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Marine Corps   /mərˈin kɔr/   Listen
Marine Corps

noun
1.
An amphibious division of the United States Navy.  Synonyms: United States Marine Corps, United States Marines, US Marine Corps, USMC.



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"Marine Corps" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the cadet for the District of Columbia. At the conclusion of the six years' course, two of which are spent at sea, the graduates are assigned in order of merit to the vacancies that may have occurred in the lower grades of the line of the navy and of the marine corps. Cadets who are not assigned to service after graduation are honorably discharged and are given $500, the amount they have received each year of ...
— Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition • J.A. James

... of the navy is as follows: The Navy Department, which consists of the office of the Secretary of the Navy and its various bureaus, and the officers of the navy, consisting of officers of the navy, officers of the marine corps, and warrant officers, besides volunteer and acting volunteer officers, these two last being new grades. There is no list of petty officers and seamen published in the Register, these being simply kept on the unpublished rolls, kept in the office of ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... feared. They are a fine, upstanding lot of men, and their adaptability and efficiency have been so apparent as to fully warrant the oft-made statement that the men of the United States Navy, which includes the Marine Corps, can do anything, ...
— World's War Events, Volume III • Various

... first of these, furnished by Twiggs' division, was commanded in succession by Captain Casey, 2d Infantry, and Captain Paul, 7th Infantry, after Casey had been severely wounded; and the second, originally under the gallant Major Twiggs, Marine Corps, killed, and then Captain Miller, 2d Pennsylvania Volunteers. The storming party, now commanded by Captain Paul, seconded by Captain Roberts, of the Rifles, Lieutenant Stewart, and others of the same regiment, Smith's brigade, carried the two batteries in the road, took ...
— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat



Words linked to "Marine Corps" :   shipboard soldier, Marines, US Navy, USN, devil dog, MCIA, marine, leatherneck, United States Navy, navy



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