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Noun: Marines
  1. An amphibious division of the United States Navy
    - United States Marine Corps, United States Marines, Marine Corps, US Marine Corps, USMC
     
  2. (military) members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea
Noun: marine  mu'reen
  1. A soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land

Type of: armed service, military service, pongo [Brit, informal], service, soldier

Part of: Navy, United States Navy, US Navy, USN

Encyclopedia: Marines, Spain

Marine, Illinois