Essay - The Marine Corps Summary: This Is A 6 Page Analysis...

The Marine Corps

Summary: This is a 6 page analysis of the importance of ***** Marine Corps and its development over time.

Abstract

The ***** Corps were formed as a compliment to the naval forces. While the navies fought at sea they still required some link ***** the land, which became essential for ***** ***** oper*****ion success. It was in 1775 that the Continental Congress of the US gave rise to two battalions ***** marines who served for the naval infantry and it was in 1798 that the US Marine Corp ***** officially launched. [1]

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In ***** past the focus of the military campaigns rested mainly on the basis ***** the ***** strength. Land forces came as reinforcement. After the establishment of the Continental Marines ***** concept of having an elite force that acted completely separately but for the Naval ***** arose and this gave birth to the United States Marine Corps. Amphibious in nature the Corp. distinguished itself through many operations and made its necessity felt by the nations. The first raid conducted by the Marine Corps outside ***** own nations was in the Bahamas in March 1776, under the comm***** of ***** Corps' first commandant, Capt. Samuel Nicholas. [2]

Throughout the century ***** Mar*****e Corps participated in different operations and created a force ***** ***** to be feared. ***** very ***** and *****ion of the Corp. made its importance valid as it w***** ***** first group of soldiers that *****ere capable ***** fight*****g on land and on the sea.

Analysis

***** was the need for a ********** ***** was amphibious in nature? C*****sider the fact that the wars of the time ***** which the force was ***** were mainly manual. They were fought either on foot or through the ships. There were guns and o*****r ammuniti*****s ***** the fighting took place face to face. ***** were no radars ***** other such technological devices that would allow the nations at war ***** keep track of intruders within ********** *****s. The monitoring had to ***** done ***** men and the intrusion ***** to be kept ***** bay by men. Thus, if the navy fought at sea it needed a force th*****t allowed all the area to be covered so as to keep hostil*****ies away from the mainl*****. This force came ***** be the Marine Corps.

When ***** ***** group of Marines was created the organizational aspect was lacking. *****y worked on a ship to ship basis and the actual coordination lacked effectiveness. As the American nation, ***** had recently got freedom from the British Colonials, fought to remain independent, it realized that the Marine Corps had to be effectively organized at a national level. Piracy was creating a setback to an already weak economy ***** if no steps were taken *****re would be fatal consequences. The administrators realized that central command structure had to be built. Congress thus acted immediately and passed "An Act for Establishing a M*****rine *****" on July 11, 1798. This marked the first official Marine