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edit   The United States Marine Corps Portal The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States. In the civilian leadership structure of the United States military, the Marine Corps is a component of the United States Department of the Navy, often working closely with U.S. naval forces for training, transportation, and logistic purposes; however, in the military leadership structure the Marine Corps is a separate branch. Captain Samuel Nicholas formed two battalions of Continental Marines on 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia as naval infantry. Since then, the mission of the Marine Corps has evolved with changing military doctrine and American foreign policy. The Marine Corps has served in every American armed conflict and attained prominence in the 20th century when its theories and practices of amphibious warfare proved prescient and ultimately formed the cornerstone of the Pacific campaign of World War II. By the mid-20th century, the Marine Corps had become the dominant theorist and practitioner of amphibious warfare. Its ability to rapidly respond on short notice to expeditionary crises gives it a strong role in the implementation and execution of American foreign policy. The United States Marine Corps includes just over 203,000 active duty Marines (as of October 2009) and just under 40,000 reserve Marines. It is the smallest of the United States' armed forces in the Department of Defense (the United States Coast Guard is smaller, about one-fifth the size of the Marine Corps, but is normally under the Department of Homeland Security). The Marine Corps is nonetheless larger than the armed forces of many significant military powers; for example, it is larger than the active duty Israel Defense Forces, or the entire British Army. More about the USMC... edit   Selected article edit   Selected picture Photo credit: User:Alton, May 19, 2007. United States Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard from MCLB Barstow in the Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade. Archive edit   Categories Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients United States Marine Corps aviation United States Marine Corps facilities United States Marine Corps history United States Marine Corps images United States Marine Corps ranks United States Marine Corps awards edit   United States Marine Corps lists List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons List of United States Marine Corps battalions List of Marine Expeditionary Units List of weapons of the U.S. Marine Corps List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps List of United States Marine Corps installations List of U.S. Marines edit   Web resources Official United States Marine Corps website News, media, messages, orders, directives, and publications Website of the United States Marine Corps History Division Who's Who in Marine Corps History Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients Online Library of the Marine Corps University Photographs and Art from the United States Naval Institute Website for the Marine Corps Association Website for the Marine Corps League Marine Corps Information from the first Marine Corps Webmaster at hqmc.net Marine Corps Community at leatherneck.com Website for the Marine Corps Times edit   Selected biography edit   Did you know... ...that on 31 March 1801, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, LtCol William W. Burrows, riding with U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, found "a proper place to fix the Marine Barracks on"" at 8th and I streets in Washington, DC?[1] ...that the Marine Corps accounts for approximately 8.5 percent of the military budget of the United States while supplying 31 percent of ground forces, 12 percent of the fixed wing aircraft and 19 percent of the attack helicopters used by the United States Armed Forces? ...that Cpl Matt Bradford was the first blind double amputee to reenlist in the Corps? ...that reservist LtCol Rob Riggle's only deployment to Iraq has been as a correspondent for The Daily Show? edit   This month in Marine history On May 15, 1862, Cpl John F. Mackie became the first Marine recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff. On May 22, 1912, Marine aviation began when Lt Alfred Cunningham reported to Naval Aviation Camp at Annapolis, Maryland to become the first Marine Naval Aviator. On May 29, 1945, 1st Battalion 5th Marines captured Shuri Castle, a pivotal point in the Battle of Okinawa. On May 15, 1975, the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines and 1st Battalion 4th Marines assaulted Koh Tang to rescue the SS Mayagüez in the last action of the Vietnam War. On May 2, 1993, Marines from Camp Pendleton helped to quell the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. edit   Quotes edit   New articles relating to the United States Marine Corps Henry Pierson Crowe — 31 January 2012 Micheal Barrett — 25 April 2011 Battle of Hill 488 — 29 December 2010 Ricardo C. Binns — 21 December 2010 Christopher Magee — 4 November 2010 edit   Things you can do Here are some things you can do to help expand our USMC content: Requested articles: Battle of Talasea, 15th Marine Regiment  • Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 (currently redirects to TECOM)   • Rathvon M. Tompkins   • Marine Security Force Bermuda Expand: Battle of Cape Gloucester, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force • 28th Marine Regiment • China Marines • Logistics Vehicle System Replacement Citations: Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company • Edson Range •Task Force Leatherneck Revert vandalism on this portal and on articles to do with the U.S. Marines. More tasks edit   Templates {{portal|United States Marine Corps}} – to add portal link {{USMC-stub}} – for USMC articles that need expansion {{USMC-bio-stub}} – for biographies of Marines that need expansion {{US Marine Corps navbox}} – to include the navigational box {{PD-USGov-Military-Marines}} – to mark an image as USMC-created Infobox Examples edit   Related Portals edit   Associated Wikiprojects edit   Associated Wikimedia edit   About Portals What are portals? List of portals Featured portals