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14 unusual facts about United States Marine Corps


2003 Nasiriyah bombing

The first U.S. forces to occupy the building were Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, who were later relieved by reservists from the 2nd Battalion 25th Marines.

88th Aero Squadron

On 7 July it moved to Francheville Aerodrome on the Chateau-Thierry front, near Belleau Woods where the United States Marine Corps was on the front.

Andy Micklin

Andrew 'Andy' Micklin is a fictitious United States Marine Corps Master Sergeant from the Black Sheep Squadron.

Angus R. Goss

On September 12, 1930, at the age of 20, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

Glenn Ryle

At age 17, Ryle left school to enter military service with the United States Marines.

Jarhead

Jarhead is a nickname for members of the United States Marine Corps.

Jessi Kirby

Honor receives her brother's last letter from Iraq three days after learning that he died, and opens it the day his fellow Marines lay the flag over his casket.

John M. Gamble

Lieutenant Colonel John Marshall Gamble (1791 – 11 September 1836) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the early 19th century.

Kevin Zeese

He worked to bring public attention to the death of Esequiel Hernandez Jr, a high school student killed by Marines on the U.S.-Mexico border in Redford, Texas.

Pacific Pillows

Founded in Newport, RI in 2004 by Craig & Abby Clark while Craig was serving on active duty in the United States Marine Corps as an attorney, Pacific Pillows is an e-commerce company that sells hospitality bedding, linens and pillows to consumers who would otherwise have to purchase these items in larger wholesale quantities.

Robin L. Higgins

Higgins is a 20-year veteran of the Marine Corps, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

Skate or Die!

Two characters were featured in Skate or Die!: Rodney Recloose, a wild man with a purple mohawk and a Marine Corps tattoo (and a facial resemblance to comedian Rodney Dangerfield) who runs a skateshop in the game, and his son Bionic Lester, an even wilder kid with a green flattop, who you were able to take on in the joust and the downhill jam.

Sleeve tattoo

Some organizations have proposed rules banning sleeves among their members; the United States Marine Corps prohibited Marines from getting arm- or leg-sleeve tattoos after April 1, 2007.

Steve Gera

Before his career in the NFL began he was a decorated officer with the United States Marine Corps - with two tours the Iraq.


Al Ubaidi

Following Operation Steel Curtain, in which US Marines and Iraqi Army units swept the city of insurgents, the streets were secured by a combination of Iraqi Army and Marine forces.

Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

He worked as a Hollywood screenwriter, New York City newspaper correspondent, radio station news director, the Washington Office of War Information, and in the Pacific theater as United States Marine Corps combat correspondent.

Ángel Rivero Méndez

The following day U.S. Marine Lieutenant John A. Lejeune came ashore with a detachment of Marines and evacuated the civilians and Marines for transport to Ponce, and the lighthouse was abandoned.

Blue Sky Studios

Using their proprietary animation pipeline, the studio produced over 200 spots for clients such as Chrysler, M&M/Mars, General Foods, Texaco, and the United States Marines.

Cadwalader Ringgold

While in command of the frigate Sabine on November 1, 1861, he effected the rescue of a battalion of 400 Marines from Maryland whose transport steamer, Governor, was sinking during a severe storm near Port Royal, South Carolina.

Ceres, California

Andres Raya, a U.S. Marine on leave after coming back from Iraq, was armed with an SKS rifle and opened fire on officers, hitting Officer Ryno and killing Sergeant Stevenson.

Cesar Alzona

As a Lieutenant in the Philippine Navy, he was sent to attend the professional United States Marine Corps TBS at Quantico, Virginia, and transferred to the U.S. with his wife and two small children, Augustus Caesar and Eduardo, in 1954.

Chief of Naval Operations Aviation Safety Award

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Aviation Safety Award, also known as the Safety "S", is awarded annually to U.S. Navy and United States Marine Corps aviation units operating under Navy chains of command.

Chignik Lagoon, Alaska

In 2009 the Marines of 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division, began work on an inter-village road system linking Chignik Lake to Chignik Lagoon.

Chris Roy, Jr.

Had he sought a second term in the state House, Roy would have faced two Republicans in the October 22 nonpartisan blanket primary, Lance Harris and Barett Byrd of Woodworth in south Rapides Parish, a graduate of the University of Arkansas and a retired colonel in the United States Marine Corps.

Color guard

Typically these include a unit flag and a departmental flag (Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, or Coast Guard).

Cruise book

The cruise book of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier typically reaches over 600 pages in length, as it includes portraits of the more than 5000 sailors and US Marines assigned to the ship's company and embarked carrier air wing.

Ears, Open. Eyeballs, Click.

Eyeballs, Click is a 2005 documentary by Canaan Brumley, about the experiences of Marine recruits during bootcamp.

Gates of Fire

It is taught at West Point, the United States Naval Academy, and at the Marine Corps Basic School at Quantico.

Individual Movement Techniques

In some military forces, such as the Australian Army, the entire British Armed Forces and the United States Marine Corps all units in the field force regardless of corps, regiment, trade or specialty are supposed to undergo annual refresher training in IMTs, on the basis that all soldiers can be expected to at least provide local security for their unit.

