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Marine

Marines are naval infantry, specialising in fighting on ships and conducting amphibious assaults. Marines are usually a branch of a country's navy, often designated a corps rather than a service. Note that some countries do not differentiate branches of their armed forces, as Israeli Defense Forces, Canadian Armed Forces.

See also

• Royal Marines - (British naval infantry established in 1664)
• Royal Netherlands Marine Corps - (established December 10, 1665)
• United States Marine Corps - (established November 10, 1775 in Philadelphia)
• Republic of Korea Marine Corps
• French Marines
• Russian Marines
• Shayetet 13 - (Israeli naval commando)
• Norwegian Marines
• Royal Thai Marine Corps

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The Royal Netherlands Navy is called the Koninklijke Marine in Dutch, not to be confused with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (also called Dutch Marine Corps, in Dutch Korps Mariniers), which is part of it.

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The Deutsche Marine is the modern German navy.

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Marine is also a general term for things relating to the ocean, as with Marine biology, Marine geology, etc.

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Marines is also the name of a commune in the département of Val d'Oise, France.

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