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
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
The 1992 courtroom drama, A Few Good Men, concerned the court martial of two marines for the death of a fellow soldier.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025
Members of Taiwan’s military routinely receive U.S. training, including a unit of marines that recently trained in Guam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The five hundred marines, billeted all about North Square, arrived at double-quick.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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