happy 250th Birthday to our 'Brothers' The United States Marine Corps The official birthday of the United States Marine Corps is on 10 November 1775, the day the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines with the following decree: That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other regiments; that they consist of an equal number of privates as with other battalion

While few in numbers and often forgotten, around 700 United States Marines were present on D Day either ashore or as part of ships crews....

Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Kuwait Period/ Conflict: Iraq War (2003 - 2009) Year: 2003 Date/s: 21 March 2003 At around midnight...

The Royal Marines who died during the joint occupation of San Juan Island with the USMC rest in honor here. Jim Crook was one year old...