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Royal Marines
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Saint Peter Gonzalez
Saint Peter Gonzalez , 1190-1246, Spanish Dominican priest. He worked first among the Moors, then among the mariners of NW Spain. As a patron of sailors he acquired the name St. Elmo, perhaps in confusion with an earlier mariners' saint of that name, a 4th-century martyr. Saint Elmo's fire was... Read more |
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Clarkson Stanfield
Clarkson Stanfield 1793-1867, English marine and landscape painter. He was first a sailor, then a scenery painter. Later he became known for his paintings of dramatic marine scenes. He is well represented at the Victoria and Albert Museum; his Entrance to the Zuyder Zee and Lake Como are in the... Read more |
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Merchant Marine Act of 1920
Merchant Marine Act of 1920 Michael McClintock The President of the United States has just been briefed by the national security advisor on a critical situation developing overseas. A close ally of the United States has come under attack from a hostile nation, and the president has decided to... Read more |
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Marine sediments
Marine transgression and marine regression Marine transgression occurs when an influx of the sea covers areas of previously exposed land. The reverse process, called marine regression, takes place when areas of submerged seafloor are exposed above sea level by basinward migration of a shoreline.... Read more |
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United States. Marine Corps
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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Navy and Marine Corps Medal
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Pearl Harbor, Attack on
...destroyers, and several support vessels. At the airfields, 164 planes were destroyed and 128 damaged. Among American sailors, Marines, and soldiers, casualties were 2,335 killed, along with 68 civilians, and 1,178 persons wounded.Yamamoto... |
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Reserve Forces Act (1955)
...dramatically, use of conscription (or the threat of it) often filled the ranks with less than enthusiastic soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen. Funding, equipment, and training remained below par for most of the reserve components until the... |
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Bases, Military: Life on
...clubs, and recreational activities—is designed to meet the needs of family members and to assure the soldier, sailor, Marine, or airman that their spouses and children will be looked after if they have to deploy to some trouble spot in the... |
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China Relief Expedition
...including a small force of American sailors and Marines) set out from Tientsin on the coast...9th and 14th Infantry Regiments, 1st Marines, and an army artillery unit. The Sixth Cavalry Regiment...Reginald Hargreaves , Comrades in Arms, Marine Corps Gazette, ... |
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Housing, Military
...for the air force after 1947. The U.S. Navy began to provide increased amounts of shore‐based housing for sailors and Marines in the 1950s and thereafter.When the All‐Volunteer Force was instigated in the 1970s, apartment‐style... |
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Kearny, Stephen Watts
...Kearny defeated a Mexican detachment. After reprovisioning in San Diego, Kearny's soldiers and Stockton's sailors and Marines defeated 600 Mexicans at San Gabriel and retook Los Angeles. A feud between Kearny and Stockton, the latter supported... |
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Porter, David Dixon
...Alfred Terry succeeded with the support of Porter's sizable fleet, which bombarded the fort and sent 2,000 sailors and marines to join 8,000 soldiers in storming the parapets, achieving the only successful large‐scale amphibious attack... |
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Haiti, U.S. Military Involvement in
...Caperton to land Marines and sailors from the USS Washington to...were followed by a brigade of Marines.Real authority in Haiti...particularly in northern Haiti. The Marines quelled sporadic violence for...constabulary trained and officered by ... |
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Perry, Matthew Calbraith
...and trained their guns ashore, while Perry with some 250 marines and sailors landed from the ships' boats. They were outnumbered...Bibliography Schroder, J. , Mathew Calbraith Perry: Antebellum Sailor and Diplomat (2001). |
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Panama, U.S. Military Involvement in
...President Grover Cleveland dispatched more than 1,000 Marines and sailors to put down a nationalist uprising, thus launching...treaty, the United States deployed warships and landed Marines in order to block Colombian troops from putting down... |
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marine
marine adj. 1. of or relating to shipping or naval matters: marine insurance. n. a member of...particular a member of the U.S. Marine Corps. tell that or it to the marines a scornful expression of disbelief...do for the marines but the ... |
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sea gull
sea gull slang 1. in World War I, a Navy airman, especially one based at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida. 2. chicken, as served in Army mess halls. 3. a prostitute catering to sailors and marines, and sometimes following the men from port to port. |
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enlisted personnel
enlisted personnel soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines in pay grades of E-1 through E-9 whose terms of service are governed by a contract; military personnel not holding a commission. |
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United Defense, L.P.
