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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Marine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Traditionally, Marines served on board warships and fulfilled numerous roles: They assisted the crew in battles against other warships, conducted small coastal raids, and protected the officers from mutiny by the crew.
		Marines is the name of a commune in the département of Val d'Oise, France.
		Marines are the basic military unit for Terrans in Starcraft.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Marine (263 words)

	French Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The French Navy (Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military and the second largest Western European navy in terms of gross tonnage, but the largest in terms of personnel.
		Note that the Troupes de Marine ("Naval Troops"), organised in Régiments d'Infanterie de Marine (the famous elite RIMa) are the modern name of the Troupes Coloniales ("Colonial Troops"), and are not part of the Navy, but of the Army.
		French naval authorities were divided on their response: Amiral Jean de Laborde, the commander of the Forces de Haute Mer (the High Seas Fleet) advocated sailing to attack the Allied invasion fleet while others, such as the Vichy Secretary of the Navy, Contre-Amiral Auphan favoured joining the Allies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marine_Nationale (1174 words)

	Bayonet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1671 plug bayonets were issued to the French regiment of fusiliers then raised.
		They were issued to part of an English dragoon regiment raised in 1672 and disbanded in 1674, and to the Royal Fusiliers when raised in 1685.
		As of 2002, the US Marine Corps is also issuing small quantities of new bayonets of a different design from the M9, with an 8" Bowie knife-style blade and no fuller, manufactured by the Ontario Knife Company of New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bayonet (1820 words)

	Marin Homes
		Marine is an umbrella term for things relating to the ocean, as with Marine biology, Marine geology, and as a term for a navy, etc. In scientific contexts, the term almost always refers exclusively to saltwater environments, although in other contexts (''e.g.'', engineering) it may refer to any (usually navigable) body of water.
		Mariner 3 was launched on November 5, 1964, but the shroud encasing the spacecraft atop its rocket failed to open properly and spacecraft did not get to Mars.
		The Mariner 4 spacecraft, expected to survive something more than the eight months to Mars encounter, actually lasted about three years in solar orbit, continuing long-term studies of the solar wind environment and making coordinated measurements with Mariner 5, a sister ship launched to Venus in 1967.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/133/marin-homes.html (578 words)

	Naval commandos (France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Naval Commandos (Commandos Marines) are the special forces of the French Navy.
		Their personnel is distributed between 5 commandos, named after former naval fusilier officers killed in action:
		GCMC: Groupe de Combat en Milieu Clos ("Enclosed environment combat group"), maritime anti-terrorism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naval_commandos_(France) (172 words)

	French Marine Corps : French Army Elite
		Marine Infantery men and Artillery men left the Armed Service to the Navy, but Officiers and troops, were often aboard to reach their overseas garrisons.
		Officiers of the "Mounted" Marine Units (means serving in a unit using horses or to-day armored vehicles) or praticing horse-riding have the privilege to wear golden spurs.
		de Vassoigne, always very calm, considers his mission as accomplished, and that Marines have reached the extreme limit of duty and that he was no right to leave such a troop, able to serve in the future, to be massacred.
	www.troupesdemarine.org /traditions/tradis/acolo1.htm (1482 words)

	Red-bellied Fusilier, Caesio cuning
		The Red-bellied Fusilier is found at depths from 1m to 60m.
		It occurs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-West Pacific, from Sri Lanka, throughout South-east Asia and Micronesia, north to Japan, south to Australia and east to Vanuatu.
		In Australia it is known from the north-western coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north of the country, and south to central New South Wales.
	www.amonline.net.au /fishes/fishfacts/fish/ccuning.htm (205 words)

	United States Marine Corps Customs and Traditions
		The offical seal of the Corps,designed by General Shepherd, 20th Commandant, consists of the Marine Corps Emblem in bronze with the eagle holding in his beak a scroll inscibed Semper Fidelis, a scarlet and blue background for the emblem, and the words, Department of the Navy and the United States Marine Corps encircling the background.
		The Marine Corps tradition of carrying this type of sword dates from Lieutenant O'Bannon's assault on Derna, Tripoli, in 1805 when he is said to have won the sword of the Governor of the town.
		Marines are always, or should be, the last-other than the ship's Captain-to leave a ship being abandoned or put out of commission.
	marinecorpsbrotherhood.usmchq.com /custom2.html (4886 words)

