United States Marine Corps

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branch of the United States Armed Forces military service naval infantry force

The United States Marine Corps is an elite branch of the U.S. Armed Forces specializing in rapid-response amphibious and expeditionary warfare on land, sea, and air.

Aliases (28)

U.S. Marine Corps ×24
USMC ×14
United States Marines ×9
U.S. Marines ×7
Marine Corps ×6
Continental Marines ×5
United States Marine ×3
active-duty United States Marine Corps ×3
Marines ×2
United States Marine Corps units ×2
General, United States Marine Corps ×1
Marine Corps active component ×1
Marine Corps officers ×1
U.S. Marine Corps units ×1
US Marine Corps ×1
US Marine Corps units ×1
US Marines ×1
Union Marine Corps ×1
United States Marine Corps (historically under Department of the Navy) ×1
United States Marine Corps (intended) ×1
United States Marine Corps (maritime intelligence support) ×1
United States Marine Corps (tenant units) ×1
United States Marine Corps Forces Command ×1
United States Marine Corps ground forces ×1
United States Marine Corps infantry ×1
United States Marine Corps organization ×1
United States Marine Corps pilots ×1
United States Marines from USS Boston ×1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of the United States Armed Forces → military service → naval infantry force →
abbreviation	USMC →
allegiance	President of the United States → United States Constitution →
alliesWith	United States Air Force → United States Army → United States Navy →
ceremonialBirthday	November 10 →
combatDoctrine	amphibious assault → combined arms → expeditionary operations → maneuver warfare →
commandStructure	United States Central Command → United States European Command → United States Indo-Pacific Command →
coreValue	commitment → courage → honor →
country	United States of America →
dressUniformColor	blue →
engagedIn	American Civil War → American Revolutionary War → Gulf War → Iraq War → Korean War → Mexican–American War → Vietnam War → War in Afghanistan → War of 1812 → World War I → World War II →
foundedBy	Continental Congress →
hasComponent	I Marine Expeditionary Force → II Marine Expeditionary Force → III Marine Expeditionary Force → Marine Corps Combat Development Command → Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command → Marine Corps Installations Command → Marine Corps Logistics Command → Marine Corps Recruiting Command → Marine Corps Systems Command → United States Marine Corps Forces Command → United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific →
hasEmblem	Eagle, Globe, and Anchor →
headquartersFacility	The Pentagon →
headquartersLocation	Arlington, Virginia →
inception	1775-11-10 →
inceptionPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania →
language	English →
motto	Semper Fidelis →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoMeaning	Always Faithful →
nickname	Marines →
officialMarch	Marines' Hymn →
partOf	United States Armed Forces → United States Department of the Navy →
patronSaint	Saint Barbara →
primaryAircraftRole	assault support → close air support → fighter-attack →
primaryGroundRole	armor → artillery → infantry → reconnaissance →
role	amphibious warfare → crisis response → expeditionary warfare → maritime security → power projection → rapid-response force → special operations support →
seniorEnlistedTitle	Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps →
serviceChiefTitle	Commandant of the Marine Corps →
serviceColors	scarlet and gold →
subordinateTo	United States Department of Defense →
symbol	Eagle, Globe, and Anchor →
trainingFacility	Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms → Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune → Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton → Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island → Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego →
uniformColor	forest green →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 689)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Battalion, 1st Marines → 1st Battalion, 7th Marines → 1st CEB → 1st Combat Engineer Battalion → 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion → 1st Marine Aircraft Wing → 1st Marine Division → 1st Marine Division → 1st Marine Division (United States) → 1st Marine Logistics Group → 1st Marine Regiment → 1st Marine Regiment → 1st Reconnaissance Battalion → 1st Tank Battalion → 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines → 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines → 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines → 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing → 2nd Marine Division → 2nd Marine Logistics Group → 2nd Marine Tank Battalion → 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines → 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines → 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing → 3rd Marine Logistics Group → 4th Marine Division → 5th Engineer Battalion → 5th Marine Division → 5th Marine Regiment → 6th Marines → 7th Marine Regiment → 8th Marines → Adlai Stevenson III → Alexander Vandegrift → Allan Bakke → Barney Ross → Blount Island Command → Blue Diamond → Bob Mathias → Brian Dennehy → Camp H. M. Smith → Camp Johnson → Camp Pendleton, California → Don Adams → Drill Instructor School ("USMC") → Executive Two → Fidelity, Valor, Honor → Fighting Fourth → Francis X. Hummel → Fred Haise → Frederick W. Smith → George C. Scott → Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign → Gomer Pyle → HMX-1 → HQ Company, 1st Marines → Harry Schmidt → Headquarters Company, 7th Marines ("USMC") → Headquarters and Service Battalion → Holland M. Smith → I MEF → I MEF Headquarters Group → I MEF Information Group → I MEF Support Battalion → II MEF Information Group → II MEF Support Battalion → Inchon Regiment → Jacob Zeilin → James E. Webb → James Roosevelt II → Joe Fulks → John A. Lejeune → John F. Kelly → John F. Sattler → John Glenn → John Warner → Joint Special Operations Command → Joseph H. Pendleton → Joseph McCarthy → Lee Harvey Oswald → Lewis B. Puller → Lofton R. Henderson → MARCORLOGCOM → MARSOC Raiders → MCIA → MCSC → Marine Air-Ground Task Force → Marine Aircraft Group 39 → Marine Barracks Washington → Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune → Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton → Marine Corps Base Hawaii → Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools → Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command → Marine Corps Installations Pacific ("USMC") → Marine Corps Installations West → Marine Corps Logistics Command → Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island → Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego → Marine Corps University → Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory → Marine Forces South → Marine Helicopter Squadron One → Marine Raider Regiment → Marine Raider Support Group → Marine Raiders → Merriel "Snafu" Shelton → Navy Unit Commendation → No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy → Officer Candidates School → Operation Blissful → Operation Gothic Serpent → Operation Linebacker → Operation Power Pack → Operation Starlite → Operation al-Fajr → Pacific Ocean Areas → Pete Wilson → Ralph Waite → Recruit Training Regiment → Robert Mueller → Samuel Nicholas ("Continental Marines") → School of Infantry – West → School of Infantry-East → Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps → Silver Star → Special Operations Command Europe → Sterling Hayden → Support Battalion (MCRD San Diego) → Swift, Silent, Deadly → The Basic School → The Cannon Cockers → Theodore Samuel Williams → Training and Education Command → Tyrone Power → U.S. Central Command → U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command → Union ("Union Marine Corps") → United States Marine Band → United States Marine Corps Forces Africa ("Marine Corps") → Weapons Company, 7th Marines → Weapons and Field Training Battalion → Wilbur Bestwick → Wilford Brimley → William Broyles Jr. →	militaryBranch
AV-8B Harrier II → Airco DH.4 → Bell UH-1 Iroquois → Camp Geiger → Camp H. M. Smith → Camp Johnson → Douglas SBD Dauntless → F-35B Lightning II → Grumman TBF Avenger → Joint Base Andrews → LAV-AT → LAV-C2 → LAV-L → LAV-M → LAV-R → M60 Patton → Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms → Marine Corps Air Station Miramar → Marine Corps Air Station New River → Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune → Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton → Marine Corps Base Hawaii → Marine Corps Base Quantico → Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany → Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow → Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island → Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego → Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans → Marine Corps University → Marine One → Operation Noble Eagle → Sikorsky VH-60N White Hawk → United States Marine Corps museums → VH-92A Patriot →	operator
11th Marine Regiment → 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit → 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines → 3rd Marine Division → 3rd Marine Division → 6th Marines → Blue Dress B → Camp Courtney → Camp Geiger → Headquarters Company, 7th Marines → I MEF → Joint Task Force-Bravo → Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms → Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow → Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island → Marine Corps dress uniforms → Meritorious Unit Commendation → Navy Distinguished Service Medal → Navy Distinguished Service Medal → Special Operations Command South → The Old Breed → United States Armed Forces in World War II →	branch
3rd Marine Division → Doctrine Branch → Fleet Marine Force → Headquarters Marine Corps → Marine Air-Ground Task Force → Marine Corps Intelligence Activity → Marine Raider Training Center → Marine expeditionary force → The Cannon Cockers → The Old Breed → United States Marine Band → United States Marine Corps Judge Advocate Division → United States Marine Corps Reserve → United States Marine Corps aviation units →	partOf
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (subject-matter portfolios) → Commandant of the Marine Corps → Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 → Executive Order 9981 ("U.S. Marine Corps") → First to Fight → General Counsel of the Navy → John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 → Manual for Courts-Martial ("U.S. Marine Corps") → Marine Corps Order P1020.34 → Marine Corps core values ("United States Marines") → Munitions Board → National Military Strategy ("U.S. Marine Corps") → Public Law 99-433 →	appliesTo
Battle for Henderson Field → Battle of Cape Gloucester → Battle of Iwo Jima → Battle of Peleliu → Battle of Tarawa → Battle of Tulagi → Battle of the Tenaru → Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War → Invasion of Tinian → Operation Iceberg → Operation Rolling Thunder → Operation Starlite →	belligerent
