="Soldier's Creed">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifleman%27s_Creed" title="Rifleman's Creed">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailor%27s_Creed" title="Sailor's Creed">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airman%27s_Creed" title="Airman's Creed">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creed_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guardsman" title="Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Armed_Forces)" title="Service number (United States Armed Forces)">Service numbers</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Army)" title="Service number (United States Army)">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Marine_Corps)" title="Service number (United States Marine Corps)">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Navy)" title="Service number (United States Navy)">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Service number (United States Air Force)">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Service_number_(United_States_Coast_Guard)" title="Service number (United States Coast Guard)">CG</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_occupation_code" title="United States military occupation code">Military Occupational Specialty</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">Rating</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Specialty_Code" title="Air Force Specialty Code">Air Force Specialty Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_pay" title="United States military pay">Pay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice" title="Uniform Code of Military Justice">Uniform Code of Military Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General's Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Health_System" title="Military Health System">Military Health System</a>/<a href="/wiki/Tricare" title="Tricare">Tricare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_(United_States_military)" title="Separation (United States military)">Separation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Department of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" title="Conscription in the United States">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiefs_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States" title="Chiefs of Chaplains of the United States">Chiefs of Chaplains</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">MC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="Chaplain of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces" title="List of equipment of the United States Armed Forces">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of equipment of the United States Army">A</a> (<a href="/wiki/Army_Nomenclature_System" title="Army Nomenclature System">Designations</a>)</li> <li>MC: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vehicles_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps">vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_weapons_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="List of weapons of the United States Marine Corps">weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_individual_equipment" title="List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment">other</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of equipment of the United States Navy">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of equipment of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard" title="List of equipment of the United States Coast Guard">CG</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Land</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Individual weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crew-served_weapons_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" title="List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces">Crew-served weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_land_vehicles_of_the_U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces">Vehicles</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles" title="List of currently active United States military land vehicles">active</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Sea</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_watercraft" title="List of currently active United States military watercraft">All watercraft</a></li> <li>Ships: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Army" title="List of ships of the United States Army">A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ships" title="List of United States Navy ships">N</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy#Future_ships" title="List of current ships of the United States Navy">future</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of ships of the United States Air Force">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Coast_Guard_cutters" title="List of United States Coast Guard cutters">CG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Military_Sealift_Command_ships" title="List of Military Sealift Command ships">MSC</a></li></ul></li> <li>Weapons: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_weapons" title="List of United States Navy weapons">N</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_naval_reactors" title="United States naval reactors">Reactors</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="Lists of military aircraft of the United States">Aircraft</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_undesignated_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft" title="List of active United States military aircraft">active</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_future_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" title="List of future military aircraft of the United States">future</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="United States military aircraft designation systems">Aircraft designation</a></li> <li><a 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Assessment">Office of Net Assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Access_Program" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Access Program">Special Access Program Oversight Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Acquisition_and_Sustainment" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Acquisition and Sustainment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Management_Agency" title="Defense Contract Management Agency">Defense Contract Management Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Logistics_Agency" title="Defense Logistics Agency">Defense Logistics Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Threat_Reduction_Agency" title="Defense Threat Reduction Agency">Defense Threat Reduction Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Economic_Adjustment" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Economic Adjustment">Office of Economic Adjustment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_University" title="Defense Acquisition University">Defense Acquisition University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Board" title="Defense Acquisition Board">Defense Acquisition Board</a></li> <li>Defense Microelectronics Activity</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Research_and_Engineering" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Research and Engineering</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/DARPA" title="DARPA">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Innovation_Unit" title="Defense Innovation Unit">Defense Innovation Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Technical_Information_Center" title="Defense Technical Information Center">Defense Technical Information Center</a></li> <li>Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency" title="Missile Defense Agency">Missile