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	United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elements of Battalion Landing Team 2/9 (2nd Battalion, 9th Marines) with 15th MEU were among the first troops of the United Nations effort to land in Somalia in December, 1992, while Marines of 3rd Battalion 1st Marines participated in the final withdrawal of United Nations troops from Somalia in 1995.
		Marines are regularly admonished from the time that they are recruits in boot camp that their conduct, even while on liberty, leave, or after they are discharged, can and will reflect upon the Corps.
		Marines are less generous with awards and unit identification; the rationale behind this being that as a member of an elite force, it is enough to be identified simply as a Marine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps (9543 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States Marine Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.
		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.
		Marines are less generous with awards and unit identification; the rationale behind this is that as a member of an elite force, it is enough to be identified simply as a Marine.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /United_States_Marine_Corps (5741 words)

	United States Marine Corps - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Marine Corps, originally created as the "Continental Marines" during the American Revolutionary War, was formed by a resolution of the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775, and first recruited at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Samuel Nicholas.
		On October 23, 1983, a Marine barracks in Lebanon was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history (220 Marines killed) and leading to the American withdrawal from Lebanon.
		The Marine service uniform, roughly equivalent to business attire, has a long or short sleeve button up khaki shirt, the long-sleeved version of which is worn with a double windsor knotted necktie, and olive-green trousers.
	www.voyager.in /United_States_Marine_Corps (6334 words)

	Small Wars Journal
		Campbell, a retired Marine colonel who served in Vietnam, tells the story through the eyes of combat-hardened platoon leader Pham Van Duan, who must lead a band of new recruits, laden with critical cargo, to the end of the trail.
		By official accounts it was a tactical and moral victory for the Marines and the United States.
		The Marines were light, fast, and needed little logistics pause causing some issues between Marines and Army commanders.
	www.smallwarsjournal.com /reading_list.htm (14052 words)

	Vernon "Woody" Woodward
		Most of the gliders landing near the airfield were too close to the machine gun forts for many of the German troops to survive.
		Lack of communications between the New Zealand Battalions and heavy fighting around the HQ area near the airfield, led to the partial withdrawal of the New Zealanders to the nearby hills.
		The next night there were roughly 120 of them, 20 RAF and 100 Royal Marines, ready to try to escape.
	www.constable.ca /woodward.htm (4853 words)

	CIB Media
		Documents the extreme effectiveness with which the Marine Scout-Snipers countered the tactics of the guerrilla forces they faced.
		The shocking story of Marine Private Robert Garwood, who was court-martialed for collaborating with the enemy as a POW.
		Marine Combat photographers were often unrecognized heroes as they captured battles on film.
	www.cibmedia.com /affiliate.asp?name=BikeCal&namefull=BikeCal%20Bicycle (1407 words)

	Elite Units
		A large number of events related to the battle for and the fall of Baghdad are covered with numerous pictures of troops, weapons, and vehicles.
		William Orlando Darby, a graduate of West Point with amphibious training, was chosen to command and he performed a near miracle in organizing the unit within a few weeks.
		Examines a wide range of PTO special-warfare units, including the Alaskan and Alamo scouts, 5217th, 1st Recon Battalion, Marine Amphibious Recon and Raider units, Amphibious Scouts, and 6th Ranger Battalion.
	www.warbooks.com /elites.html (4871 words)

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