Marine
Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults. Marines are usually a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service.
Note that some countries do not differentiate branches of their armed forces, as Israeli Defense Forces, Canadian Armed Forces.
See also
- Corps of Colonial Marines - Formed by the British during the mid 1840's to serve in the remaining British America colonies (mainly the West Indies), The Colonial Marines were controlled by the Royal Marines as an auxiliary force. initially recruited from freed or escaped slaves from the United States and later by local inhabitants. These units were either disbanded or absorbed by the West Indies Regiment
- French Marines two types of French Marines exist,
- 1. French Army units which were formerly titled Colonial Troops and were army troops who wore and anchor patch and served overseas, but were the responsibility of the French Navy for administration.
- 2. The Naval Fusiliers who protected naval bases and served on capital ships. Currently the Naval Fusiliers consists of 14 Companies of Fusiliers and a small Commando Battalion.
- Republic of Korea Marine Corps
- Republic of China Marine Corps
- Royal Marines - (British naval infantry established in 1664)
- Royal Netherlands Marine Corps - (established December 10, 1665)
- Royal Thai Marine Corps
- United States Marine Corps - (established November 10, 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Soviet Naval Infantry Russian Naval Infantry
Naval Usage
Marine is also a general term for things relating to the ocean, as with Marine biology, Marine geology, and as a term for a navy, etc.
The Royal Netherlands Navy is called the Koninklijke Marine in Dutch, not to be confused with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (also called Dutch Marine Corps, in Dutch Korps Mariniers), which is part of it.
The Deutsche Marine is the modern German navy.
Marines is also the name of a commune in the département of Val d'Oise, France.
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