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Leatherneck was an official Marine Corps publication until 1972, staffed primarily by active-duty Marines. That year all active-duty positions were eliminated and the magazine returned to Quantico. That year all active-duty positions were eliminated and the magazine returned to Quantico.
The Globe has been the official publication of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune since Feb. 23, 1944, when Maj. Gen. Henry Louis Larsen, commanding officer, saw the need for a larger newspaper to replace The New River Pioneer. The mission of The Globe is to provide robust support to the base and its tenant commands.
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
The most senior Marine Corps officer is the commandant (unless a Marine Corps officer is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs or vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs), responsible to the secretary of the Navy for organizing, recruiting, training, and equipping the Marine Corps so that its forces are ready for deployment under the operational command ...
U.S. Marine Corps: 15 June-1 August 1944 Battle of Saipan, Battle of Tinian and Battle of Iwo Jima: 1st Marine Division: U.S. Marine Corps: 15–19 September 1944: Battle of Peleliu and Negesebus: VMFA-124 and 213: U.S. Marine Corps: 16 Feb-11 May 1943 and 3–22 January 1945: USS Essex, Philippines, Formosa, South China Sea: VMFA 211 and VMFA ...
The reference pointing to the Navy and Marine Corps awards manual gives a list of nearly all of the Marine Corps units that have received the award. Thats a good place to start. I also think we need to separate the list into a separate "list" article.--Kumioko 16:30, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
The recruits came at a trot down the Boulevard de France at the storied Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., shouting cadence from their precise parade ranks. Parents gathered on the sidewalks pressed forward, brandishing cameras and flags, yelling the names of the sons and daughters they hadn’t seen in three months.
In October 1999, World War II and Korean War veterans became retroactively eligible for the Navy Combat Action Ribbon by Public Law 106-65 on 5 October 1999, which permitted the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) to award the Combat Action Ribbon to a member of the Navy or Marine Corps for participation in ground or surface combat during any period ...