...delivery systems, amphibious assault vehicles, and combat support services. It also supplies soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. It began as Food Machinery Corp. (FMC) and filled a U.S. military order for 1,000 amphibious landing... |
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Fleet Reserve Association
...active duty, reserve, and retired men and women of the Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard. It was formed in 1924 as a forum to address pay and benefits needs and provide fellowship for enlisted sailors. The association was chartered by Congress and has over 150...members and their families, ... |
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Barbary Wars
...passage into and through the Mediterranean. Seizures of American sailors and vessels in attempts to collect ransom led to both conflicts...Action during this period was marked by the first use of marines in 1804. In 1815, ten ships under Commodore Stephen Decatur... |
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trick
...being the winner. 4. inf. a prostitute's client. 5. a sailor's turn at the helm, usually lasting for two or four hours...decorate someone or something in an elaborate or showy way: a Marine tricked out in World War II kit and weaponry. DERIVATIVES... |
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quatrefoil
quatrefoil n. a cross-shaped braid placed atop the barracks covers of Marine officers to allow men in the masts of ships to distinguish their officers from the sailors during a sea battle. |
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sailor
...matelot, shellback. USAGE NOTES sailor, sailer A sailor is one who sails—always in reference...unusual to see sailer misused for sailor—e.g.: “The current exercises...about 15,000 sailers [read sailors] and Marines, and include cruisers and ... |
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SAILOR, MARINES KILLED IN ATTACKS; DOD IDENTIFIES PREVIOUS CASUALTIES
...following press release: A sailor assigned to 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5, and two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat...Baumholder, Germany. * Marine Lance Cpl. Richard A. Buerstetta...of Franklin, ... |
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PELELIU SAILOR, MARINES CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 'FIESTA STYLE'
...press release: Hundreds of Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious assault...more than 63,000 Hispanic Sailors and civilians who comprise...country proudly," said Lemas. Sailors who attended the event said...Group (PELESG) and the 15th ... |
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SAILORS, MARINES SERVE GUAM
...8) and 15 Marine Expeditionary...communities, wherever Sailors and Marines travel. "This...Navy and the Marine Corps," he...The individual Sailor and Marine that joins to...opportunity for Sailors and ... |
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MNF-W SAILOR, MARINES KILLED IN ATTACKS
...s Central Command issued the following casualty report: One Sailor assigned to 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Wednesday from injuries... |
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SAILORS, MARINES PREPARE FOR SHIFT TO LIFE AT HOME TRANSITION TRAINING HELPS...
...sometimes intense. Often sailors have just enough communication...active participants. To help sailors and Marines readjust to face-to-face...whose husband is a retired sailor who did six deployments over...potential flashpoint for returning ... |
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Rep. Dent Introduces Resolution Condemning Seizure of British Sailors,...
...Government's seizure of 15 British sailors and marines in the Shatt al Arab waterway...waters; Whereas these British sailors and marines were subsequently taken hostage...the seizure of these British sailors and marines; ... |
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SAILORS, MARINES WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP AIRCRAFT FLYING
...2) Public Affairs Sailors aboard USS Essex...have been working with Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit...more than 60 MALS 36 Marines are embarked to help...to the squadrons," Marine Staff Sgt. Calvin...assigned to MALS 36. The ... |
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SAILORS, MARINES WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP AIRCRAFT FLYING.
...2) Public Affairs Sailors aboard USS Essex...have been working with Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit...more than 60 MALS 36 Marines are embarked to help...to the squadrons," Marine Staff Sgt. Calvin...assigned to MALS 36. The ... |
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Sailors, Marines featured on Today Show.
...May 2009-US NAVY: Sailors, Marines featured on Today Show...LHD 7) and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit...May 23. Sailors and Marines took pictures with...opportunity for all these Sailors and Marines to ... |
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SAILORS, MARINES COME TOGETHER FOR NAVY BIRTHDAY
...the flag raising and the 2nd Marine Division Band playing "To...the oldest sailor in 2nd Marine division, said, "It was...J. Marrero, the youngest sailor in 2nd Marine Division, This was a new...It felt good to have the ... |
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