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Jewelry Information
Metal stamp: 14k
Metal: yellow-gold
Material Type: yellow-gold
Total metal weight: 1.4 Grams
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Product Description
14k US Marine Corps Cross Pendant - 1.4 Grams in 14k Yellow Gold -
5/8 inch wide x 1 1/4 inch long - FREE gift-ready jewelry box
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The United States Marine Corps
(USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible
for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of
the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. It is
one of seven uniformed services of the U.S.. Administratively, the
Marine Corps is a component of the Department of the Navy,[3][4]
but it acts operationally as a separate branch of the military,
often working closely with US Naval forces for training,
transportation, and logistic purposes.
Originally organized as the Continental Marines on November 10,
1775 as naval infantry, the Marine Corps has evolved in its
mission with changing military doctrine and American foreign
policy. The Marine Corps has served in every American armed
conflict and attained prominence in the 20th century when its
theories and practice of amphibious warfare proved prescient and
ultimately formed the cornerstone of the Pacific campaign of World
War II. |
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By the mid 20th century, the Marine Corps had become the
dominant theorist and practitioner of amphibious warfare. Its ability to
respond rapidly to regional crises gives it a strong role in the
implementation and execution of American foreign policy.
The United States Marine Corps, with approximately 193,000 active duty
and 40,000 reserve Marines,[10] is the smallest of the United States'
armed forces in the Department of Defense (the United States Coast Guard
is smaller, about one fifth the size of the Marine Corps, but serves
under Homeland Security). The Corps is nonetheless larger than the
entire armed forces of many significant military powers; for example, it
is larger than the active duty Israel Defense Forces or the whole of the
British Army. |
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