	The World at War
		Baron de Bournat and his German wife are moved from captivity in their home to a cabin aboard one of the Free French corvettes.
		de Bournat to the Minister of Colonies in Vichy detailing the Baron’s efforts to deal with problems arising from the war in general and resistance to the Petainist regime in particular.
		Colmay joined the Free French on July 1, 1940 with the 1st Regiment of Fusiliers Marin, fought in the Middle East: Libyan, Tunisian and Italian campaigns; the landings in Provence and liberation of France, and later in Indochina.
	www.worldatwar.net /article/miquelon (7882 words)

	Section B - Tropical Marine Reef Fish
		Tropical marine reefs provide some of the most diverse habitats on earth resulting in a rich diversity of fish of every conceivable colour and shape.
		The best known of the tropical marine reef fishes are associated with the bottom (benthic fish) while others spend their lives in the water column above, as pelagic fishes.
		Tropical marine reef fish are mainly eaten by other fish, particularly during the first year of their life.
	www.reef.edu.au /asp_pages/secb.asp?FormNo=52 (1786 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - The Flooding of the Yser, October 1914
		On this day, indeed, the Germans endeavoured to dislodge the French Marine Fusiliers, who had no artillery, from Dixmude; it was the Belgian artillery, so renowned for the skill of its gunlayers and the efficiency of its fire, which supported the French.
		The centre of the Belgian army was the object of violent and repeated attacks.
		On the night of the 23rd a furious attack upon Dixmude was repelled by the Marine Fusiliers (whose heroism will forever remain legendary, and with justice) and a couple of Belgian regiments.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/yser_dewiart.htm (1367 words)

	Troupes de Marine: French Army:2300AD
		During the Kafer War the division was in the follow on force for the Armée de Libération and saw heavy combat on the streets of Fromme.
		The formed the recce element of the Division de Marche de Liberation, later 3e DMC, and fought in the liberation of the French Continent.
		A reformed ‘bataillon de marche’ of the unit gained rapid revenge during the Allied counter-offensive destroying a Manchurian corps HQ in a daring assault.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~dheb/2300/Europe/France/Fr2303/AFTdM.htm (6859 words)

	Section B - Temperate Marine Reef Fishes
		The lure of tropical marine fish often overshadows the beauty and diversity of fishes associated with temperate rocky reefs.
		Just like tropical species, temperate marine reef fish come in an enormous variety of shapes and sizes including long and skinny (pipefish), deep bodied (batfish), large and thin (flatfish and dories), stubby little blobs (anglerfish) and plant-like (the beautiful but bizarre weedy seadragon).
		Temperate marine reef fish are mainly eaten by other fish, particularly during the first year of their life.
	www.reef.edu.au /asp_pages/secb.asp?FormNo=53 (1758 words)

	Belgium In War Time - Inviolate Belgium
		On this day, indeed, the Germans endeavoured to dislodge the Marine Fusiliers, who had no artillery, from Dixmude; it was the Belgian artillery, so renowned for the skill of its gun-layers and the efficiency of its fire, which supported the French.
		Dekeukelaere, aged eighty years, was assassinated and her body thrown into the water; the proprietor of the 'De Tramstatie' café was disembowelled by bayonet thrusts, having first seen his son, aged sixteen, shot before his eyes.
		It constituted a peerless specimen of art, which at all times wrung a cry of admiration from the most indifferent an ornament which men hoped was imperishable, one of those things of beauty which, in the words of the poet, are a joy for ever.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles33n/war-time-belgium-8.shtml (7183 words)

