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| {{Short description|Amphibious and maritime service branch of the U.S. military}} | | {{Short description|Amphibious and maritime service branch of the U.S. military}} |
| {{redirect|USMC|other uses|USMC (disambiguation)}}
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| {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} | | {{Use American English|date=February 2023}} |
| {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}<!-- Date format as in US military date format -->
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| {{Infobox military unit
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| | unit_name = United States Marine Corps
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| | image = Emblem of the United States Marine Corps.svg
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| | caption = Emblem of the United States Marine Corps
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| | start_date = 11 July 1798 <br />({{Age in years and months|1798|7|11}}) <br />(in current form)
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| 10 November 1775 <br />({{Age in years and months|1775|11|10}}) <br />(as the [[Continental Marines]])<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.marines.com/history-heritage/timeline |title= Marine Corps Decade Timeline | Marine Corps history |website= Marines.com |access-date= 15 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140706052136/http://www.marines.com/history-heritage/timeline |archive-date= 6 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| | country = {{Flagu|United States}}
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| | type = [[Marines|Maritime land force]]
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| | role = {{plainlist|
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| *[[Amphibious warfare]]
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| *[[Expeditionary warfare]]}}
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| | size = {{plainlist|
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| *180,958 active personnel ({{as of|2020|lc=y}})<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/dwp/rest/download?fileName=ms0_2009.pdf&groupName=milTop |title=ARMED FORCES STRENGTH FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023128/https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/dwp/rest/download?fileName=ms0_2009.pdf&groupName=milTop |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| *32,400 reserve personnel ({{as of|2022|lc=y}})<ref name="DoD Budget and Manpower Details">{{cite web |title=Defense Budget Overview Book |url=https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/FY2023/FY2023_Budget_Request_Overview_Book.pdf |publisher=Office of the Under Secretary of Denfense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer |access-date=3 August 2022 |date=15 April 2022}}</ref>
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| *1,304 manned aircraft<ref name="WAF2018">{{cite journal|title=World Air Forces 2018|journal=Flightglobal|page=17|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905|access-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045619/https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/21905|archive-date=14 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> (total includes 11 VH-3D and 8 VH-60N of HMX-1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/marine-one-upgrade-next-presidential-helicopter-fleet-getting-closer-to-debut.html |title=Marine One upgrade: The next presidential helicopter fleet is getting closer to its debut |last=Macias |first=Amanda |website=[[CNBC]] |date=10 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045536/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/10/marine-one-upgrade-next-presidential-helicopter-fleet-getting-closer-to-debut.html |archive-date=14 June 2018 |access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref> not listed by WAF 2018)}}
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| | command_structure = [[United States Armed Forces]]<br />[[United States Department of the Navy|Department of the Navy]]
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| | garrison = [[The Pentagon]]<br />{{nowrap|[[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S.}}
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| | garrison_label = Headquarters
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| | nickname = "Jarheads", "[[Devil Dog]]s", "Teufel Hunden", "Leathernecks"
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| | motto = ''[[Semper fidelis#The United States Marine Corps|Semper fidelis]]'' ("Always faithful")
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| | colors = Scarlet and gold<ref name="colors">{{cite web |url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Docs_Speeches/EstablishingMCcolors.htm|title=Marine Corps Order No. 4 (Series 1925)|last=Lejeune|first=Erich E. |author-link=John A. Lejeune |date=18 April 1925|work=[[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]]|publisher=[[United States Marine Corps History Division]]|access-date=2 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005033213/http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Docs_Speeches/EstablishingMCcolors.htm|archive-date=5 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Color Palette |url=http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/134/Docs/CCM%20Docs/MCRC/MC%20Brand%20Guide/USMC_brand_guide2009.pdf?ver=2014-07-28-165459-843#page=16|work=United States Marine Corps Brand Guide|date=16 July 2009|access-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201044114/http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/134/Docs/CCM%20Docs/MCRC/MC%20Brand%20Guide/USMC_brand_guide2009.pdf?ver=2014-07-28-165459-843#page=16|archive-date=1 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{color box|#CC0000}} {{color box|#CC9900}}
