* 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing a declaration of war upon Japan by the United States.

He was subsequently reassigned as a fighter pilot, flying F-4 Phantoms with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 ( VMFA-333 ) at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina.

She was stationed at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, and assigned as Flight Surgeon for a Marine Corps AV-8B Night Attack Harrier Squadron ( VMA-211 ).

Her squadron won the Marine Attack Squadron of the Year award for its successful deployment.

: Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 ( Marine Corps Reserve )

In October 1970, Heavy Attack Squadron 10 ( VAH-10 ) was redesignated Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 129 ( VAQ-129 ), the Navy ’ s first EA-6B squadron and the sole fleet replacement squadron for Navy and Marine Prowler crews.

* June 6 – Hughes Airwest Flight 706, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4B-18-MC Phantom II of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 ( VMFA-323 ) collide over the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, California.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 ( VMFA-212 ) is a United States Marine Corps F / A-18 Hornet squadron, which is currently in a cadre status.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 was activated as Marine Fighting Squadron 212 ( VMF-212 ), the " Hell Hounds ", at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Hawaii on March 1, 1942.

The first combat deployment of the JSOW occurred over southern Iraq on December 17, 1998 when launched by a single F / A-18C from the " Checkerboards " of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312, Carrier Air Wing 3 embarked aboard USS Enterprise during Operation Desert Fox.

Mercedes-Benz considered that 2005 would be the last year they would export the Geländewagen to the USA market ; however, with an order placed by the U. S. Marine Corps for 157 Mercedes-Benz units to replace their archaic Desert Patrol Vehicle with a more modern and militarized Interim Fast Attack Vehicle, the manufacturer continued to offer the vehicle in the US market.

The name Black Sheep Squadron was used for the Marine Attack Squadron 214 of the United States Marine Corps from 1942 and the title Baa Baa Black Sheep was used for a book by its leader Colonel Gregory " Pappy " Boyington and was used for a TV series ( later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron that aired on NBC from 1976 until 1978.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 ( VMFA-232 ) is a United States Marine Corps F / A-18 Hornet squadron.

On June 3, 1948 the Red Devils were reactivated as a reserve fighter squadron at NAS Bennet Field, New York, with the name it currently holds ; Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232.

Redesignated as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, the squadron returned to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

In 1974, the Red Devils received the coveted Robert M. Hanson " Marine Fighter Attack Squadron of the Year " award.

The squadron was honored as it received both the 1995 Chief of Naval Operations Safety Award as they surpassed 66, 000 hours and 17 years of mishap free flying, and the 1996 Marine Corps Aviation Association's, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron of the Year Award.

The atoll shelters the ships of the US Marine Pre-positioning Squadron Two.

He founded Formula Marine, Donzi Marine, Magnum Marine, Cigarette Racing Team, Squadron XII and USA Racing.

Aerial surveillance and radar control was provided by the Marines of Marine Air Control Squadron 2 det C, from Cherry Point NC.

USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers of the Seventh Air Force and the 331 Marine Scout Bombing Squadron operated from Tuvalu.

It adds " Such a group was Marine Fighting Squadron 211 of Marine Aircraft Group 21 and the Wake Detachment of the First Defense Battalion, United States Marine Corps, The units which comprised the garrison at Wake Island.

* Blue Angels, a U. S. Navy & Marine Corps Flight Demonstration Squadron

Image: VMA-311Flight Helmet. JPG | Vietnam War Era Marine Squadron VMA-311 Flight Helmet

Upon completion of his initial assignment, he was transferred to Marine Photographic Squadron 1 ( VMO-1 ) stationed at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California.

He checked out in Grumman F4F Wildcats while still assigned to VMO-1, logging over 150 flight hours in June and July, 1942, and was eventually transferred to Marine Fighting Squadron 121 VMF-121 as the executive officer.

The parade is served out by the local Sea Cadet Corps Unit, including Marine Cadet Detachment ( TS Diomede ), Air Training Corps Squadron ( 148 Barnsley Squadron ) and the local army cadet company.

Originally developed in the 1930s as a military base to allow cadets at the nearby United States Military Academy at West Point to learn aviation, it has over the years grown into the major passenger airport for the mid-Hudson region and continues to serve as a military airfield as well, currently housing the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 ( VMGR-452 ) of the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma is a United States Marine Corps air station which is the home to multiple squadrons of AV-8B Harrier IIs of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 ( MAWTS-1 ) and Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 ( VMFT-401 ), an air combat adversary squadron of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing of the Marine Corps Reserve.

They lost to the New England Sea Wolves 59-26 in Marine Midland Arena in front of 13, 214 fans.

Marine Attack Squadron 214 ( VMA-214 ) is a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier ( V / STOL ) jets.

