User:RekonDog/Definitive History of the United States Marine Corps
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Boyington, Gregory "Pappy"
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Cunningham, Alfred A.
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Daly, Dan
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Diamond, Lou
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Colonial Era (1739–1783)
- Lord High Admiral's Maritime Regiment of Foot
- American colonial marines
- Continental Marines
- Marine Committee
- Board of Admiralty
Seafaring Soldiers (1798–1909)
Amphibious Assault Era (1899–1945)
- Advanced Base Force
- West Coast Expeditionary Force
- East Coast Expeditionary Force
- Fleet Marine Force
Force-in-Readiness (1933–present)
The history of the United States Marine Corps began with the founding of the Continental Marines in 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and foreign policy of the United States. Owing to the availability of Marine forces at sea, the United States Marine Corps has served in nearly every conflict in United States history. It attained prominence when its theories and practice of amphibious warfare proved prescient, and ultimately formed a cornerstone of the Pacific Theater of World War II.
By the early 20th century, the Marine Corps would become one of the dominant theorists and practitioners of amphibious warfare. Its ability to rapidly respond on short notice to expeditionary crises has made and continues to make it an important tool for American foreign policy.[1]
Table of Contents
[edit | edit source]- Institutions
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ John Howard Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; Jeremy Michael Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations; Carl E. Mundy, Commandant of the Marine Corps (9 November 1994). "Forward... From the Sea". w:United States Department of the Navy.
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Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Draper, Theodore (1996). A Struggle For Power: The American Revolution. Crown. ISBN 978-0812925753.
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