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  2. Service number (United States Marine Corps) - Wikipedia

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    The highest Marine Corps service number reached was slightly above 2,699,000 before the numbers were discontinued in 1971. After this point, all Marine Corps service records converted to Social Security numbers as the primary identification means for service members. Final distribution of Marine Corps enlisted service numbers

  3. Service number (United States Armed Forces) - Wikipedia

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    The Army is the only branch of service to begin both officer and enlisted service numbers at No. 1. Marine Corps officer numbers also begin at No. 1 but Marine Corps enlisted numbers start much later at #20,001. There is also no service No. 1 in the Navy, Coast Guard, or Air Force although the earliest recorded Air Force officer number was No. 4.

  4. Service number - Wikipedia

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    The first U.S. military member to hold a service number was Arthur Crean. The following formats were used to denote U.S. military service numbers: 12-345-678: United States Army enlisted service numbers and United States Air Force enlisted service numbers; 123-45-67: United States Navy enlisted service numbers

  5. Jack W. Hill - Wikipedia

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    Although Hill is cited in Marine Corps history as holding service number one million, the honor of actually holding the one millionth service number technically falls to #1,020,001 [dubious – discuss], since Marine enlisted service numbers start at #20,001: [5] on this basis, actual holder of the one millionth Marine enlisted service number ...

  6. History Channel - Wikipedia

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    Military History is a niche spin-off from the History channel that features reruns of programs about the history of the military and significant combat events. The channel's main competitor is Warner Bros. Discovery's American Heroes Channel , formerly the Military Channel.

  7. Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. is located at the corner of 8th and I streets, Southeast in Washington, D.C. Established in 1801, it is a National Historic Landmark, the oldest post in the United States Marine Corps, the official residence of the Commandant of the Marine Corps since 1806, and the main ceremonial grounds of the Corps.

  8. United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations [11] through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

  9. History of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established under the "Act for establishing and organizing a Marine Corps", signed on 11 July 1798 by President John Adams. The Marine Corps was to consist of a battalion of 500 privates, led by a major and a complement of officers and NCOs. [79] The next day, William Ward Burrows I was appointed a major.