Marine Fighter Squadron 214 was originally commissioned on July 1, 1942, at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, on the Island of Oahu.

VMF ( AW )- 214 became the first Marine squadron to be qualified in special weapons delivery, in February 1957.

In October 1994 a detachment from Marine Attack Squadron 214 embarked aboard the USS Essex ( LHD-2 ) to support the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit ( 13th MEU ).

During April 1996, Marine Attack Squadron 214 again deployed a detachment aboard the USS Tarawa ( LHA-1 ) in support of the 13th MEU.

Other legislation included National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ), signed into law in 1970, which established a United States Environmental Protection Agency and a Council on Environmental Quality ; the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ; the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 1974 ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( 1976 ), the Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1977, which became known as the Clean Water Act, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as the Superfund Act ( 1980 ).

From 1945 to 1956, the German Mine Sweeping Administration and its successor organizations, made up of former members of the Kriegsmarine, became something of a transition stage for the Marine, allowing the future Marine to draw on experienced personnel upon its formation.

Jellicoe became very knowledgeable about his profession, much more so than most of his contemporaries, especially appreciating the strong points of the Kaiserliche Marine ( German navy ).

He was promoted to colonel in April 1988, and became the Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps in February 1989.

Wilson was also promoted to General and became the 26th Commandant of the Marine Corps in 1975.

South Korea eventually became the world's dominant shipbuilder with a 50. 6 % share of the global shipbuilding market as of 2008. Notable Korean shipbuilders are Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, and STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the world's four largest shipbuilding companies.

This led to a lengthy recovery process ( during which he nearly became addicted to pain medications ) after which, complete with a permanent disability and wearing a back brace, he left the Marine Corps.

After having the sousaphone designed for the Marine Band, it was natural that as Marching Illini became the first band to march and play at the same time, they also were the first band to use sousaphones on the field.

He entered into a cotton brokerage partnership there and also became the president of the newly created Great Southern and Western Fire, Marine and Accident Insurance Company.

He stayed 16 years in the U. S. and became a naturalized citizen, and later a United States Marine who served in Somalia.

Monarchs and members of their family have also owned in a private capacity homes and land in Canada: King Edward VIII owned Bedingfield Ranch, near Pekisko, Alberta ; The Marquess of Lorne and Princess Louise owned a cottage on the Cascapédia River in Quebec ; and Princess Margaret owned Portland Island between its gifting to her by the Crown in Right of British Columbia in 1958 and her death in 2002, though she offered it back to the Crown on permanent loan in 1966 and the island and surrounding waters eventually became Princess Margaret Marine Park.

Ainger was born in Sheffield in 1949, and was educated at the Netherthorpe Grammar School in Staveley, Derbyshire, and after leaving education in 1967 moved to Milford Haven and became a dock worker at the Marine and Port Services of Pembroke Dock.

On orders from President Franklin D. Roosevelt through a proposal from OSS Director Colonel William J. Donovan and the former Commander of the United States Marine Detachment Major Evans F Carlson, directed the formation of what became the Marine Raiders.

Lieutenant General Pedro Augusto del Valle ( August 28, 1893 – April 28, 1978 ) was a United States Marine Corps officer who became the first Hispanic to reach the rank of Lieutenant General.

On March 1941, del Valle became the commanding officer of the 11th Marine Regiment, ( artillery ).

" In December 1941, the property was sold to the U. S. government's War Shipping Department and became known as Wiley Hall as part of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

In 1787 the designer of Carlton House, Henry Holland, was employed to enlarge the existing building, which became one wing of the Marine Pavilion, flanking a central rotunda, which contained only three main rooms, a breakfast room, dining room and library, fitted out in Holland's French-influenced neoclassical style, with decorative paintings by Biagio Rebecca.

The newspaper is also known as the namesake of " The Washington Post March ", which John Phillip Sousa composed in 1889 while he was leading the United States Marine Band ; it became the standard music to accompany the two-step, a late 19th-century dance craze.

As Whitman traveled towards the South Carolina Marine recruiting depot of Parris Island, his father became aware of his having enlisted and telephoned a branch of Federal Government in an unsuccessful attempt to have his son's enlistment canceled.

Aircraft operating from Henderson Field during the campaign were a hodgepodge of Marine, Army, Navy and allied aircraft that became known as the Cactus Air Force.

With the construction of the interstate highway system and containerization shipping facilities ( particularly at Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal ), the docks became obsolete, and by the 1970s were more or less abandoned.

Others came because of their musical abilities as teachers and performers, such as the group of Italian musicians Thomas Jefferson invited to come to form a military band, which later became the nucleus of the U. S. Marine Band.

It was announced on January 7, 1904, by " Circular 57 " of the Marconi International Marine Communication Company, and became effective, beginning February 1, 1904 for Marconi installations.