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The United States Marine Corps PortalThe United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea, utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. Alongside the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps operates under the United States Department of the Navy. Originally organized as the Continental Marines on November 10, 1775 as naval infantry, the Marine Corps would evolve its mission with changing military doctrine and American foreign policy. Owing to the availability of Marines at sea, the Marine Corps has served in every American armed conflict going back to the Revolutionary War. It attained prominence in the 20th century when its theories and practice of amphibious warfare proved prescient, and ultimately formed a cornerstone of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Its ability to rapidly respond to regional crises continues to make it an important body in the implementation and execution of American foreign policy. The Marine Corps, with 193,000 active duty and 40,000 reserve Marines as of April 2008, is the smallest of the United States' armed forces in the Department of Defense (the United States Coast Guard, about one fifth the size of the Marine Corps, is under the Department of Homeland Security). The Corps is nonetheless larger than the entire armed forces of many significant military powers; for example, it is larger than the Israeli Defense Forces. Selected articleMarines from 3rd Battalion 3rd Marines storm the beaches of Marine Corps Base Hawaii as part of RIMPAC 2004. Credit: Photographer's Mate 1st Class Jane West, July 18, 2004, USN photo
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Selected pictureQuotes"We cannot win the war against terrorism if we do not understand and deal with its ideological dimension.... We also must realize that we are judged by what we do, not just by what we say....We must also admit, however, that legitimate and sometimes contradictory national interests play a role in generating these conflicts, as does the manner in which different nations pursue these interests. We must learn about each other, recognize real diver- gences of interests, and manage them vigorously in order to avoid further polarization of disputes."
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Web resourcesSelected biographyMegan Malia Leilani McClung was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War. Major McClung, a 1995 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, was serving as a public affairs officer with the I Marine Expeditionary Force in Anbar Province, Iraq, when her humvee was destroyed by a roadside bomb in December 2006. McClung, a former gymnast, was an avid athlete, having competed in triathlons and marathons. In the year of her death, she organized the first satellite running of the Marine Corps Marathon in Iraq. Marines in the news
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