the Marines

noun

: the part of a country's military forces that includes soldiers who serve on a ship or are closely associated with a naval force : the U.S. Marine Corps or the British Royal Marines

Examples of the Marines in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before joining the Cortez Police Department in 2012, Moran served in the Marines for nine years. —Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 15 May 2024

Many of the Marines are college-age people interested in taking college courses. —Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024

His burly frame is covered in tattoos, including a spear and trident on his forearm, marking his stint in the Marines, and a quote from Eugene Debs on his rib cage. —Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024

Johnson was diagnosed with schizophrenia after serving in the Marines, his sister Janell Johnson said. —Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2024

Fox News Digital reached out to the Marines for comment. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2024

When a sitting Haitian president was assassinated in 1915, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent in the Marines to protect American interests and secure stability. —Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024

The review team concluded that the Marines had conflated the intelligence reports with an earlier spotting of a man wearing beige clothes and carrying a black bag. —Compiled Bydemocrat Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Apr. 2024

In testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee in March 2023, Vargas-Andrews said the Marines and others involved in the evacuation were given descriptions of men believed to be plotting an attack. —Courtney Kube, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2024