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| | colors_label = Colors
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| | march = "[[Semper Fidelis (march)|Semper Fidelis]]" {{audio|Semper Fidelis.ogg|Play}}
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| | mascot = [[Bulldog|English bulldog]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcrc/8mcd/Pages/ReadyfortheCorpsMarinesrecruitlatestmascotfromSouthTexas.aspx|title=Ready for the Corps: Marines recruit latest mascot from South Texas|last=Loredo-Agostini|first=Heidi E.|date=30 July 2009|work=[[Marine Corps Recruiting Command|Recruiting Station San Antonio]]|publisher=United States Marine Corps|access-date=22 December 2010|location=Castroville, Texas|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320233156/http://www.marines.mil/unit/mcrc/8mcd/Pages/ReadyfortheCorpsMarinesrecruitlatestmascotfromSouthTexas.aspx|archive-date=20 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marines.mil/unit/barracks/Pages/NewsStories/2008/ChestyXIIretires.aspx|title=Marine Barracks' mascot, Chesty the XII, retires after more than 40 'dog years' of faithful service|last=Dobbs|first=Chris|date=25 July 2008|publisher=United States Marine Corps|access-date=22 December 2010|location=Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516012257/http://www.marines.mil/unit/barracks/Pages/NewsStories/2008/ChestyXIIretires.aspx|archive-date=16 May 2011}}</ref>
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| | equipment = [[List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment|List of U.S. Marine Corps equipment]]
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| | equipment_label = Equipment
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| | battles = {{collapsible list
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| | titlestyle= background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
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| | title= ''See list''
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| |[[American Revolutionary War]]|[[Quasi-War]]|[[First Barbary War]]|[[War of 1812]]|[[Second Barbary War]]|[[West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States|West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations]]|[[Seminole Wars]]|[[African Anti-Slavery Operations of the United States|African Anti-Slavery Operations]]|[[Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations of the United States|Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations]]|[[First Sumatran expedition]]|[[Second Sumatran expedition]]|[[United States Exploring Expedition]]|[[Capture of Monterey]]|[[Mexican–American War]]|[[Bombardment of San Juan del Norte|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 on Harpers Ferry|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]]|[[Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii]]|[[Second Samoan Civil War]]|[[Banana Wars]]{{unordered list|[[Spanish–American War]]|[[Second Occupation of Cuba]]|[[Border War (1910–1919)|Border War]]|[[Negro Rebellion]]|[[United States occupation of Nicaragua|Occupation of Nicaragua]]|[[United States occupation of Haiti|Occupation of Haiti]]|[[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924)|Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916)]]|[[Sugar Intervention]]}}|[[Philippine–American War]]|[[Boxer Rebellion]]|[[World War I]]|[[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War|Russian Civil War]]|[[World War II]]|[[Korean War]]|[[Vietnam War]]|[[1958 Lebanon Crisis]]|[[United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)|Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965)]]|[[Operation Eagle Claw|Iranian hostage rescue]]|[[Multinational Force in Lebanon]]|[[Operation Urgent Fury]]|[[1986 United States bombing of Libya|1986 bombing of Libya]]|[[Tanker War]]{{unordered list|[[Operation Earnest Will]]|[[Operation Prime Chance]]|[[Operation Eager Glacier]]|[[Operation Nimble Archer]]|[[Operation Praying Mantis]]}}|[[United States Invasion of Panama|Operation Just Cause]]|[[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]]|[[Somali Civil War]]|[[Iraqi no-fly zones]]|[[1995 NATO bombing campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian War]]|[[1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Kosovo War]]|[[1999 East Timorese crisis]]|[[Operation Enduring Freedom]]{{unordered list|[[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|Afghanistan]]|[[Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines|Philippines]]|[[Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa|Horn of Africa]]|[[Georgia Train and Equip Program|Pankisi Gorge]]|[[Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara|Trans Sahara]]|[[Operation Enduring Freedom – Caribbean and Central America|Caribbean and Central America]]}}|[[Iraq War]]|[[Pakistan-United States skirmishes]]|[[Operation Odyssey Dawn]]|[[Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|2014 intervention against ISIL]]|[[Operation Inherent Resolve]]|[[Resolute Support Mission]]|[[Battle of Khasham]]
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| | anniversaries = [[United States Marine Corps birthday ball|10 November]]
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| | decorations = <!-- Decoration -->
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| [[File:Streamer PUC Navy.PNG|200px]] <br />[[File:Streamer PUC Army.PNG|200px]]<br />[[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]]
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| [[File:Streamer JMUA.PNG|200px]]<br />[[Joint Meritorious Unit Award]]
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| [[File:Navy Unit Commendation streamer.svg|200px]]<br />[[Navy Unit Commendation]]
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| [[File:Streamer VUA Army.PNG|200px]]<br />[[Valorous Unit Award]]
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| [[File:Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy-Marine) Streamer.jpg|200px]]<br />[[File:Streamer MUC Army.PNG|200px]]<br />[[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]
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| [[File:Streamer FCDG.PNG|200px]]<br />[[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|French Croix de guerre 1914–1918]]
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| [[File:Presidential Unit Citation (Philippines) Streamer.png|200px]]<br />[[Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation|Philippine Presidential Unit Citation]]
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| [[File:Streamer KPUC.PNG|200px]]<br />[[Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation|Korean Presidential Unit Citation]]
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| [[File:VGCP Streamer.jpg|200px]]<br />[[Vietnam Gallantry Cross]]
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| [[File:Streamer RVMUCCA.PNG|200px]] <br />[[Vietnam Civil Actions Medal]]
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| | website = {{ubl|{{URL|https://www.marines.mil|marines.mil}}|{{URL|https://www.marines.com|marines.com}}}}
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| | battle_honours = <!-- Commanders -->
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| | commander1 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the President of the United States.svg|size=25px}} [[President of the United States|President]] [[Joe Biden]]
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| | commander1_label = [[Powers of the president of the United States#Commander-in-chief|Commander-in-Chief]]
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| | commander2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the United States Secretary of Defense.svg|size=25px}} [[Lloyd Austin]]
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| | commander2_label = [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]
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| | commander3 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy.svg|size=25px}} [[Carlos Del Toro]]
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| | commander3_label = [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]]
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| | commander4 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.svg|size=25px}} [[General (United States)|Gen]] [[Eric Smith (general)|Eric M. Smith]]
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| | commander4_label = [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant]]
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| | commander5 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of a United States Marine Corps general.svg|size=25px}} [[General (United States)|Gen]] [[Christopher J. Mahoney]]
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| | commander5_label = [[Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps|Assistant Commandant]]
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| | commander6 = [[File:USMC-E9-SGMMC.svg|25px]] [[Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps|SMMC]] [[Carlos A. Ruiz]]
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| | commander6_label = [[Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps]]
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| | notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia -->
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| | identification_symbol = [[File:Flag of the United States Marine Corps.svg|border|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_label = [[Flag of the United States Marine Corps|Flag]]
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| | identification_symbol_2 = [[File:USMC logo.svg|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_2_label = Seal
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| | identification_symbol_3 = [[File:Eagle, Globe, and Anchor.svg|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_3_label = Emblem ("[[Eagle, Globe, and Anchor]]" or "EGA"){{NoteTag|Variations also used as a "Branch of Service Insignia" on Marine Corps uniforms<ref>{{cite web |title=Marine Corps Order P1020.34G W/CH 1–5: Marine Corps Uniform Regulations, Chapter 4: Insignia and Regulations For Wear, Paragraph 4001. Branch of Service Insignia, Pages 4–7 |url=http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/MCO%20P1020.34G%20W%20CH%201-5.pdf |date=31 March 2003 |access-date=15 January 2018 |website=marines.mil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215092520/http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/MCO%20P1020.34G%20W%20CH%201-5.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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| | identification_symbol_4_label = Wordmark
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| | identification_symbol_4 = [[File:Marines banner.png|100px]]
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| | identification_symbol_5_label = Song
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| | identification_symbol_5 = "[[Marines' Hymn|The Marine's Hymn]]" {{Audio|Marines' Hymn, USMC Band.ogg|Play}}
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