What Makes the Marine Corps so Special?

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The Marine Corps was founded in 1775 as a force to augment the Navy when performing boarding actions, repelling borders and performing raids. But since that time, the USMC has turned into an agile, and creative expeditionary force that is often the first to arrive at an intervention.

Marine corps puppy killers
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/puppy-killers/

Marine Corps history:
https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/Brief-Histories/Brief-History-of-the-United-States-Marine-Corps/

New DoD Adviser Has Made Controversial Proposal: Get Rid of the Marine Corps
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/12/new-dod-adviser-has-made-controversial-proposal-get-rid-of-marine-corps.html

How to Absorb the Marine Corps into the Army and Navy
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/12/new-dod-adviser-has-made-controversial-proposal-get-rid-of-marine-corps.html

Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/m/marine-amphibious-landing-korea-1871.html

The Battle of Ganghwa, Korea, 1871
https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-063/h-063-5.html

Close Air Support
MCWP 3-23.1

What is the most important innovation ever adopted by the Marine Corps?
November 2019 Proceedings
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/november/what-most-important-innovation-ever-adopted-marine-corps

Goodbye, tanks: How the Marine Corps will change, and what it will lose, by ditching its armor
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2021/03/22/goodbye-tanks-how-the-marine-corps-will-change-and-what-it-will-lose-by-ditching-its-armor/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20have%20sufficient%20evidence%20to,the%20divestment%20of%20Marine%20tanks.

Army soldiers Celebrate MArine Corps Birthday.
https://www.army.mil/article/30358/marines_cut_cake_celebrate_234th_birthday

Deception in the Desert
Deceiving Iraq in Operation DESERT STORM
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Books/Browse-Books/iBooks-and-EPUBs/Deception-in-the-Desert/#:~:text=On%2024%20February%2C%20the%20first,first%20phase%20in%20Coalition%20amphibious
Marines Over the Western Front
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2006/june/marines-over-western-front

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"Marines Landing at Inchon, Korea, 15 September 1950" by Archives Branch, USMC History Division is marked with CC BY 2.0.

"The old Tun Tavern, Philadelphia. Drawing." by Marion Doss is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0.

"'Higgins Boat' - D-Day Amphibious Landing Craft" by string_bass_dave is marked with CC BY-SA 2.0.

"V-22 Osprey" by Tim Pohlhaus is marked with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

"Boeing V-22 Osprey" by Loco Steve is marked with CC BY 2.0.

"Monterrey falls during Mexican-American War" by MIRAR a FONDO is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.