United States Marine Corps

Sub-units 5

• Division 2nd Marine Division
• Regiment 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit
• Battalion 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines
• Corps I Marine Amphibious Corps
• Regiment 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

People who served 42

Dale Bumpers 1943–1946 Ramsey Clark 1945–1946 Zell Miller 1953–1956 Jim Mattis General · 1969–2013 Jon Corzine 1969–1975 JD Vance Corporal · 2003–2007 Donald Regan James T. Conway General Robert Bork Roy Geiger General William H. Rupertus General Hussein Farrah Aidid Corporal Stanley S. Hughes James Baker Captain Lou Lenart Captain George Shultz Finance Minister Alexander Vandegrift General Barber Conable Archibald H. Gillespie Oliver P. Smith General Lee Harvey Oswald Peter Pace General John A. Toolan Major General Walter E. Boomer General Paul Ilyinsky Colonel Thomas D. Waldhauser General Lawrence D. Nicholson Lieutenant General John T. Walker Lieutenant General Clifton Bledsoe Cates General Oliver North Lieutenant Colonel James L. Jones General Henry Clay Cochrane Samuel Nicholas Major Price Daniel Sub-lieutenant William P. Biddle Major General Presley O'Bannon Major Pete Wilson William M. Tuck Thomas E. Watson Lieutenant General Colgate Darden Jim Guy Tucker Officer Candidate Chuck Robb

Strength and losses

• Nominal Strength: 168,527
• Nominal Aircraft: 1,317

Movements

• July 21, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run
• February 4, 1899 – July 2, 1902 Philippine-American War
• September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
• January 1942 – August 21, 1945 Solomon Islands campaign
• June 4–7, 1942 Battle of Midway
• August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943 Guadalcanal campaign
• December 15, 1942 – January 23, 1943 Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
• June 30, 1943 – March 20, 1944 Operation Cartwheel
• November 1, 1943 – August 21, 1945 Bougainville campaign
• November 1943 – February 23, 1944 Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign
• November 20–23, 1943 Battle of Tarawa
• June 1944 – November 1944 Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
• June 15 – July 9, 1944 Battle of Saipan
• July 24 – August 1, 1944 Battle of Tinian
• August 10, 1944 Battle of Guam (1944)
• February 19 – March 26, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima
• February 19 – June 21, 1945 Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign
• April 1 – June 22, 1945 Battle of Okinawa
• November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975 Vietnam War
• April 24 – May 11, 1967 The Hill Fights
• January 21 – July 9, 1968 Siege of Khe Sanh
• May 12–15, 1975 Mayaguez incident
• October 25 – December 15, 1983 United States invasion of Grenada
• August 2, 1990 – January 17, 1991 Operation Desert Shield
• January 26, 1991 Somali Civil War
• January 29 – February 1, 1991 Battle of Khafji
• February 27, 1991 Battle of Kuwait International Airport
• August 27, 1992 – March 19, 2003 Operation Southern Watch
• September 11, 2001 War on terror
• October 7, 2001 – December 28, 2014 Operation Enduring Freedom
• March 20 – May 1, 2003 2003 invasion of Iraq
• March 20, 2003 – December 18, 2011 Iraq War
• March 21–25, 2003 Battle of Umm Qasr
• March 19–31, 2011 Operation Odyssey Dawn
• March 23 – October 31, 2011 Operation Unified Protector
• June 15, 2014 – April 16, 2026 Operation Inherent Resolve
• January 1, 2015 – August 30, 2021 War in Afghanistan (2015–2021)
• March 24, 2016 Shirqat offensive (2016)
• March 22 – May 10, 2017 Battle of Tabqa
• February 7–8, 2018 Battle of Khasham
• August 2025 United States military buildup in the Caribbean during Operation Southern Spear
• November 13, 2025 War on cartels (2025–present)