The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the
U.S. military
Originally organized as the Continental Marines in 1775 for
ship-to-ship fighting, shipboard security and to assist in
landing forces, by the early 20th century, the Marine Corps
had grown both institutionally and organizationally into the
dominant advocate for amphibious warfare as well as its key
component. With service in every war in U.S. history including
on-going operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Marine Corps
has evolved into a multi-purpose role in the current United
States military.
The Marine Corps is the second smallest of the five
branches (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard) of
the U.S. military, with 180,000 active and 40,000 reserve
Marines as of 2005. Only the United States Coast Guard, part
of the Department of Homeland Security, is smaller. In
absolute terms, the U.S. Marine Corps is nonetheless larger
than the armed forces of many major nations; for example, it
is larger than the British Army or all of the Canadian Forces
put together.
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