Marine Corps

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noun

a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces trained for land, sea, and air combat, typically for land combat in conjunction with an amphibious or airborne landing, and whose commandant is responsible to the secretary of the navy.

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Origin of Marine Corps

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

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How to use Marine Corps in a sentence

This is where “Mercury Rising” really picks up speed, as NASA responds to Gagarin’s orbital triumph by accelerating Project Mercury’s timetable and pegging its only Marine Corps astronaut as pilot.
America needed a space race hero. John Glenn was the obvious choice.|Douglas Brinkley|May 28, 2021|Washington Post
Rudder opted not to discipline Castellvi, who has since become the Marine Corps inspector general.
Deadly Marine Corps disaster at sea was ‘tragic’ and ‘preventable,’ investigation finds|Dan Lamothe|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
A fatal cocktail of factors resulted in the deaths of eight Marines and a Navy sailor last summer after their 35-year-old armored vehicle sank off the coast of California, according to the results of a Marine Corps investigation.
Deadly Marine Corps disaster at sea was ‘tragic’ and ‘preventable,’ investigation finds|Dan Lamothe|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
Last year, an FBI task force in San Francisco opened a domestic terror investigation into Aaron Horrocks, a 39-year-old former Marine Corps reservist.
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.|by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE|February 1, 2021|ProPublica

Hours after the Atlantic story broke, the Associated Press had two unnamed sources — a senior Defense Department official and senior Marine Corps officer — confirm the report.
Did Trump call US war dead “losers” and “suckers”? The controversy, explained.|Alex Ward|September 4, 2020|Vox
The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.
The Most Exciting New Hotels, Restaurants, and Submarines of 2014|Charlie Gilbert|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He then went back to his volunteer corps, which had formed when they did not yet have an ambulance.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Among the scores of bystanders watching their small town turn into war zone was a Marine veteran who was close with Stone.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Marine reservist then went after his ex-wife, Nicole Hill Stone.
Hunt for Iraq Vet After Killing Spree|M.L. Nestel|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
John Wilson, a celebrated landscape and marine painter, died at Folkstone, aged 81.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The box of the diplomatic corps was just opposite us, and our gay little Mrs. F. sat in it dressed in white satin.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Car lesditz Sauvages prenans en main leurs arcs & fleches, vouloient emporter le corps.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The task of deceiving the Austrians was performed to perfection by Murat with the reserve cavalry and Lannes's corps.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
During the rapid advance down the Danube on Vienna, the fifth corps continued in close support of Murat's cavalry.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison