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The United States Marine Corps (also known as USMC) is one of the five branches of the military of the United States in the United States Department of Defense. It was created in 1775 as a special maritime service.Samuel Nicholas founded it. He was the first commissioned office in the Corps. The birthplace of the Marines is in Philadelphia at the Tun Taven. Although it is part of the U.S. Naval Service, it is a separate military branch with its own special ranking structure.
The Marines have been involved in many conflicts, and had important roles in key battles such as Tripoli, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Inchon Bay. Every Marine receives infantry training to be ready for battle at all times. Marine Corps training is also known for being especially challenging; at 13 weeks long, Marine Recruit Training is the longest basic training of the four military branches. United States Marines place a large emphasis on morale. This is reflected in their motto, semper fidelis (meaning "always faithful").
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A U.S. Marine Security Guard reviews a security system at a U.S. embassy in December 2004.
U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit training in amphibious warfare during Operation Talisman Sabre at Shoalwater Bay in Australia.
Machine gunner from 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment in cold weather gear armed with a Squad Automatic Weapon taking part in a security patrol around Ramadi, Iraq, 27 December 2006.
Continental Marines land at New Providence during the Battle of Nassau, the first amphibious landing of the Marine Corps, during the revolution.
British and American troops garrisoned aboard Hornet and Penguin exchanging small arms musket fire with Tristan da Cuna in the background during the final engagement between British and American forces of the war.
U.S. Marines storming Chapultepec castle under a large American flag, paving the way for the fall of Mexico City.
Five Marine privates with fixed bayonets, and their NCO with his sword at the Washington Navy Yard, 1864.
Georges Scott, American Marines in Belleau Wood, 1918.
U.S. Marines in the trenches in France, February 1918.
Former French Foreign Legion Lieutenant and U.S. Marine Corps officer Peter J. Ortiz.
Photograph of the Marine Corps War Memorial, which depicts the second U.S. flag-raising atop Mount Suribachi, on Iwo Jima. The memorial is modeled on Joe Rosenthal's famous Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.
F4U Corsairs provide close air support to Marines of the 1st Marine Division fighting Chinese forces in North Korea, December 1950.
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U.S. Marines of "G" Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines in action during Operation Allen Brook in South Vietnam, 1968
Beirut Memorial at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines during the Desert Storm deployment in 1990–1991
U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 7th Marines enter a palace in Baghdad in April 2003.
U.S. Marines conducting a dawn patrol in Afghanistan's Nawa District, Helmand Province (May 2010).
U.S. Marines dismounting from an Assault Amphibious Vehicle in Djibouti.
Marine special operators conduct CQB training.
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A Warrant Officer observes recruits firing on a rifle range.
Marine recruits at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
Left to right: Utility Uniform, Dress Uniform, Service Uniform, and Evening Dress Uniform
Eagle, Globe and Anchor along with the U.S. flag, the Marine Corps flag and the Commandant's flag.
A recruiting poster makes use of the "Teufel Hunden" nickname.
Marine performs a shoulder throw.
Marines firing the MEU(SOC) pistol while garrisoned aboard ship.
Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles emerge from the surf onto the sand of Freshwater Beach, Australia.
A Marine M1 Abrams tank offloading from a Landing Craft Air Cushioned vehicle.
Marine parachutists jumping from an MV-22 Osprey at 10,000 feet.
Marine and sailor train with rifles in Iraq.
A soldier from the 1st Infantry Regiment provides security for a joint Army-Marine patrol in Rawa in 2006. The shoulder sleeve insignia has the logo of the 2nd Marine Division.
Marines unload CH-46 helicopters from an Air Force C-5 Galaxy.
