Sousa served in the U. S. Marine Corps, first from 1868 to 1875 as an apprentice musician, and then as the head of the Marine Band from 1880 to 1892 ; he was a Sergeant Major for most of his second period of Marine service and was a Warrant Officer at the time he resigned.

Richard Brooks wrote his novel whilst he was a Sergeant in the U. S. Marine Corps making training films at Quantico, Virginia and Camp Pendleton, California.

He portrays an aging United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant and Korean War veteran.

* Louis Colon-20 year Retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant.

* Wilbur Bestwick ( 1911 – 1972 ), the First Sergeant Major of the United States Marine Corps

Tough-as-nails career Marine Sergeant John Stryker ( John Wayne ) is greatly disliked by the men of his squad, particularly the combat replacements, for the rigorous training he puts them through.

The billet, as opposed to rank, of Regimental Sergeant Major exists in the United States Marine Corps, as the senior enlisted adviser to the regimental commander.

Master Gunnery Sergeant Leland " Lou " Sanford Diamond, USMC ( May 30, 1890 – September 20, 1951 ) is famous within the U. S. Marine Corps as the classic example of the " Old Breed " — tough, hard-fighting career marines who served in the corps in the years between World War I and World War II.

Although not mentioned directly by name, the novel Cryptonomicon depicts an assault of a similar fortress U. S. Marine Sergeant Bobby Shaftoe dies assaulting in 1945.

In the United States Marine Corps, a squad is typically composed of three fireteams of four Marines and a squad leader who is typically a Sergeant or Corporal.

* U. S. Marine Corps: Staff Sergeant or Sergeant

The United States Marine Corps has several ranks that carry the title of sergeant, the lowest of which is Sergeant ( Sgt ).

* Sergeant major of the Marine Corps

In the novelization of the game Doom, the main protagonist Flynn Taggart is a corporal in the United States Marine Corps at the beginning of the story, though he later receives a promotion to Sergeant.

An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 American drama film that tells the story of a U. S. Navy aviation officer candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who trains him.

Zack and his fellow AOCs are " welcomed " by their head drill instructor, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley ( Louis Gossett, Jr .).

In addition, Gossett was advised by US Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Buck Welscher and Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey.

Ronald Lee Ermey ( born March 24, 1944 ) is a retired United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant ( honorary ), Drill Instructor, TV show host, and actor.

Enlistees that complete USMC boot camp and had obtained the rank of Young Marine Sergeant or above in the Young Marines will graduate from USMC boot camp with the rank of PFC.

* Dakota Meyer — United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient

* Marine Reptiles of South Dakota

James Frederick Buchli ( born June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, North Dakota ) is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.

George Kent ( University of Rhode Island, New England Conservatory, Chorus of Westerly ), Andrew Balio ( Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ), Gilbert Blais ( Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay ), Peter Chapman ( Boston Symphony Orchestra ), Jon Paul Danté ( Paramount Brass Quintet, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra ), Russell Devuyst ( Montreal Symphony Orchestra ), Kurt Dupuis (" The President's Own " U. S. Marine Band ), Anthony DiLorenzo ( Center City Brass, composer, recording artist ), Albert DiPietro ( Longy School of Music ), Joseph D. Foley ( Atlantic Brass Quintet, Wellesley College, Boston University ), William Harvey ( Oakland East Bay Symphony ), Edward Hoffman ( Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Institute ), Bruce Hopkins ( College of the Holy Cross ), Paul Jackson ( Alabama Symphony Orchestra ), Robert Lemons ( Eastern Connecticut State University ), Louis Larouche ( Québec Symphony Orchestra ), Steven Matera (" The President's Own " U. S. Marine Band ) Timothy Morrison ( Boston Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood recording artist ), Rodney Mack ( Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia ), Niel Mueller ( North Dakota State University ), Dennis Najoom ( Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ), Gary Peterson ( Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Grieg Academy ), William Pfund ( University of Northern Colorado, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra ), Marc Reese ( Empire Brass Quintet ), Betty Barber Rines ( Portland Symphony Orchestra ), Jay Rizzetto ( California State University, San Francisco Ballet ), John Schnell ( Portland Symphony Orchestra ), David Scott ( McNeese State University ), Lt Col Alan Sierichs ( The United States Air Force Band ), Rolf Smedvig ( Empire Brass Quintet ), Thomas V. Smith ( New York Philharmonic, Manhattan School of Music ), Edward Tarr ( trumpet soloist, historian ), James Thompson ( Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Eastman School of Music ), Peter Voisin ( Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra ), Linn Weeda ( Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, University of Alaska Anchorage ), Alan Wenger ( Central Missouri State University ), Mike Zonshine ( Honolulu Symphony ) Earl Gaar ( Top Brass Louisville KY ).

General Krulak was assigned as commanding general, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, on August 24, 1992, and was promoted to lieutenant general on September 1, 1992.

Since September 11, 2001, the island is guarded by patrols of the United States Park Police Marine Patrol Unit.

Howland was occupied by a battalion of the United States Marine Corps in September 1943 and known as Howland Naval Air Station until May 1944.

* 1942 – Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.

* September 22 – 1989 Deal barracks bombing: An IRA bomb explodes at the Royal Marine School of Music in Deal, Kent, United Kingdom, leaving 11 dead and 22 injured.

* September 19 – Franklin Sousley, U. S. Marine flag raiser on Iwo Jima ( d. 1945 )

* September 12 – Presley O ' Bannon, officer in the United States Marine Corps ( b. 1784 )

In September 1941, Raeder and the U-boat commander Karl Dönitz presented Hitler with plans for all-out U-boat offensive intended to destroy both the United States Navy and Merchant Marine.

In September 1982 he attended U. S. Navy Fighter Weapons School ( TOPGUN ) and then served as the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing standardization officer and F-4 combat readiness evaluator at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina.

From 29 March 1922 to 18 September 1962 the United States Navy ( including United States Marine Corps and United States Coast Guard ) used a completely separate designation system, based on both mission and manufacturer.

Originally established in November 1943 as the Navy Commendation Ribbon, designated as the Navy Commendation Medal in September 1960, and renamed the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal in 1994, this decoration is awarded by operational commanders, requiring the signature of an Officer in the grade of O-6.

The village is also the home of the East End Seaport Museum & Marine Foundation, which hosts the annual Maritime Festival each September.

Colonel Puller would lead the 1st Marines into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history during September and October 1944, action where he was awarded his first Legion of Merit.

It is also the symbol of the United States Marine Corps ' 3rd Division, formed on September 16, 1942.

Released from Marine Corps ' active duty in September 1960, Thornley relocated with Greg Hill to New Orleans in early 1961.

On September 15, 2006, he was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Public Service Medal by the United States Marine Corps.

In September 2005, the media reported that the Washington Marine Group had expressed interest in operating a fast ferry service from Downtown Vancouver to a point on Vancouver Island.

For 49 days during early September and lasting into October, the North Vietnamese began shelling the U. S. Marine outpost of Con Thien, just south of the Demilitarized Zone or DMZ.

In the meantime, in order to secure the flank for U. S. forces preparing to attack Japanese forces in the Philippines, in September, 1944, U. S. Marine and Army forces landed on the islands of Peleliu and Angaur in Palau.

Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's " Ask not what your country can do for you ; ask what you can do for your country " speech, he joined the United States Marine Corps after high school in September 1964 and was assigned to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, for twelve weeks of intensive recruit training.

The Transportation Safety Board's Marine Investigation Report, released on September 6, 2007, indicated that " inadequacies in BC Ferries ' procedures on safety-critical maintenance tasks and on ship handling during berthing operations " were major contributing factors to the accident.