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The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces

responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[7] using the mobility of the U.S. Navy to
rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. The U.S. Marine Corps is one of the four branches in
the U.S. Department of Defense as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is one of the seven
uniformed services of the United States.
The Marine Corps has been a component of the U.S. Department of the Navy since 1834,[8][9]
working closely with naval forces for training, transportation, and logistics.[10] The USMC
operates posts on land and aboard sea-going amphibious warfare ships around the world, and
several of the Marines' tactical aviation squadrons, primarily Marine Fighter Attack squadrons,
are also embedded in Navy carrier air wings and operate from the Navy's nuclear-powered
aircraft carriers.[11]
Two battalions of Continental Marines were formed on 10 November 1775 in Philadelphia as an
Infantry force capable of fighting for independence both at sea and on shore.[12] The role of the
Corps has since grown and evolved, expanding to aerial warfare and earning popular titles such
as "America's third air force" and "second land army".[13] The Marine Corps has distinguished
itself as it has served in the majority of American wars, from its inception to the modern era, and
attained prominence in the 20th century when its theories and practices of amphibious warfare
proved prescient and ultimately formed the cornerstone of the Pacific campaign of World War II.

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