A Marine is an elite warrior whose primary function is to serve aboard a ship and/or assault the land from the sea in amphibious warfare. Many nations have dedicated marine corps. Marines always dislike being called "soldiers", because they aren't soldiers. They are Marines, spelled with a capital "M" unlike soldiers, sailors, and airmen. This article is about a military strategy involving land troops dispatched from Naval ships. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ...

Some nations have wider or narrower roles for their particular forces, but the core function remains the same. Traditionally, Marines served on board warships and fulfilled numerous roles: they assisted the crew in battles against other warships, conducted small coastal raids, and protected the officers from mutiny by the crew. Diagrams of first and third rate warships, England, 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Mutiny is the crime of conspiring to disobey orders that the mutineer is legally obliged to obey, for example by crew members of a ship. ...

In modern warfare, Marines are often highly mobile, elite troops that can be positioned offshore close to the war zone to launch amphibious assaults. Amphibious Assault is an electronic music project by Fallon Bowman. ...

British rank

Marine (MNE or Mne) is also the lowest rank in the British Royal Marines, equivalent to a Private in the Army, as well as being a generic term for any member of the corps. Her Majestys Royal Marines, usually just known as the Royal Marines (RM) or sometimes colloquially as the Green Berets[1], is the United Kingdoms amphibious force and a core component of the countrys Rapid Deployment Force. ... A private is a military soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to Nato Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in). ...