11th Marine Regiment → 1st Battalion, 1st Marines → 1st CEB → 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines → 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines ("United States Marine Corps infantry") → 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines → 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing → 3rd Marine Division → 6th Marines → 8th Marines →	service
Bloody Ridge → EGA ("U.S. Marines") → LOM → Marines' Hymn → Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima → Semper Fidelis ("U.S. Marines") → Semper Fidelis → The American Soldier → Unconquerable Spirit →	associatedWith
Burt Young → Gil Hodges → John F. Sattler → Scott Glenn → Sherman Adams → Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. → Ted Williams → Ted Williams → Ted Williams →	militaryService
Camp Courtney → Camp Pendleton, California → Drill Instructor School → Marine Barracks Washington → Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools → Marine Corps Intelligence Activity → Officer Candidates School → Support Battalion (MCRD San Diego) → The Basic School →	operatedBy
Battle for Basra (2003) ("US Marine Corps units") → Battle of Belleau Wood → Battle of Bladensburg → Battle of Edson's Ridge → Battle of Khe Sanh → Battle of Manila (1945) → Battle of Nassau ("Continental Marines") → Spanish–American War →	combatant
A-4 Skyhawk → AV-8B Harrier II → Blount Island Command → Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar → Grumman F4F Wildcat → Grumman F6F Hellcat → Light Armored Vehicle-25 → Rolls-Royce LiftSystem →	primaryUser
General Counsel of the Navy → Marine Corps Order P1020.34 → Naval Criminal Investigative Service → Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals ("U.S. Marine Corps") → Office of Naval Intelligence ("United States Marine Corps (maritime intelligence support)") → Secretary of the Navy →	jurisdiction
Henderson Field ("United States Marines") → Iwo Jima → Mount Suribachi → Tinian → Tulagi →	capturedBy
SecDef → Secretary of the Navy → Under Secretary of the Navy → United States Department of Defense → United States Secretary of Defense →	oversees
MCIA → MCRC → Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command → Marine Corps Systems Command → United States Marine Corps Forces Africa →	parentOrganization
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) → Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) → Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition → Under Secretary of the Navy →	appliesToJurisdiction
Harry Schmidt → John F. Sattler → Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory → Wilford Brimley →	employer
Camp Johnson → Marine Barracks Washington → Marine Corps Base Quantico → Pearl Harbor (interwar and early WWII) ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	garrison
Battle of Nassau ("Continental Marines") → Quasi-War → Second Battle of Fallujah → Urgent Fury →	hasParticipant
Battle of Saipan → Operation Downfall → Operation Freedom’s Sentinel → Operation Toenails →	militaryBranchInvolved
Battle of Soissons ("U.S. Marines") → Chinese Second Phase Offensive → Operation Promote Liberty → Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 ("United States Marines from USS Boston") →	participant
Adam Driver → C.J. Ramone → Gary Kurtz → Richard Diebenkorn →	servedIn
Jacob Zeilin → Swift, Silent, Deadly → United States Naval Academy →	affiliation
Fighting Fifth → Fighting Third → Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual →	appliesToBranch
LAV-C2 → LAV-L → LAV-M →	enteredServiceWith
MARSOC Raiders → MCCDC → Officer Candidates School →	establishedBy
United States Armed Forces → United States Marine Corps ("United States Marine Corps Forces Command") → United States Navy ("United States Marine Corps (historically under Department of the Navy)") →	hasComponent
Aleutian Islands campaign → Inchon Landing → Operation Desert Shield →	involvedBranch
Battle of Chosin Reservoir → Chesapeake campaign ("U.S. Marine Corps") → Ulchi Freedom Guardian →	involves
Barney Ross ("United States Marine") → Gomer Pyle ("United States Marine") → Merriel "Snafu" Shelton ("United States Marine") →	occupation
NRL → Office of Naval Research → United States Armed Forces education system →	servesBranch
Military Justice Act of 2016 ("Marine Corps") → National Defense Authorization Acts →	affects
Betio → Tarawa Atoll →	attackedBy
Holland M. Smith → John A. Lejeune →	commissionedIn
ROKMC → Republic of Korea Marine Corps →	cooperatesWith
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ("United States Marines") → Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima ("United States Marines") →	depicts
M1 Abrams → M1 Garand →	designedFor
Navy Unit Commendation ("United States Marine Corps units") → Navy Unit Commendation ("U.S. Marine Corps units") →	eligibility
Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon → Marine Corps University →	foundedBy
Navy Midshipmen → Virginia Military Institute →	militaryBranchAffiliation
John Brown’s raid of 1859 ("United States Marines") → Rikusentai →	opposedBy
Air Medal → Navy Cross →	presentedBy
Defense Communications Agency → F/A-18 Hornet →	primaryUsers
American Volunteer Group → Flying Tigers →	recruitedFrom
United States Marine Corps ("USMC") →	abbreviation
U.S. Marine Security Guards →	administrativelyControlledBy
Eagle, Globe, and Anchor →	adoptedBy