	UnFairWitness: Twenty-one US Marine casualties.
		Eleven Marines were wounded by an improvised explosive device (IED), the military said on Friday.
		I was motivated to write that column by the death of fourteen Marines in one Amtrack during a sweep conducted by 3/25, Cleveland’s Marine Reserve unit.
		I was told (not by anyone in 3/25) that the six Marines were ambushed and killed by the Iraqi troops they were attached to.
	ancapistan.typepad.com /unfairwitness/2005/12/twentyone_us_ma.html (1822 words)

	Angthong National Marine Park
		The site has a fantastic selection of hard and soft corals with star corals and table staghorn corals being the most prominent.
		Here you will find a vast selection of colourful reef fish darting in and out of their coral homes, including fusiliers, yellow tails, banded angelfish and shoaling snappers.
		Located at the Northern most point of the Marine Park this Dive is not to be missed.
	www.planet-scuba.net /samui/divemaps/national-marine-park.html (196 words)

	Da Blue Juice - Marine Life
		Sodwana bay has a biodiversity of marine creatures that compares with the best in the world.
		The real beauty lies in the finer detail of the reefs and is admired by divers around the world.
		Drift along with large shoals of yellow snappers and fusiliers.
	www.dabluejuice.co.za /marine-life.htm (133 words)

	RWF & United States marine Corps
		The strong and enduring relationship between the United States Marine Corps and the Royal Welch Fusiliers date back to the time of the Boxer Rebellion in China when they fought together as a combined Allied unit.
		To this day the Royal Welch Fusiliers are the only unit of the British Army to have the unique Battle Honour "Pekin" on the Regimental Colour.
		At the time of the Marine Corps' evolution into its own arm of the service, they selected the bulldog as a form of distinction from the Navy, while the Navy retained the goat as its particular mascot.
	www.rwfia.org /RWFA_USMC.htm (225 words)

	Miguel's Diving Weblog: Marine Life
		Gorontalo is close to Sulawesi diving hot spots of Bunaken Marine Park, Lembeh, and the Togian (Togean) Islands.
		Tunicates are marine animals that have an incurrent and an excurrent siphon for pulling in food and releasing waste.
		Rarely seen here, this marine creature is actually a colony of four different hydroid polyps, each with a different function in the colony.
	www.miguelsdiving.com /weblog/archives/cat_marine_life.html (6141 words)

	Marine Themes underwater stock photography. Whales, dolphins, sharks, fish, divers
		Marine Themes Stock Photo Library presents superb underwater photography of marine wildlife from around the earth in the worlds largest online web database of marine wildlife images.
		The Marine Themes Stock Photography Library is a stock photo library specialising in marine wildlife particularly underwater photography of sharks, whales, dolphins, seals, fish of all kinds, dugong, birds, marine plants, invertebrates and much more.
		Marine Themes is a digital stock photography company providing all images in a web based searchable database.
	www.marinethemes.com (1339 words)

	California funeral for Scottish-born Marine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Funeral services for a Scottish soldier serving with the US Marines in Iraq, will be held in California.
		Carefully piecing together the fragments of the shattered plaques at the cemetery in Basra yesterday, Times journalists were able to recreate the memorial to the British regiments that fought in the campaign and to the soldiers who died.
		The Cheshire Regiment, the Royal Welch Fusiliers and the Black Watch were honoured, along with the Royal Ulster Rifles, the 7th Hussars and many more.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/888211/posts (2596 words)

	Force Océanique Stratégique Biography,info
		The four-SSBN Escadrille des Sous-Marins Lanceurs d'Engins (ESNLE, engine-launcher nuclear submarines squadron), the submarine component of the French nuclear deterence
		The are under the chef d'état major des armées (CEMA, chief of staff of the Armies).
		As such, ALFOST is responsible for the planification of the movements of the submarines, of their control while at sea, and of transmitting the necessary orders.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_FOST (328 words)

	Scuba International \| whatever the marine adventure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A rock based dive site with steep gulleys to glide through and a small underwater cave which is home to a resident turtle and a number of lobsters.
		Most of the marine life is small, but in very large numbers.
		She is now covered in various types of soft and hard coral, and is home to a wide range of marine life, including, on occasion, frogfish.
	www.scubainternational.net /fujairah_divesites.htm (800 words)

