A Marine Detachment, or MarDet, was a unit of 35 to 85 United States Marines aboard large warships including cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers...

The Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One, also simply known as Det One, was a pilot program of attaching a permanent unit of the United...

closed; in 1998, all Marine Detachments on board ships were disbanded. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers...

subordinates, however, Detachment Commanders may be married. The minimum detachment size is seven MSGs (Marine Security Guards) and one detachment commander. This...

their version of guerrilla warfare. In 1933 Carlson had commanded the Marine Detachment at the Warm Springs, Georgia vacation retreat of President Roosevelt...

of Punta Arenas (3rd Naval Zone): This Marine Detachment has similar characteristics to the 1st Marine Detachment because of its border location. It specialises...

The Marine Corps Detachment at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri hosts the largest United States Marine Corps detachment outside a Marine Corps base. With over...

numerous naval detachments that conducted maritime operations. These include: 1st Marine Detachment of the MVD (Khabarovsk); 2nd Marine Detachment of the MVD...

Marine Academy Detachment (not to be confused with Marine Academy Plymouth) is an Army Cadet Force Detachment (formerly Platoon) situated within the school...

Marine Air Detachment (MAD) is a unit in the United States Marine Corps which works in naval aviation operations. The unit is based in Naval Air Station...

space marine is an archetype of military science fiction describing a kind of soldier who operates in outer space or on alien worlds. Historical marines fulfill...

Mangkara Detachment) created on 1 December 1984, and draws operators from the KOPASKA (Navy's Frogman Commando Force) and Taifib (Marine's Amphibious...

Additional small formations were the East Asian Marine Detachment (OMD) at Beijing and Tianjin, and Marine-Detachment Skutari, a company composed of personnel...

of a Marine detachment on Mavulis Island to affirm Philippines' sovereignty over the northernmost point of the archipelago. The Marine detachment was opened...

Washington incorporated some of the Marines into artillery units of his reorganized Army. 1778, January A Marine detachment sails down the Mississippi River...

Unified Combatant Commands, Marine Corps Security Forces guarding naval installations, and Marine Security Guard detachments at American embassies. Under...

Facilities of the United States Marine Corps. Marine Corps Installations Command Marine Corps Installations East Marine Corps Installations West List of...

instructors can earn 8153 (Marine Corps Security Force Cadre Trainer). The unit was initially organized as the Marine Detachment, Naval Operation Base in...

was a USS Indianapolis crew member. The last survivor of the ship's Marine Detachment was Edgar Harrell (1924–2021). The last surviving officer was Don...

Brad Colbert (born July 25, 1974) is a retired United States Marine, whose platoon's role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq was featured in a series of articles...

A FORECON detachment had since the mid 1980s formed part of the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF) a specialized sub-unit of a Marine expeditionary...

of Marines for the vessels that comprised the Continental Navy in the waters of Philadelphia, Capt. Nicholas assumed command of the Marine Detachment on...

the Marine Corps was established by the Navy personnel act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1009) reflecting the duties of Marines in ship's detachments. The...

War II. Today's Marine Raiders first saw the light through a pilot program called the Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One, also known...

Marine Corps later formed a mounted detachment of horse Marines in Peking, China, as a courier service during the 1911 Revolution. When the Marines assumed...

patrol with a detachment of three squads of the 15th Company, 2nd Marine Regiment, under the command of Major Smedley Butler. The Marines were ambushed...

The Marine Detachment, Air Warning Service, Philippines (1941–42) was a United States Marine Corps ground based early-warning radar detachment that provided...

Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly...

Philippines during World War II. The ship enables the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps team to seamlessly transition from the sea to a land battle, as the...

capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and landing them in hostile territory via...