U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO BY LANCE CPL. MATTHEW CASBARRO
U.S. MARINE CORPS Founded Nov. 10, 1775 Role Amphibious and expeditionary warfare Personnel 184,427 active 38,473 Reserve Headquarters The Pentagon Arlington County, Virginia, United States Motto Semper Fidelis Colors Scarlet, Gold March Semper Fidelis “The Marine’s Hymn” Anniversaries Nov. 10 Engagements American Revolutionary War Quasi-War First Barbary War War of 1812 Second Barbary War West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations Seminole Wars African Anti-Slavery Operations
Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations First Sumatran Expedition Second Sumatran Expedition United States exploring Expedition Capture of Monterey Mexican–American War Bombardment of Greytown Battle of Ty-ho Bay First Fiji Expedition Second Opium War Second Fiji Expedition Paraguay Expedition Reform War John Brown’s Raid American Civil War Bombardment of Qui Nhon Shimonoseki Campaign Formosa Expedition United States Expedition to Korea Egyptian Expedition (1882) Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations Kingdom of Hawaii Overthrowal Second Samoan Civil War Banana Wars Spanish–American War Second Occupation of Cuba Border War Negro Rebellion Occupation of Nicaragua Occupation of Haiti Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916) Sugar Intervention Philippine–American War Boxer Rebellion World War I Russian Civil War
World War II Korean War Vietnam War 1958 Lebanon Crisis Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965) Iranian Hostage Rescue Multinational Force in Lebanon Invasion of Grenada 1986 Bombing of Libya Tanker War Earnest Will Prime Chance Eager Glacier Nimble Archer Praying Mantis Invasion of Panama Persian Gulf War Somali Civil War Iraqi No-Fly Zones Bosnian War Kosovo War International Force for East Timor Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan Philippines Horn of Africa Pankisi Gorge Trans Sahara Caribbean and Central America Iraq War Pakistan-United States Skirmishes Operation Odyssey Dawn 2014 Intervention Against ISIL Operation Inherent Resolve Resolute Support Mission
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