	Marine Corps Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The narrative of the battle itself and the events leading up to it are told well, with excellent map and photo coverage—grouped rather than interspersed through the text—which assists the reader’s return gaze much more than the current publisher penchant for the scattering method.
		This is an obvious labor of love for the author—a veteran of the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		The editor of the Marine Officer’s Guide and Handbook for Marine NCOs, he continues to write and teach about history and defense affairs.
	www.mca-marines.org /GAZETTE/2005/05estesBR.html (506 words)

	Brazilian Navy
		MB Cerimonial is distinguishing between the masthead pennant at the end of a commission (flâmula de fim de commisão) and the simple commissioning pennant (flâmula de comando).
		The regulation spells out that the former is used only on the ship's last voyage before decommissioning.
		The staff is painted blue with a silver spiral stripe.
	www.fotw.net /Flags/br~^.html (667 words)

	Wetwebmedia: Marine Livestock
		A Fishwatcher's Guide to the Marine Fishes of the Tropical West Atlantic, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, TWA FAQs, FAQs 2,
		Marine Fishes, Angler/Frogfishes, Squirrel and Soldierfishes and the Pinconefish, Scorpionfishes of All Sorts (Lions, Stones, Wasps...), Tube-Mouthed Fishes (Seahorses, Pipefishes, and more!), Blennioid and Gobioid Fishes of Indonesia, Wrasses Found in Indonesia Part One, Two, Three, Indonesian Basses, Fancy and Otherwise, Dottybacks in Indonesia, Longfins/Roundheads of Indo.,
		Cardinalfishes of Indonesia, Tilefishes of Indo., Indonesian Jacks, Family Carangidae, Indonesian Snappers, Family Lutjanidae, Indonesian Fusiliers, Family Caesionidae, Indo.
	www.wetwebmedia.com /MarInd3of6.htm (591 words)

	Paradise Holidays - Maldives - Marine Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The abundance of various species of fishes and beautiful aquatic plants has made Maldives one of the best diving destinations of the world.
		In the late summer and during the fall, you can also see mantas and whale sharks which are a very impressive and interesting sight.
		The marine life in Maldives can be described as a city underwater with the aquatic plants and coral reefs decorating the place and providing home for schools of fish, sharks and other types of marine life.
	www.parahol.com /maldives/marine-life.html (252 words)

	French Organizations
		After a reorganization in August, it was designated as the 1e Division Motorisee d’Infanterie (1st Motorized Infantry Div) and then again as the 1e Division de Marche d’Infanterie, which is a general term use by French for a mixture of diverse units.
		Later it was renamed simply the Division Marocaine de Montagne, but it was continued to be referred to by the 4th DMM.
		The 2nd and 6th RTM (Moroccan Infantry Rgts) were redesignated, after their heavy combat losses, as the 2nd and 6th Regiments Mixtes de Tirailleurs Marocains et Algerians.
	members.aol.com /Custermen85/Units/FrenchOrg.htm (2054 words)

	First World War: 11 to 14 years
		It was during this period Noel performed the deeds that gained him his second VC.
		Northumberland Fusiliers: For a number of years now, Neil Storey has been researching the 4th (Territorial) Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers for the period 1908 to 1919.
		This all began as a family history project, to determine what happened to his Great Grandfather during the 1st World War, but very quickly developed into a plan to publish an account of the 4th battalions' exploits and compile a database of all those who served with the battalion during this period.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVhistoryFWW2.htm (4367 words)

	French Special Forces Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1er RPIMa (Regiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine),which is very similar to the SAS.
		This Group is made of four assault commandos (=teams or companies), plus a special commando of nageurs de combat (underwater swimmer): the Commando HUBERT.
		GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale),with 87 gendarmes.It is commanded by a commandant(major).
	home.blarg.net /~whitet/overview.htm (312 words)

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