Defense Agency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Policy" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Policy">Under Secretary of Defense for Policy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Security_Cooperation_Agency" title="Defense Security Cooperation Agency">Defense Security Cooperation Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_POW/MIA_Accounting_Agency" title="Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency">Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Policy_Board_Advisory_Committee" title="Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee">Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_(Comptroller)" title="Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)">Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Contract_Audit_Agency" title="Defense Contract Audit Agency">Defense Contract Audit Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Finance_and_Accounting_Service" title="Defense Finance and Accounting Service">Defense Finance and Accounting Service</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Personnel_and_Readiness" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Personnel and Readiness</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Commissary_Agency" title="Defense Commissary Agency">Defense Commissary Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defense_Education_Activity" title="Department of Defense Education Activity">Department of Defense Education Activity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Human_Resources_Activity" title="Defense Human Resources Activity">Defense Human Resources Activity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Activity_for_Non-Traditional_Education_Support" title="Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support">Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Equal_Opportunity_Management_Institute" title="Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute">Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Travel_System" title="Defense Travel System">Defense Travel Management Office</a></li> <li>Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Health_Agency" title="Defense Health Agency">Defense Health Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_Services_University_of_the_Health_Sciences" title="Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences">Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence">Under Secretary of Defense<br />for Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Intelligence_Agency" title="Defense Intelligence Agency">Defense Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_Defense_for_Public_Affairs" title="Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs">Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Media_Activity" title="Defense Media Activity">Defense Media Activity</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Press_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="American Forces Press Service">American Forces Press Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Forces_Radio_and_Television_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="American Forces Radio and Television Service">American Forces Radio and Television Service</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper)" title="Stars and Stripes (newspaper)">Stars and Stripes</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="The Pentagon Channel">The Pentagon Channel</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_Defense" title="General Counsel of the Department of Defense">General Counsel of the Department of Defense</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_Defense" title="General Counsel of the Department of Defense">Defense Legal Services Agency</a> (Office of Military Commissions)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Management_Officer_of_the_Department_of_Defense" title="Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense">Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pentagon_Force_Protection_Agency" title="Pentagon Force Protection Agency">Pentagon Force Protection Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_Headquarters_Services" title="Washington Headquarters Services">Washington Headquarters Services</a> (<a href="/wiki/White_House_Military_Office" title="White House Military Office">White House Military Office</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Department_of_Defense.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" 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navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">Secretary of the Army</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Army">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Under Secretary of the Army">Under Secretary of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_for_Acquisition,_Logistics,_and_Technology" title="United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology">Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Civil_Works)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)">Assistant Secretary for Civil Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Installations,_Energy_and_Environment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment)">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Army_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Army" title="General Counsel of the Army">General Counsel of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Administrative_Assistant_to_the_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army">The Administrative Assistant</a> <br /> The Army Staff: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Vice Chief of Staff of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Army" title="Sergeant Major of the Army">Sergeant Major of the Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_Staff_G-8_of_the_United_States_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Chief of Staff G-8 of the United States Army">Deputy Chief of Staff G-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Judge Advocate General of the United States Army">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Provost_Marshal_General" title="United States Army Provost Marshal General">Provost Marshal General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Surgeon General of the United States Army">Surgeon General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Structure of the United States Army">Structure of the United States Army</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy" title="United States Department of the Navy">Department of the Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Secretary of the Navy">Secretary of the Navy</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Navy">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Navy" title="United States Under Secretary of the Navy">Under Secretary of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Financial_Management_and_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Installations_and_Environment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Manpower_and_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Navy_(Research,_Development_and_Acquisitions)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)">Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Navy" title="General Counsel of the Navy">General Counsel of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_Advocate_General_of_the_Navy" title="Judge Advocate General of the Navy">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Criminal_Investigative_Service" title="Naval Criminal Investigative Service">Naval Criminal Investigative Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Inspector_General" title="Naval Inspector General">Naval Inspector General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_Marine_Corps" title="Headquarters