Company Name | Usmc |
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Website | https://www.marines.mil |
Snippet | The official website of the United States Marine Corps |
Flag | |
Role | Amphibious warfare, Expeditionary warfare |
Seal | |
Size | 180,958 active personnel (as of 2020[update])[2], 38,500 reserve personnel (as of 2017[update])[3], 1,304 manned aircraft[4] (total includes 11 VH-3D and 8 VH-60N of HMX-1[5] not listed by WAF 2018) |
Song | "The Marine's Hymn" Play (help·info) |
Type | Maritime land force |
March | "Semper Fidelis" Play (help·info) |
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Country | United States |
Founded | 1798 |
Part of | United States Armed Forces Department of the Navy |
Website | Marines.mil |
Motto(s) | Semper fidelis ("Always faithful") |
Wordmark | |
Equipment | List of U.S. Marine Corps equipment |
Mascot(s) | English bulldog[8][9] |
Commandant | Gen David H. Berger |
Decorations | Presidential Unit CitationJoint Meritorious Unit AwardNavy Unit CommendationValorous Unit AwardMeritorious Unit CommendationFrench Croix de guerre 1914–1918Philippine Presidential Unit CitationKorean Presidential Unit CitationVietnam Gallantry Cross Vietnam Civil Actions Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Navy Unit Commendation, Valorous Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, French Croix de guerre 1914–1918, Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Vietnam Civil Actions Medal |
Engagements | American Revolutionary War, Quasi-War, First Barbary War, War of 1812, Second Barbary War, West Indies Anti-Piracy Operations, Seminole Wars, African Anti-Slavery Operations, Aegean Sea Anti-Piracy Operations, First Sumatran expedition, Second Sumatran expedition, United States Exploring Expedition, Capture of Monterey, Mexican–American War, 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, 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 WarsSpanish–American WarSecond Occupation of CubaBorder WarNegro RebellionOccupation of NicaraguaOccupation of HaitiOccupation of the Dominican Republic (1916)Sugar Intervention, Spanish–American War, Second Occupation of Cuba, Border War, Negro Rebellion, Occupation of Nicaragua, Occupation of Haiti, Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916), Sugar Intervention, Philippine–American War, Boxer Rebellion, World War I, Russian Civil War, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, 1958 Lebanon Crisis, Occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965), Iranian hostage rescue, Multinational Force in Lebanon, Operation Urgent Fury, 1986 bombing of Libya, Tanker WarOperation Earnest WillOperation Prime ChanceOperation Eager GlacierOperation Nimble ArcherOperation Praying Mantis, Operation Earnest Will, Operation Prime Chance, Operation Eager Glacier, Operation Nimble Archer, Operation Praying Mantis, Operation Just Cause, Persian Gulf War, Somali Civil War, Iraqi no-fly zones, Bosnian War, Kosovo War, 1999 East Timorese crisis, Operation Enduring FreedomAfghanistanPhilippinesHorn of AfricaPankisi GorgeTrans SaharaCaribbean and Central America, Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa, Pankisi Gorge, Trans Sahara, Caribbean and Central America, Iraq War, Pakistan-United States skirmishes, Operation Odyssey Dawn, 2014 intervention against ISIL, Operation Inherent Resolve, Resolute Support Mission, Battle of Khasham |
Nickname(s) | "Jarheads", "Devil Dogs", "Teufel Hunden", "Leathernecks" |
Headquarters | The PentagonArlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
Anniversaries | 10 November |
Commander-in-Chief | President Joe Biden |
Assistant Commandant | Gen Eric M. Smith |
Secretary of Defense | Lloyd Austin |
Secretary of the Navy | Carlos Del Toro |
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps | SMMC Troy E. Black |
Emblem ("Eagle, Globe, and Anchor" or "EGA")[note 1] |
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