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	List of United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of active and inactive United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons.
		Marines board a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter on USS Saipan, during beach-landing training.
		Squadrons are listed by their designation at the time they were decommissioned.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_aircraft_squadrons (113 words)

	United States Marine Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Marine Corps has a reputation being a fierce and effective fighting force is famous for the fact that US have never in their entire history resorted a full large-scale retreat (although the Chosin combat of 1951 was a fighting withdrawal).
		Marine Generals Peter Pace (Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Staff) and James L. Jones (Commander in Chief of the United States Command ; NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe ; and a former Commandant of the Corps) are Marines who are currently senior time in grade to the Commandant.
		The smallest MAGTF is the Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Marines (2493 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		The Marine Corps also blazed the trail, in the post-WWII era, in: (a) the use of helicopters to enhance battlefield mobility; and (b) the overseas prepositioning of ships loaded with the supplies and equipment needed for a large-scale rapid-response capability in the "come as you are" wars of the 21st century.
		The Marine Corps is usually allocated approximately 14 percent--$14 billion--of the budget of the Department of the Navy.
		The Marine Corps is the most youthful of the armed services, with an average age of 23, seven to nine years younger than the average age of the members of the other services.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/almanac_jan_03_161.php (1735 words)

	United States Marine Corps - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five branches (Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, Coast Guard) of the U.S. military, with 172,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2005.
		The Marine Corps has a widely-held reputation as a fierce and effective fighting force and the Marines take pride in their gung-ho attitude, they are indoctrinated with a strong belief in their chain of command and the importance of esprit de corps, a spirit of enthusiasm and pride in themselves and the Corps.
		As of October 2005, Marine Generals Peter Pace (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and James L. Jones (Commander of the United States European Command; NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; and a former commandant of the Marine Corps) are senior in time and grade to the commandant.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/United_States_Marines (6278 words)

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		In the organization of this unit the scheme followed was to assure to each a certain nucleus of enlisted instructors trained in the various specialties, in addition to the platoon commanders, who were qualified to carry on the instruction along approved lines within the unit.
		Marine flyers served with Squadrons 213 (pursuit squadron), 217, and 218 (bombing squadrons), Royal Flying Corps of England; and with pursuit, observation, and bombing squadrons of the French Flying Corps.
		Marines were in intimate contact with the Germans in Guam and Philadelphia in conjunction with the Navy in the first hours of the war.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/usmchist/war.txt (12819 words)

	United States Marine Corps
		The Marine Corps has a reputation as a fierce and effective fighting force, and is famous for the fact that U.S. Marines have never resorted to a full, large-scale retreat (although the Chosin Reservoir combat of 1951 was a fighting withdrawal).
		Marines were among the first troops deployed to Vietnam, as well as the last to leave during the evacuation of the American embassy in Saigon.
		As of September 2004, Marine Generals Peter Pace (vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and James L. Jones (commander in chief of the United States European Command; NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; and a former commandant of the Marine Corps) are senior in time in grade to the commandant.
	www.askfactmaster.com /USMC (3070 words)

	USN - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The United States went to war in 1846 against Mexico and the Navy contributed by instituting a blockade, assisting the American takeover of California, and participating in the U.S. military's first large-scale amphibious operation at Vera Cruz.
		United States naval aviation fully came of age in World War II, when it became clear following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of Midway that aircraft carriers and the planes that they carried had replaced the battleship as the greatest weapon on the seas.
		Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients are awarded the Navy variant and Marines are eligible to receive the Navy Cross.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=USN (8566 words)

	US Marines
		The Brigade was formed from assets of the 1st Marine Division and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Camp Pendleton, CA.
		The Brigade was activated on 7 July 1950 and built around two units, the 5th Marines as a regimental combat team and Marine Aircraft Group 33 (MAG-33).
		Some 6,800 troops were sent from the 2d Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, NC for both the Brigade and to begin the rebuilding of the 1st Marine Division.
	www.korean-war.com /USMarines/us-marines.html (1126 words)

