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{{Short description|Amphibious and maritime service branch of the U.S. military}}
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{{Organization  
|OrganizationName=Marine Corps
|OrganizationName= United States Marine Corps
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|OrganizationType= Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission=The USMC is tasked with providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. Its mission includes amphibious and expeditionary warfare, as well as serving as an elite fighting force ready to respond to crises worldwide.
|Mission= The USMC is tasked with providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. Its mission includes amphibious and expeditionary warfare, as well as serving as an elite fighting force ready to respond to crises worldwide.
|OrganizationExecutive= Commandant of the Marine Corps
|Employees= 186800 (Active duty) + 38500 (Reserve)
|Budget= $46.6 billion (Fiscal Year 2021)
|Website=https://www.marines.mil
|Services= Amphibious warfare; Expeditionary warfare; Force protection; Humanitarian assistance; Peacekeeping operations
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Navy
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Navy
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation= Continental Congress Resolution on November 10, 1775
|CreationLegislation=Continental Congress Resolution on November 10, 1775
|Regulations=  
|Employees=225300
|HeadquartersLocation= 38.873202, -77.015348
|Budget=$46.6 billion (Fiscal Year 2021)
|HeadquartersAddress= 3000 Marine Corps Pentagon, Room 2E229, Washington, DC 20350-3000, United States
|OrganizationExecutive=Commandant of the Marine Corps
|Services=Amphibious warfare; Expeditionary warfare; Force protection; Humanitarian assistance; Peacekeeping operations
|HeadquartersLocation=38.8732, -77.01535
|HeadquartersAddress=3000 Marine Corps Pentagon, Room 2E229, Washington, DC 20350-3000, United States
|Website=https://www.marines.mil
}}
}}
{{Short description|Amphibious and maritime service branch of the U.S. military}}
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[[File:Marines01.jpg|thumb|Five USMC privates with fixed [[bayonet]]s, and their NCO with his sword at the [[Washington Navy Yard]], 1864|alt=black & white photograph of six U.S. marines standing in line, five with Civil War-era rifles and one with an NCO sword.]]
[[File:Marines01.jpg|thumb|Five USMC privates with fixed [[bayonet]]s, and their NCO with his sword at the [[Washington Navy Yard]], 1864|alt=black & white photograph of six U.S. marines standing in line, five with Civil War-era rifles and one with an NCO sword.]]


The Marine Corps played a small role in the Civil War (1861–1865); their most prominent task was [[blockade]] duty. As more and more states [[Ordinance of Secession|seceded]] from the Union, about a third of the Corps's officers left the United States to join the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] and form the [[Confederate States Marine Corps]], which ultimately played little part in the war. The battalion of recruits formed for the [[First Battle of Bull Run]] performed poorly, retreating with the rest of the Union forces.<ref name="ChenowethNihart"/> Blockade duty included sea-based amphibious operations to secure forward bases. In early November 1861, a group of sailors and Marines landed in the towns of Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina. A few days later that task force captured nearby Hilton Head Island. A couple of weeks later a reconnaissance in force group captured Tybee Island. This is where the Union set up the artillery barrage to bombard Fort Pulaski.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shapiro.anthro.uga.edu/Lamar/images/PDFs/publication_127.pdf |title=Archaeological Reconnaissance at the Drudi Tract, Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia |publisher=LAMAR Institute Publication Series |first=Daniel T. |last=Elliott |location=Savannah, Georgia |year=2008 |page=9 |access-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001013945/http://shapiro.anthro.uga.edu/Lamar/images/PDFs/publication_127.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2011}}</ref> In April and May 1862, Marines participated in [[Capture of New Orleans|the capture and occupation of New Orleans]] and the occupation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,<ref>Hoffman, Colonel Jon T., ''USMC: A Complete History'', Marine Corps Association, Quantico, VA, (2002), p. 92.</ref> key events in the war that helped secure Union control of the lower [[Mississippi River]] basin and denied the Confederacy a major port and naval base on the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}