James B. Vaught

He also helped the besieged Marines at Khe Sanh until the North Vietnamese Army retreated after failed attempts to take the base.

Les Parrott

Parrott has been part of the on-site support teams for worldwide disasters, including the Chernobyl disaster, and the September 11, 2001 attacks, and has been called on to counsel Marines returning from Iraq.

Lewis C. Lucas

Lewis Clark Lucas (Marietta, Ohio, November 3, 1867 -1939) was an American officer serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Spanish-American War who was one of 23 Marine Corps officers approved to receive the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for bravery.

Lieutenant commander

On service khakis and all working uniforms, lieutenant commanders wear a gold oak leaf collar device, similar to the ones worn by a majors in the USAF and Army, and identical to that worn by majors in the Marine Corps.

M4 carbine

The United States Marine Corps has ordered its officers (up to the rank of lieutenant colonel) and Staff Non-commissioned officers to carry the M4 carbine instead of the M9 handgun.

Matanikau Offensive

The Matanikau Offensive, from November 1–4, 1942, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of the Matanikau, was an engagement between United States (U.S.) Marine and Army and Imperial Japanese Army forces around the Matanikau River and Point Cruz area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II.

Melville J. Shaw

Melville James Shaw (August 6, 1872—May 16, 1927) was an American officer born in Minnesota and serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Spanish-American War who was one of 23 Marine Corps officers approved to receive the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for bravery.

Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

The organization is centered around a primary customer: the United States federal government, specifically branches of the Department of Defense, the Navy, and the Marine Corps, although it does conduct business with a variety of other government and private organizations.

Newt H. Hall

Newt Hamill Hall (Marshville, Texas, January 2, 1873 - Tennessee, May 24, 1939) was an American officer serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who was one of 23 Marine Corps officers approved to receive the Marine Corps Brevet Medal for bravery.

Officer candidate

In the United States Marine Corps, officer candidates are trained by Marine officers and staff non-commissioned officer Marines at the Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia.

Primary Marksmanship Instructor

A Primary Marksmanship Instructor is a United States Marine Corps specialty (MOS 0931) and acts as an instructor to other Marines on how to precisely fire the M16 rifle used as the standard weapon in the Marine Corps.

Provost Sergeant

In the United States Army Military Police Corps or United States Marine Corps Military Police, the title of Provost Sergeant typically refers to the operations sergeant in charge of the staff of the Provost Marshal office or the NCO in charge of an MP station.

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

Idiotic driving instructor and former United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty (Alan Arkin) lives in poverty near Hollywood, California.

Reginald R. Myers

Colonel Reginald Rodney Myers (November 26, 1919 – October 23, 2005) was a United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in Korea as a major — for fearlessly leading 250 United Nations troops to victory over 4,000 of the enemy in November 1950 at the Chosin Reservoir.

Richie Guerin

After graduation, Guerin served on active duty at Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia for two years.

Robert L. J. Long

He served as the principal executive of President Ronald Reagan's fact-finding committee, the Long Commission, that investigated the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing attack that killed 241 U.S. Marines.

Rome, Sweet Rome

It describes what might happen if a United States Marine Corps expeditionary unit were somehow transported back to the time of the Roman Empire under Augustus Caesar.

Rosecrans Memorial Airport

AATTC is made up of full-time Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel dedicated to increasing the warfighting effectiveness and survivability of air mobility forces, providing advanced tactics training to tactical airlift crews and support personnel from the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, Air Mobility Command, Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, the United States Marine Corps, and twelve Allied nations.

Ryan Weemer

Ryan G. Weemer is a former Marine from Hindsboro, Illinois, who was tried in a military court for war crimes that were allegedly committed while he was on active duty during the Iraq War.

Salisbury, Missouri

Floyd B. Parks -- U.S. Marine aviator who earned the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions leading Marine fighter squadron VMF-221 during the Battle of Midway.

Severe Clear

Severe Clear is a 2009 documentary film directed by American documentary maker Kristian Fraga, starring and using footage shot by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti of United States Marine Corps Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion 11th Marines.

Todd Heisler

While at the Rocky Mountain News, Heisler was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for "Final Salute," a series of photographs, taken over the course of a year, profiling the funerals of Marines who died in the war and the work of then Major Steve Beck, who is responsible for notifying the family members of the Marine's death.

United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower

The Seapower Subcommittee has jurisdiction over all U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, including non-tactical air programs, and the Naval Reserve forces.

Virginia State Route 14

SR 14 and SR 33 run concurrently along the four-lane divided highway named for the decorated U.S. Marine Chesty Puller east to Shacklefords Fork, where SR 14 heads southeast along Buena Vista Road.

Warren Terhune

His largest engagement came when President William Howard Taft ordered the United States Marine Corps to Nicaragua in an attempt to put down a rebellion there, primarily out of the city of Managua.

William H. Lebeau

As a congregational rabbi, he served three communities over a period of 24 years, beginning with two years as a chaplain in the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

WKC Stahl- und Metallwarenfabrik

The company's first orders at this time came from the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.