marines
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Another photo showed a grinning Kim sitting with Ju Ae at a table in the ship's mess hall, surrounded by uniformed marines eating instant rice meals.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Miller signed on as Cochrane’s captain of marines, and together they sailed to blockade the Spanish fleet at the Peruvian harbor of Callao.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Soldiers, marines, and their support crews need food, water, ammo, and other supplies; a base of some sort would have to be set up.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
US Central Command said on X that the newly-arrived sailors and marines were part of a unit led by the warship USS Tripoli, which also includes assault and transport assets.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
In early March, General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces in Vietnam, requested that two battalions of marines be sent to Vietnam to help guard the American airfield at Da Nang in central Vietnam.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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