	Marine Corps Legacy Museum - *GENERAL VERNON E. MEGEE, USMC
		Marine Corps Legacy Museum - *GENERAL VERNON E. General Vernon E. Megee, aviator and combat veteran of World War II and Korea, who was a pioneer in the development of close air support for ground combat operations, died 14 January 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 91.
		He enlisted in the Marine Corps 8 March 1919, and was commissioned a second lieutenant 4 May 1922.
		Reporting to Marine Corps Headquarters that October, Colonel Megee was a member of the Joint Amphibious Operations and Doctrines Committee until August 1946.
	www.mclm.com /tohonor/vemegee.html (936 words)

	sociology - United States Marine Corps
		The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002.
		The Marine Corps was originally created as the "Continental Marines" during the American Revolutionary War, were formed by a resolution of the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775, and first recruited at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		The Marine motto "Semper Fidelis" means "Always faithful." This motto often appears in the shortened form "Semper Fi!" It is also the name of the official march of the Corps, composed by John Phillip Sousa.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/United_States_Marine_Corps (4163 words)

	Carson Abel Roberts, Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps
		His astute foresight, sound judgment and effective planning in preparing, deploying and positioning units were reflected by the ease, efficiency and rapidity with which his forces responded during the several international crises that occurred during his tenure of command.
		Particularly noteworthy was the rapid response of units to the Cuban situation.
		He was named Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 (Operations and Training), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, in September 1945, and in that assignment his duties took him to the Philippines, Okinawa, and China.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /caroberts.htm (1285 words)

	US Marine Corps
		As units are shipped out, their web sites are "Classified" as are most of the photographs of the aircraft, the installations and weaponry.
		Soon to be located in Jacksonville, North Carolina, planning and preparation for the Marine Corps Museum of the Carolinas is underway.
		Marine Corps News - The Official USMC News site, updated daily with stories from around the Corps.
	www.ovayonda.com /military/index_usmc.htm (575 words)

	History of U.S. Naval Operations, Korea: Chapter 4, Part 5
		Total Fleet Marine Force strength at this time was about 28,000 men, of whom 12,000 were in FMF Pacific, in the 1st Marine Division and its attached 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and the balance of almost 16,000 in FMF Atlantic, the 2nd Marine Division and MAW 2.
		The success of the Corps in developing workable techniques for assault from the sea against defended objectives, considered by some the most far-reaching tactical innovation of the Second World War, was achieved in the face of overwhelming expert opinion that such attacks were no longer possible.
		At Corps headquarters, where there hangs a painting of the Korean landing of 1871, there was little question as to involvement in this war, and on 28 June the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Clifton B. Cates, USMC, recommended to the Chief of Naval Operations employment of the Fleet Marine Force in Korea.
	www.history.navy.mil /books/field/ch4e.htm (1957 words)

	Category:United States Marine Corps aviation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are 6 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
		Pages in category "United States Marine Corps aviation"
		Category: Units of the United States Marine Corps
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:United_States_Marine_Corps_aviation (89 words)

	USN Squadrons
		VF was a Fighter squadron, VSB a Scout Bomber one, some squadron designations were not so obvious.
		Here is a list, derived from James C. Fahey's Ships and Aircraft of the United States Fleet, Victory Edition, 1945.
		USS Ranger was CV-4, so her squadrons were numberd VF-4, etc. However, after America's entry into the war, this ceased to be the case, as squadrons had to be refitted and retrained after seeing combat.
	rwebs.net /avhistory/acdesig/usnsqdrn.htm (145 words)

	Vernon E. Megee, General, United States Marine Corps
		GENERAL VERNON E. General Vernon E. Megee, aviator and combat veteran of World War II and Korea, who was a pioneer in the development of close air support for ground combat operations, died 14 January 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 91.
		the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon.
		The General was buried with full military honors in Section 2, Grave 4950, Arlington National Cemetery.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /vemegee.htm (981 words)

	Aviation Historical Data
		Navy and Marine Corps Air Stations and Fields Named for Naval Aviators and Others (38 kb file)
		List of Navy and Marine Corps Shoot Downs Since 1950 (65 kb file)
		Certain files now are being saved and made available to you in Adobe's "Portable Document Format" (.pdf) which preserves formatting and greatly compresses their size for quicker downloading.
	www.history.navy.mil /branches/org4-3.htm (409 words)

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