flexible response doctrine ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	appliedBy
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) →	appliesBranch
Crossroads of the Marine Corps →	associatedBranch
First to Fight →	associatedService
America’s Expeditionary Force in Readiness →	associatedWithBranch
1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography →	associatedWithBranchOfMilitary
1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography →	associatedWithCountryDepicted
Mount Suribachi →	associatedWithOrganization
Second Continental Congress ("Continental Marines") →	authorized
Navy Unit Commendation →	awardedBy
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm ("United States Marine Corps units") →	awardedTo
American Defense Service Medal →	awardingBranch
Silver Star Medal →	awardingBranches
Military Intelligence Program ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	beneficiary
3rd Battalion, 7th Marines ("USMC") →	branchAbbreviation
MCCDC ("United States Marine Corps organization") →	category
United States Army Institute of Heraldry →	client
Inchon Landing →	commanderForces
Marine Barracks Washington →	controlledBy
Ryukyu Islands campaign →	countryInvolved
Presidency of John Adams →	created
JSF program →	customer
Marine Corps War Memorial →	dedicatedTo
Marine Air-Ground Task Force →	doctrineOf
Commandant of the Marine Corps ("General, United States Marine Corps") →	eligibleRank
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff →	eligibleServiceBranches
Mount Suribachi ("U.S. Marines") →	flagRaisedBy
NCIS ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	focusesOn
Operation Detachment →	forceType
Title 10 of the United States Code →	governs
Marine Corps Birthday Ball ("United States Marines") →	hasAttendee
CAAF ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	hasAuthorityOver
Joint Task Force One →	hasBranch
Mayaguez incident ("United States Marines") →	hasCasualties
NRL →	hasClient
Marine One ("United States Marine Corps pilots") →	hasCrew
Marines' Hymn ("United States Marines") →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
AM General →	hasCustomer
Stafford County, Virginia ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	hasMajorEmployer
United States of America →	hasMilitaryBranch
Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force →	hasPart
Fleet Marine Force ("Marines") →	hasPersonnel
Joe Rosenthal →	hasPhotographicSubject
Natick Labs →	hasPrimaryUser
Department of the Navy →	headOfGovernmentBody
Commandant of the Marine Corps →	highestRankedOfficerIn
United States Armed Forces ("Continental Marines") →	historicalPrecursor
US War Memorial Honiara ("US Marines") →	honors
Military Justice Act of 1968 →	implementedIn
U.S. Forces Japan →	includesBranch
M240 ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	inServiceWith
Lockheed Martin X-35 →	intendedOperators
Operation Olympic →	involvedBranchPlanned
Cartwheel →	involvedForce
Operation Urgent Fury →	involvedMilitaryBranch
Operation Forager ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	involvedUnit
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo →	involvesBranch
Mayaguez incident →	involvesOrganization
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms →	isMajorInstallationOf
Navy Distinguished Service Medal →	isMilitaryDecorationOf
Marine Barracks Washington →	isOldestActivePostOf
Naval Air Station Whiting Field →	isTrainingBaseFor
JSF program ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	ledBy
Marines' Hymn →	lyricMentions
Second Seminole War →	mainBelligerent
Banana Wars →	mainParticipant
Marine Barracks Washington →	maintainedBy
HQ Company, 1st Marines ("USMC") →	militaryBranchAbbreviation
attack on Pearl Harbor →	militaryBranchAttacked
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff →	militaryBranchEligibility
Naval Station Norfolk ("United States Marine Corps (tenant units)") →	militaryBranchSupported
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms ("United States Marine Corps ground forces") →	militaryBranchTrained
The Old Breed ("Marine Corps") →	militaryBranchType
Marine Corps Air Station New River →	militaryBranchUsage
Naval Air Station Pensacola →	militaryBranchUsers
Big Stick diplomacy ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	militaryComponent
Semper Fidelis →	mottoOf
Henderson Field ("United States Marines") →	namedBy
United States Marine Corps ("Marines") →	nickname
Bell Textron →	notableMilitaryCustomer
Battle of Chapultepec ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	notableUnit
Universal Camouflage Pattern →	notUsedBy
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps →	officeCreatedBy
Marine Corps Birthday Ball →	organizer
Operation Coronet →	plannedAlliedParticipants
Pride of the Marines →	portrays
The Pacific →	portraysBranch
Megan Leavey →	portraysBranchOfMilitary
Distinguished Flying Cross →	presenter
First Battle of Fallujah →	primaryCombatant
Sikorsky Aircraft →	primaryCustomer
Leonardo DRS ("U.S. Marine Corps") →	primaryCustomers
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign →	primaryForces
Samuel Nicholas →	recognizedBy
MCRC ("Marine Corps active component") →	recruitsFor
Audie Murphy →	rejectedBy
Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 →	relatedTo
Department of the Navy →	responsibleFor
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) ("Marine Corps") →	scope
Defense Supply Agency →	servedBranch
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics →	servesCustomer
Mayaguez incident →	USGroundForces