| The original incarnation of the United States Marine | | | | patriotic actions at a number of battle sites. |
| Corps ("USMC") was born in 1775 during the | | | | It was within the two decades prior to World War II |
| Continental Congress in a resolution sponsored by | | | | that the USMC began to prepare for amphibious |
| John Adams. The USMC fought diligently throughout | | | | battle, which they used with high degrees of success |
| the American revolution but, after the Treaty of | | | | during the war. Notable points of battle include |
| Paris in April 1783, it was dissolved only to be | | | | Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After World War |
| reestablished in 1798. | | | | II, the USMC participated in post-war occupations of |
| Following this reestablishment, the USMC was | | | | Japan and Northern China. |
| involved in military actions against France and Barbary | | | | Although the USMC took part in all of wars, and |
| pirates. During the War of 1812, the USMC | | | | many smaller skirmishes, after World War II, they |
| participated in many naval operations and fought with | | | | weren't engaged in numbers similar to WWII until |
| Andrew Jackson in New Orleans. After the War of | | | | Operation Desert Storm. However, the USMC has |
| 1812, the USMC spent the next few decades | | | | proven itself to be as effective in small and |
| protecting a variety of American interests all over | | | | specialized operations as it is in massive military |
| the world. | | | | engagements. As the war on terrorism continues to |
| During World War I, the USMC had over 30,000 | | | | grow and spread around the world, they are likely to |
| members actively serving and fighting. Of those, | | | | be one of the first lines of defense for America. |
| one-third were either injured or killed in combat. It | | | | Together with other specialized squads, America can |
| was during WWI that the 4th Brigade earned the | | | | (and probably plans to) use them in the war against |
| title of "Devil Dogs" because of their heroic and | | | | terror. |