The Marine Corps played a small role in the Civil War (1861–1865); their most prominent task was [[blockade]] duty. As more and more states [[Ordinance of Secession|seceded]] from the Union, about a third of the Corps's officers left the United States to join the Confederate States of Americaand form the [[Confederate States Marine Corps]], which ultimately played little part in the war. The battalion of recruits formed for the [[First Battle of Bull Run]] performed poorly, retreating with the rest of the Union forces.<ref name="ChenowethNihart"/> Blockade duty included sea-based amphibious operations to secure forward bases. In early November 1861, a group of sailors and Marines landed in the towns of Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina. A few days later that task force captured nearby Hilton Head Island. A couple of weeks later a reconnaissance in force group captured Tybee Island. This is where the Union set up the artillery barrage to bombard Fort Pulaski.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shapiro.anthro.uga.edu/Lamar/images/PDFs/publication_127.pdf |title=Archaeological Reconnaissance at the Drudi Tract, Tybee Island, Chatham County, Georgia |publisher=LAMAR Institute Publication Series |first=Daniel T. |last=Elliott |location=Savannah, Georgia |year=2008 |page=9 |access-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001013945/http://shapiro.anthro.uga.edu/Lamar/images/PDFs/publication_127.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2011}}</ref> In April and May 1862, Marines participated in [[Capture of New Orleans|the capture and occupation of New Orleans]] and the occupation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,<ref>Hoffman, Colonel Jon T., ''USMC: A Complete History'', Marine Corps Association, Quantico, VA, (2002), p. 92.</ref> key events in the war that helped secure Union control of the lower [[Mississippi River]] basin and denied the Confederacy a major port and naval base on the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}


The remainder of the 19th century was marked by declining strength and introspection about the mission of the Marine Corps. The Navy's transition from [[sailing ship|sail]] to [[steamboat|steam]] put into question the need for Marines on naval ships. Meanwhile, Marines served as a convenient resource for interventions and landings to protect American interests overseas. The Corps was involved in over 28 separate interventions in the 30 years from the end of the American Civil War to the end of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/pages/frequently_requested/Casualties.aspx|title=Marine Corps Casualties: 1775–2015|work=Frequently Requested|author=Reference Branch|publisher=USMC History Division|year=2016|access-date=23 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426035939/http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/pages/frequently_requested/Casualties.aspx|archive-date=26 April 2016}}</ref> They were called upon to stem political and labor unrest within the United States.<ref name="Ellsworth">{{Cite book |last= Ellsworth |first= Harry Allanson |title= One Hundred Eighty Landings of United States Marines 1800–1934 |publisher= History and Museums Division, HQ, USMC |year= 1934 |location= Washington, D.C.}}</ref> Under Commandant [[Jacob Zeilin]]'s tenure, Marine customs and traditions took shape: the Corps adopted the [[Eagle, Globe, and Anchor|Marine Corps emblem]] on 19 November 1868. It was during this time that "The Marines' Hymn" was first heard. Around 1883, the Marines adopted their current motto "''[[Semper fidelis]]''" (''Always Faithful'').<ref name="Simmons" /> [[John Philip Sousa]], the musician and composer, enlisted as a Marine apprentice at age 13, serving from 1867 until 1872, and again from 1880 to 1892 as the leader of the [[United States Marine Band|Marine Band]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Philip Sousa |url=https://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-History/John-Philip-Sousa/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.marineband.marines.mil}}</ref>
The remainder of the 19th century was marked by declining strength and introspection about the mission of the Marine Corps. The Navy's transition from [[sailing ship|sail]] to [[steamboat|steam]] put into question the need for Marines on naval ships. Meanwhile, Marines served as a convenient resource for interventions and landings to protect American interests overseas. The Corps was involved in over 28 separate interventions in the 30 years from the end of the American Civil War to the end of the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/pages/frequently_requested/Casualties.aspx|title=Marine Corps Casualties: 1775–2015|work=Frequently Requested|author=Reference Branch|publisher=USMC History Division|year=2016|access-date=23 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426035939/http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/historydivision/pages/frequently_requested/Casualties.aspx|archive-date=26 April 2016}}</ref> They were called upon to stem political and labor unrest within the United States.<ref name="Ellsworth">{{Cite book |last= Ellsworth |first= Harry Allanson |title= One Hundred Eighty Landings of United States Marines 1800–1934 |publisher= History and Museums Division, HQ, USMC |year= 1934 |location= Washington, D.C.}}</ref> Under Commandant [[Jacob Zeilin]]'s tenure, Marine customs and traditions took shape: the Corps adopted the [[Eagle, Globe, and Anchor|Marine Corps emblem]] on 19 November 1868. It was during this time that "The Marines' Hymn" was first heard. Around 1883, the Marines adopted their current motto "''[[Semper fidelis]]''" (''Always Faithful'').<ref name="Simmons" /> [[John Philip Sousa]], the musician and composer, enlisted as a Marine apprentice at age 13, serving from 1867 until 1872, and again from 1880 to 1892 as the leader of the [[United States Marine Band|Marine Band]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Philip Sousa |url=https://www.marineband.marines.mil/About/Our-History/John-Philip-Sousa/ |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=www.marineband.marines.mil}}</ref>
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