* 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a commonly forgotten U. S. Navy Corpsman, reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

The members are called Jesuits and are also known colloquially as " God's Marines " and as " The Company ", these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and members ' willingness to accept orders anywhere in the world and live in extreme conditions.

* 2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U. S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

* Doom ( 2005 ) – Barely based on the third installment of the Doom computer game series, a group of Marines are sent to the red planet via an ancient Martian portal called the Ark to deal with an outbreak of a mutagenic virus.

27, 000 personnel, including 15, 000 Marines, contingents from the Navy, Army and Air Force, and their 22, 000 family members are stationed in Okinawa.

The Marine officer swords are of the Mameluke pattern which was adopted in 1825 in recognition of the Marines ' key role in the capture of the Tripolitan city of Derna during the First Barbary War.

U. S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.

* Royal Tongan Marines are Camp Blue Diamond ( Photo )

On June 11, Dutch Royal Marines storm the train, and six terrorists and two hostages are killed.

** The Women Marines are disbanded, and the women are integrated into regular Marine Corps.

** Battle of Iwo Jima: A group of United States Marines reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.

* May 15 – Mayaguez incident: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U. S. Navy and Marines ; 38 Americans are killed.

* November 10 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress passes a resolution creating the Continental Marines to serve as landing troops for the recently created Continental Navy ( the Marines are disbanded at end of the war in April 1783 but reformed on July 11, 1798 as the United States Marine Corps ).

Since in the British Army, the Royal Air Force, the Royal Marines and the Royal Navy there are several types of colours, there are also colour guards for these colours and these colours and their CG's are as follows:

In contrast, the Marines, the service branch who deal with ordinary military affairs, are trained to prize unquestioning loyalty and bravery as the highest ideals, and are deliberately recruited from the type of person who seeks glory and excitement.

Code talkers are people who talk using a coded language, most notably the 400-500 Native American Marines who served in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of secret tactical messages.

Along with the Sea King HC4s, they are part of the Commando Helicopter Force, which provides support to 3 Commando Brigade of the Royal Marines.

Some Marines are shown having a meal in the field, including Randall and Doyle, discussing what they would be doing if they were back in civilization.

All Royal Marines ( other than the Royal Marines Band Service ) are commando trained on entry to the Corps, with supporting units and individuals from the other services undertaking the All Arms Commando Course as required.

By the beginning of January 1968, the U. S had deployed 331, 098 Army personnel and 78, 013 Marines in nine divisions, an armoured cavalry regiment, and two separate brigades to South Vietnam.

While the BEF was following events to the Marne and returning northwards, there had been coordinated efforts by relatively small forces of the Belgian field and fortress armies, the French marines, the Royal Marines, the Naval Brigade ( reserve sailors half retrained as infantry ), the Royal Naval Air Service ( RNAS ) ( mounted in armoured cars ) and vessels of the Royal Navy.

The Royal Marines occupied ports such as Oostende, while the RNAS, in its armoured cars, provided a mobile screen to hinder German movements northwards from the main advance towards Paris.

Set in the fictional Warhammer 40, 000 universe, the player directs squads of Space Marines, genetically enhanced armoured soldiers, in their missions to protect the human race from deadly aliens.

Whilst the majority of the Regiment were on OP TELIC a large Troop was deployed on OP HERRICK 9 where they worked with the Royal Marines as part of the Armoured Support Group in Viking armoured personnel carriers.

The armoured frigate SMS Deutschland ( 1874 ) | SMS Deutschland is on the left. Landing of German Imperial Navy | German Imperial Navy Marines at the storming of the Taku Forts.

The PLA Marines are equipped with amphibious light tanks and armoured personnel carriers.

In coordination with close air support the SEALs swept the entire facility on foot fighting through enemy positions until day break when they were relieved by the 42 Commando of the British Royal Marines.

Without help, the Marines would be forced to leave behind their heavy equipment and make it out on foot, a trek many of the wounded and frostbitten would not survive.

Sailors, Royal Marines, and men of the Suffolk Regiment, who had embarked on the Repulse, accompanied foot patrols of the Palestine Police Force.

