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       SAMC - United States Marine Corps
       By: TeamLeader Date: December 2, 2011, 4:33 pm
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       USMC - United States Marine Corps
       The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United
       States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection
       from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to
       deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. 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 under 203,000
       active duty Marines (as of October 2010[update]) and just under
       40,000 reserve Marines (as of 2010[update]). 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
       and the active duty British Army.
       UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
       Active: 10 November 1775 – present
       Country: United States of America
       Type: Marine Combined arms
       Role: Amphibious and expeditionary warfare
       Size: 200,827 active (as of June 2011)
       40,000 reserve (as of 2010)
       Part of: Department of the Navy (since 1834
       Headquarters: The Pentagon
       Motto: Semper Fidelis
       Colors: Scarlet & Gold
       March: "Semper Fidelis"
       Mascot: English Bulldog
       Engagements:
       - American Revolutionary War
       - Quasi-War
       - Barbary Wars
       - War of 1812
       - Seminole Wars
       - Mexican–American War
       - American Civil War
       - Spanish–American War
       - Philippine–American War
       - Boxer Rebellion
       - Banana Wars
       - World War I
       - World War II
       - Korean War
       - Vietnam War
       - Gulf War
       - Somali Civil War
       - Kosovo War
       - War in Afghanistan
       - Iraq War
       - 2011 Libyan civil war
       Decorations:
       - Presidential Unit Citation
       - Joint Meritorious Unit Award
       - Navy Unit Commendation
       - Valorous Unit Award
       - Meritorious Unit Commendation
       - Croix de Guerre
       - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
       - Korean Presidential Unit Citation
       - Vietnam Gallantry Cross
       - Vietnam Civil Actions Medal
       COMMANDERS
       SECNAV: Hon. Ray Mabus
       Commandant: Gen James F. Amos
       Assistant Commandant: Gen Joseph F. Dunford, Jr.
       Sergeant Major: SgtMajMC Micheal P. Barrett
       LOGO
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       Source: Wikipedia
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