Changes: United States Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps A.K.A. USMC is a branch of the U.S. military responsible of Amphibious operations and are also in charge of the security in the U.S. embassies worldwide.They maintain their own special force units, armored divisions, and air wings, they are basically an autonomous force.One of their most known Special ops unit is the Marine Force recon.

In the Resident Evil universe:

Billy Coen was an Ex lieutenant in the USMC, he was with the Marine Force Recon special ops unit when he was deployed in central Africa.It is also possible that some marines along with GIs were guarding the quarantine outside Raccoon city during the 1998 outbreak.They were also deployed at the Harvardville airport in 2005 to contain the outbreak that had occurred, they seem to have contained it effortlessly since there were no known casualties apart from the ones who were massacred by Curtis Miller in the WilPharma building.

Usmarines — Emblem of the United States Marine Corps

Trivia

The Marines are incorrectly depicted as wearing Army-issue ACUs (Army Combat Uniform), whereas the real U.S. Marine Corps wears its own patented digital MARPAT (MARine PATtern) camouflage uniform. But it may indicate that in the early phase of the movie,they were meant to pass for the National Guard,which are comprised almost entirely from Army Reserve units (the rest are Air National Guard, part of the U.S. Air Force) and are logically more likely to respond to the situation than the Marine Corps, as there are NGs in each and every state put on 24-7 standby for "state of emergency" such as the one happened in the movie. It could also indicate that there is a Marine Corps base nearby Hardvardville and the Marines who were involved were called from there.Another possibility is that these are Marine units attached to the Army National Guard units,and at least half of the bulk is comprised of either the Marine Corps and Army National Guard/Reserve units,which explains the use of ACU,despite being less likely from other possibilities.It could also mean that in the RE universe,the Marine Corps adopted a urban version of the MARPAT which looked almost the same as ACUs,but this is also quite unlikely.

All of the Marines shown carry M4 Carbines, some with M203 Grenade Launcher attachments, which indicates that (at least nearly) all the Marines who participated in the operation held NCO ranks, as Marine Corps regulation states that only Marine NCOs or higher and Special Operations Forces such as the Marine Force Recon are allowed to use the M4 Carbine; the rest below the specified rank had to use M16A2/A4 service rifles. However, it could be the nature of the operation which took place in close-quarters where lengthy service rifles are cumbersome and they needed more firepower than a sub-machine gun which made them use the particular carbine. Then again, one of the theory of the Marines originally being National Guardsmen are based on the fact that the Army is mostly using the M4 Carbine as the service rifle replacing the M16A2 rifle, whilst the Marines are mostly using their M16A2 and M16A4 service rifles along with some front-line Army units (e.g: 3rd Infantry Division).

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+The U.S. Marine Corps A.K.A. USMC is a branch of the U.S. military responsible of Amphibious operations and are also in charge of the security in the U.S. embassies worldwide.They maintain their own special force units, armored divisions, and air wings, they are basically an autonomous force.One of their most known Special ops unit is the Marine Force recon.
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+==In the Resident Evil universe:==
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+[[Billy Coen]] was an Ex lieutenant in the USMC, he was with the Marine Force Recon special ops unit when he was deployed in central Africa.It is also possible that some marines along with GIs were guarding the quarantine outside Raccoon city during the 1998 outbreak.They were also deployed at the [[Harvardville airport]] in 2005 to contain the outbreak that had occurred, they seem to have contained it effortlessly since there were no known casualties apart from the ones who were massacred by [[Curtis Miller]] in the [[WilPharma]] building.
-[[File:Usmarines.gif|thumb|right|Emblem of the United States Marine Corps]]
+[[File:Usmarines.gif|thumb|right|Emblem of the United States Marine Corps]]
-In 2005, the Unites States' President -who may still be Graham - sent in a detachment of Marines to cleanse [[Harvardville Airport]] of [[T-virus]] infected [[Zombie]]s.<ref>Resident Evil: Degeneration</ref>
 ==Trivia==
-*The Marines are incorrectly depicted as wearing Army-issue ACUs (Army Combat Uniform), whereas the real U.S. Marine Corps wears its own patented digital MARPAT (MARine PATtern) camouflage uniform. But it may indicate that in the early phase of the movie,they were meant to pass for the National Guard,which are comprised almost entirely from Army Reserve units (the rest are Air National Guard, part of the U.S. Air Force) and are logically more likely to respond to the situation than the Marine Corps, as there are NGs in each and every state put on 24-7 standby for "state of emergency" such as the one happened in the movie. The later selection of the Marines for the final stage of the movie development could be a consideration in which the Marines are much more better combatant than the Army considering their combat experience. It could also indicate that there is a Marine Corps base nearby Hardvardville and the Marines who were involved were called from there.Another possibility is that these are Marine units attached to the Army National Guard units,and at least half of the bulk is comprised of either the Marine Corps and Army National Guard/Reserve units,which explains the use of ACU,despite being less likely from other possibilities.It could also mean that in the RE universe,the Marine Corps adopted a urban version of the MARPAT which looked almost the same as ACUs,but this is also quite unlikely.
+*The Marines are incorrectly depicted as wearing Army-issue ACUs (Army Combat Uniform), whereas the real U.S. Marine Corps wears its own patented digital MARPAT (MARine PATtern) camouflage uniform. But it may indicate that in the early phase of the movie,they were meant to pass for the National Guard,which are comprised almost entirely from Army Reserve units (the rest are Air National Guard, part of the U.S. Air Force) and are logically more likely to respond to the situation than the Marine Corps, as there are NGs in each and every state put on 24-7 standby for "state of emergency" such as the one happened in the movie. It could also indicate that there is a Marine Corps base nearby Hardvardville and the Marines who were involved were called from there.Another possibility is that these are Marine units attached to the Army National Guard units,and at least half of the bulk is comprised of either the Marine Corps and Army National Guard/Reserve units,which explains the use of ACU,despite being less likely from other possibilities.It could also mean that in the RE universe,the Marine Corps adopted a urban version of the MARPAT which looked almost the same as ACUs,but this is also quite unlikely.
 *All of the Marines shown carry [[M4 Carbine]]s, some with [[M203 Grenade Launcher]] attachments, which indicates that (at least nearly) all the Marines who participated in the operation held NCO ranks, as Marine Corps regulation states that only Marine NCOs or higher and Special Operations Forces such as the Marine Force Recon are allowed to use the M4 Carbine; the rest below the specified rank had to use M16A2/A4 service rifles. However, it could be the nature of the operation which took place in close-quarters where lengthy service rifles are cumbersome and they needed more firepower than a sub-machine gun which made them use the particular carbine. Then again, one of the theory of the Marines originally being National Guardsmen are based on the fact that the Army is mostly using the M4 Carbine as the service rifle replacing the M16A2 rifle, whilst the Marines are mostly using their M16A2 and M16A4 service rifles along with some front-line Army units (e.g: 3rd Infantry Division).
 ==Sources==
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+<references/><gallery captionalign="left">
+Marine.png|A Marine Force Recon marine shooting civilians in a African village in Central Africa.
+marine2.png|Marines entering the Harvardville airport terminal.
+maRines.png|Marines firing at the mutated Curtis Miller in the Wilpharma building.
+Sans 33.png|A security post defended by Marines near the infamous Raccoon city in 1998.
+</gallery>
 [[Category:Groups]]