U. S. Marines of the First Marine Division and later soldiers of the U. S. Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island.

More dramatically, in July 1958, he sent 15, 000 Marines and soldiers to Lebanon as part of Operation Blue Bat, a non-combat peace-keeping mission to stabilize the pro-Western government and to prevent a radical revolution from sweeping over that country.

Following the evacuation of U. S. Marines in 1925, another violent conflict between liberals and conservatives known as the Constitutionalist War took place in 1926, when Liberal soldiers in the Caribbean port of Puerto Cabezas revolted against Conservative President Adolfo Díaz, recently installed as a result of United States pressure following a coup.

* 1968 – Vietnam War: The United States Department of Defense announces that the U. S. Army and U. S. Marine Corps will send about 24, 000 soldiers and Marines back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours of duty in the combat zone there.

The first of many such conflicts was known as the Watermelon War of 1856, where U. S. soldiers mistreated locals causing large-scale race riots that U. S. Marines eventually put down.

On 17 April 1797, Abercromby, with a force of 7, 000-13, 000 men, which included German mercenary soldiers and Royal Marines and a 60 to 64 ship armada, invaded the island of Puerto Rico.

With the sound era, films like All Quiet on the Western Front ( 1930 ) ( and its much darker German counterpart Westfront 1918 ), Howard Hawks ' Road to Glory ( 1936 ) and Grand Illusion ( 1937 ), focused on the futility of war for non-American soldiers whilst Hollywood produced American soldiers featuring in World War I comedies such as Buster Keaton's Doughboys ( 1930 ) and Wheeler & Woolsey's Half Shot at Sunrise ( 1930 ), or exciting tales of the U. S. Marine Corps putting down rebellions in Central America, China, and the Pacific Islands in films like Frank Capra's Flight ( 1930 ), The Leathernecks Have Landed ( 1936 ) and Tell it to the Marines ( 1926 film ).

In the Seekriegsleitung war diary, Raeder wrote that the executions of the Royal Marines were something " new in international law since the soldiers were wearing uniforms ".

According to the provincial administrator of Basilan, more than 900 families have been displaced as a result of the deployment of soldiers in Basilan in response to the beheading of 11 soldiers of the Philippine Marines who were killed in an encounter with MILF in Al-Barkah town.

While the MILF owned their responsibility over the death of the 14 soldiers of the Philippine Marines.

This invasion was the first American attack on Japanese home territory, and the Japanese soldiers and Marines defended their positions tenaciously with no thought of surrender.

During the Battle of Fort Fisher, fifty-one soldiers, sailors and Marines received the Medal of Honor for their actions.

By mid-May, peak strength of 23, 850 U. S. soldiers, Marines, and Airmen were in the Dominican Republic and some 38 naval ships were positioned offshore.

They also helped actress Bette Davis and actor John Garfield found California's famous Hollywood Canteen, a welcome retreat for servicemen where the trio often performed, volunteering their personal time to sing and dance for the soldiers, sailors and Marines ( they did the same at New York City's Stage Door Canteen during the war ).

On 17 February 2009, President Barack Obama ordered 4, 000 soldiers that are part of 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team to Afghanistan, along with 8, 000 Marines.

In the Army and Marine Corps, a second lieutenant typically commands a platoon-size element ( 16 to 44 soldiers or Marines ).

Initially, C ration cans were marked only with paper labels, which soon fell off and made a guessing game out of evening meals ; US soldiers and Marines receiving an unpopular menu item several nights in a row often found themselves powerless to bargain for a more palatable one.

US Marines fighting Iraqi soldiers during in March 2003

In contrast to several other US Army divisions in the Pacific War, soldiers in the Americal division received extensive weapons training as well as company-and battalion-level exercises in jungle terrain while at New Caledonia ; its soldiers were also quick to assimilate lessons on battle tactics against Japanese forces from the Marines on Guadalcanal.

US Marines having lunch with Iraqi soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40, 000 created by Games Workshop, Space Marines are genetically modified superhuman soldiers, the elite warriors of the Imperium of Man.