United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the Marines Corps of the United States and part of the u.s. armed forces.

Although the Corps was originally located mainly on safety on board warships, and with warfare by means of landings from the sea in coastal areas, the U.s. Marine Corps has developed into a useful for many purposes, elite force within the u.s. armed forces.

The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five components of the armed forces (US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard) with 201,031 Marines on active duty, and 40,000 in the reserve (2009). Only the Coast Guard is smaller. However the US Marine Corps larger than the armed forces of many other countries. For example, it is larger than the British army.

The u.s. Marine Corps has its own Aviation Department (Marine Corps Aviation), that more combat aircraft than the air forces of many countries.

The Corps falls, just like the U.s. Navy, under the Department of the Navy, led by a Minister (Secretary of the Navy) and a Minister (Deputy Secretary of the Navy). The Department of the Navy falls, along with the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force, under the Department of Defense. ==History[ Edit] == The Marine Corps was originally founded during the American Revolutionary War by the Continental Congress on 10 november 1775 as the "Continental Marines". They served as the landingtroepen for the Continental Navy, which was established a few months earlier. At the end of the war of independence in april 1783, the Continental Marines were disbanded. On 11 July 1798 was the current U.s. Marine Corps founded by a decision of the US Congress. Despite the interruption, the Marine Corps celebrates its creation on 10 november annually.