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    recent history, the Marine Corps offered only limited options to the combatant commander to respond to crises. This response capability was usually resident within the Marine Expeditionary Unit in the form of noncombatant evacuation operations, foreign humanitarian assistance, and embassy reinforcement. However, as the global climate has shifted from a Cold War, or even OIF I, paradigm to one of small conflicts or crises of short duration. Within this context the Marine Corps continues to seek to

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    The Marine Corps

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    you about the Montford Point Marines. Gunnery Sergeant Bagley has done extensive research on the Montford Point Marines, and had the privilege of attending the Montford Marines’ Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in June 2012. Ladies and gentlemen, Gunny Sergeant Bagley. [Attention] On display at the Montford Point Marine Museum at Camp Johnson, North Carolina is a Marine Corps dress blues uniform. The uniform is identical to any other set of dress blues worn by Marines through the mid-1940s. Just

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    The Marine Corp

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    General James Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corp, defines and delivers the long term strategic strategy for the United Stated Marine Corps (USMC) in Expeditionary Force 21 (EF 21) dated 4 March 2014. The premise of the document is simple. It is his vision for the future Corps, and of how the USMC must build, shape, reorganize, in order to, as General Amos puts it, be “the right force in the right place and the right time”. This vision is addressed through the succinct and logical way ahead.

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    Once a Marine, Always a Marine There are many different cultures or social groups that have a language barrier whether that is because of religion, race, or social differences. These language barriers eventually will have to be overcome so that we can all communicate with each other. Out of these social groups, comes the greatest fighting force in the World, The Marine Corps. Marines have a very unique language dialog that has been preserved for hundreds of years Unfortunately, there comes a point

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    The U.s. Marine Corps

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    The U.S. Marine Corps’ is thought to be one of the five free standing military departments, but in all actuality there is only three departments. The U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy are the only branches of the military that are correctly recognized as their own departments. There are two other Branches of the military that are under the U.S. Navy, one is the United States Marine Corps’. They were created to protect, but now they need protecting from budget cuts and disbanding. In order

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    world is the United States Marine Corps. However the Marine Corps was not always the prestigious group of soldiers like it is known to be today. In fact, the Marine Corps went through over a century of the government contemplating their existence and deciding whether or not they would keep the Marine Corps as a part of their fighting force. According to Merrill Fabry, writing for Time Magazine, when this force was first raised during

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    Marine Corps Essay

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    The Marine Corps has been protecting America’s freedom and acting as a symbol of strength since 1775. The United States Marine Corps is a force for greatness, bound to the words liberty and justice, sworn to protect every American soul. Marines have battled on land, in air, and at sea for their country and many brave men and women have lost their lives in the line of fire. These brave soldiers are lead by intelligent officers who are strong leaders, quick decision makers, and possess great mental

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    blueprint that presents expectations of the Marine Corps to develop its forces in order to perform in a multifunctional facet in any Global Combatant Command (GCC). This document delivers the framework that will allow the Marine Corps to prosper in an operating environment that is ambiguous in nature, by providing them the guidance in organizational strategy, 13 areas of significant focus, and a concept for deployment and employment. As a naval force, the Marine Corps’ primary responsibility is the “development

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    The Marine Corps Essay

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    being the Marine Corps birthday, and its birthplace being at Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern, to establish two battalions of Continental Marines, under the command of Cpt. Samuel Nicholas, as an amphibious fighting force who would later in March of 1776, participate in their first foreign raid, in the Bahamas (www.globalsecurity.org ). After the Treaty of Paris was signed, and the American Revolution came to an end, the Continental Marines disbanded

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    Marine Corps Hymn

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    The Marine Corps Hymn One of the best known of the official military songs is the Marine Corps Hymn. And yet, no one knows who made it or exactly how old it is. Legend has it that it dates back to the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). It wasn’t officially copyrighted until 1917 when W.E. Christian published it in the book “Rhymes of Rookies” (Gutenberg.org). Even though we don’t know its exact origin, we do know what the song stands for and what it means. The hymn praises the idealism of the Marine

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