According to the U.S. Marine Corps History Division, from 1798 to 1921 the birthday of the Corps had been celebrated in July.

When Major General John A. Lejeune became Commandant in 1920, he inherited a Marine Corps that had proven itself at Belleau ...

U.S. Marines raised U.S. flag over shores of Tripoli on this day in history, April 27, 1805 Marines marched 400 miles from Alexandria, Egypt, to secure critical victory over pirate states in the ...

Every boot who ever lived has had the lesson drummed into his shaved head: the U.S. Marine Corps is the best goddam outfit that ever existed. Its traditions are the most glorious, its battles the ...

Some Republican leaders have compared the war in Iraq with President Thomas Jefferson's historic confrontation with the Barbary pirates. But the whole story does not necessarily serve the Republican ...