Marine Corps">Headquarters Marine Corps</a>: <a href="/wiki/Commandant_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Commandant of the United States Marine Corps">Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Commandant_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps">Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Major_of_the_Marine_Corps" title="Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps">Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaplain_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps">Chaplain</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps" title="Organization of the United States Marine Corps">Organization of the United States Marine Corps</a></i> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Chief of Naval Operations">Office of the Chief of Naval Operations</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Chief of Naval Operations">Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Naval_Operations" title="Vice Chief of Naval Operations">Vice Chief of Naval Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Chief_Petty_Officer_of_the_Navy" title="Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy">Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Reactors" title="Naval Reactors">Director of Naval Reactors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Personnel" title="Chief of Naval Personnel">Chief of Naval Personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Surgeon General of the United States Navy">Surgeon General</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> field organizations: see <i><a href="/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Navy" title="Structure of the United States Navy">Structure of the United States Navy</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Department of the Air Force">Department of the Air Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Secretary of the Air Force">Secretary of the Air Force</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of the Secretary of the Air Force">The Secretariat</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force" title="United States Under Secretary of the Air Force">Under Secretary of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Acquisition)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Financial_Management_%26_Comptroller)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Installations,_Environment_%26_Logistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_Secretary_of_the_Air_Force_(Manpower_%26_Reserve_Affairs)" title="Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)">Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Counsel_of_the_Department_of_the_Air_Force" title="General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force">General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations" title="Air Force Office of Special Investigations">Air Force Office of Special Investigations</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">The Air Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Master_Sergeant_of_the_Air_Force" title="Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force">Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Chaplains_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force">Chief of Chaplains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Safety_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Safety of the United States Air Force">Chief of Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Scientist_of_the_U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force">Chief Scientist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Judge_Advocate_General%27s_Corps" title="United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps">Judge Advocate General</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surgeon_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Surgeon General of the United States Air Force">Surgeon General</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> field organizations: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_Commands_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force">Major Commands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Direct_Reporting_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Direct Reporting Unit">Direct Reporting Units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_Field_Operating_Agencies" title="List of United States Air Force Field Operating Agencies">Field Operating Agencies</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Space_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Staff">Space Staff</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Space_Operations" title="Chief of Space Operations">Chief of Space Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">United States Space Force</a> field organizations</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="padding-left:100px;"><div id="Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a></b> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Vice Chairman of the 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of the Navy">United States Department of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Act_further_to_protect_the_commerce_of_the_United_States" title="An Act further to protect the commerce of the United States">Commerce Protection Act</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">United States Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convention_of_1800" title="Convention of 1800">Convention of 1800</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Territory" title="Mississippi Territory">Mississippi Organic Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts" title="Alien and Sedition Acts">Alien and Sedition Acts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naturalization_Act_of_1798" title="Naturalization Act of 1798">Naturalization Act of 1798</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An_Act_for_the_relief_of_sick_and_disabled_seamen" title="An Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen">Sick and Disabled Seamen Relief Act</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marine_Hospital_Service" title="Marine Hospital Service">Marine Hospital Service</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy_Act_of_1800" title="Bankruptcy Act of 1800">Bankruptcy Act of 1800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Territory" title="Indiana Territory">Indiana Organic Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_of_1800" title="Slave Trade Act of 1800">Slave Trade Act of 1800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1801" title="District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801">District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_Department_Library" title="Navy Department Library">Navy Department Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Tellico" title="Treaty of Tellico">Treaty of Tellico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli" title="Treaty of Tripoli">Treaty of Tripoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Judges_Act" title="Midnight Judges Act">Midnight Judges Act</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison" title="Marbury v. 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Pitts">Gray v. Pitts</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Life and<br />homes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams#Early_life_and_education" title="John Adams">Early life and education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_National_Historical_Park" title="Adams National Historical Park">Adams National Historical Park</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Birthplace" title="John Adams Birthplace">John Adams Birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams_Birthplace" title="John Quincy Adams Birthplace">Family home and John Quincy Adams birthplace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peacefield" title="Peacefield">Peacefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_National_Historical_Park#Stone_Library" title="Adams National Historical Park">Stone Library</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Hall_(Harvard_University)" title="Massachusetts Hall (Harvard University)">Massachusetts Hall, Harvard University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President%27s_House_(Philadelphia)" title="President's House (Philadelphia)">Presidents House, Philadelphia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">Co-founder and second president, American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_First_Parish_Church" title="United First Parish Church">United First Parish Church and gravesite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Legacy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_John_Adams" title="Bibliography of John Adams">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_memorials_to_John_Adams" title="List of memorials to John Adams">List of memorials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_Memorial" title="Adams Memorial">Adams Memorial</a> (proposed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Building" title="John Adams Building">John Adams Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County_Courthouse" title="Suffolk County Courthouse">John Adams Courthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial#Exterior" title="Jefferson Memorial">Jefferson Memorial pediment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidents_of_the_United_States_on_U.S._postage_stamps#John_Adams" title="Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps">U.S. Postage stamps</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(painting)" title="Treaty of Paris (painting)">Treaty of Paris</a></i> (1783 painting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Adams_(1799)" title="USS Adams (1799)">USS <i>Adams</i></a> (1799)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_Adams_(1799)" title="USS John Adams (1799)">USS <i>John Adams</i></a> (1799)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Adams_(1874)" title="USS Adams (1874)">USS <i>Adams</i></a> (1874)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_President_Adams_(APA-19)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS President Adams (APA-19)">USS <i>President Adams</i></a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_Adams_(SSBN-620)" title="USS John Adams (SSBN-620)">USS <i>John Adams</i></a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adams_House_(Harvard_College)" title="Adams House (Harvard College)">Adams House at Harvard University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Adams_(New_Hampshire)" title="Mount Adams (New Hampshire)">Mount Adams (New Hampshire,</a> <a href="/wiki/Mount_Adams_(Washington)" title="Mount Adams (Washington)">Washington)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_to_the_56_Signers_of_the_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence">Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Popular culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Profiles_in_Courage_(TV_series)" title="Profiles in Courage (TV series)"><i>Profiles in Courage</i> (1964 series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Primitive" title="American Primitive"><i>American Primitive</i> (1969 play)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1776_(musical)" title="1776 (musical)"><i>1776</i> (1969 musical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1776_(film)" title="1776 (film)">1972 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Adams_Chronicles" title="The Adams Chronicles"><i>The Adams Chronicles</i> (1976 miniseries)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty!" title="Liberty!"><i>Liberty!</i> (1997 documentary series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty%27s_Kids" title="Liberty's Kids"><i>Liberty's Kids</i> (2002 animated series)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(book)" title="John Adams (book)"><i>John Adams</i> (2001 book</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_(miniseries)" title="John Adams (miniseries)">2008 miniseries)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_and_Abigail_Adams" title="John and Abigail Adams"><i>John and Abigail Adams</i> (2006 documentary film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Liberty_(miniseries)" title="Sons of Liberty (miniseries)"><i>Sons of Liberty</i> (2015 miniseries)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_(miniseries)" title="Franklin (miniseries)"><i>Franklin</i> (2024 miniseries)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_and_Liberty" title="Adams and Liberty">"Adams and Liberty" campaign song</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Public_Library#Overview" title="Boston Public Library">Adams' personal library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Enlightenment" title="American Enlightenment">American Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a 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title="Patriot (American Revolution)">patriots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Adams_political_family" title="Adams political family">Adams political family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_Adams" title="Abigail Adams">Abigail Adams</a> <ul><li>wife</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_political_family" title="Quincy political family">Quincy political family</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abigail_Adams_Smith" title="Abigail Adams Smith">Abigail Adams Smith</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">John Quincy Adams</a> <ul><li>son</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_John_Quincy_Adams" title="Presidency of John Quincy Adams">presidency</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adams_(1770%E2%80%931800)" title="Charles Adams (1770–1800)">Charles Adams</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boylston_Adams_(1772%E2%80%931832)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832)">Thomas Boylston Adams</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Adams" title="George Washington Adams">George Washington Adams</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams_Sr." title="Charles Francis Adams Sr.">Charles Francis Adams Sr.</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_II" title="John Adams II">John Adams II</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams_II" title="John Quincy Adams II">John Quincy Adams II</a> (great-grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Adams" title="Henry Adams">Henry Adams</a> (great-grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooks_Adams" title="Brooks Adams">Brooks Adams</a> (great-grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Adams_Sr." title="John Adams Sr.">John Adams Sr.</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_Boylston" title="Susanna Boylston">Susanna Boylston</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Adams" title="Samuel Adams">Samuel Adams</a> (second cousin)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Adams" title="Louisa Adams">Louisa Adams</a> (daughter-in-law, <a href="/wiki/List_of_first_ladies_of_the_United_States" title="List of first ladies of the United States">first lady</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">← George Washington</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson →</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li>Thomas Jefferson →</li></ul> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" 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