marines

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Footage published by Centcom shows US marines rappelling from a helicopter on to the deck of a ship, said to be the oil tanker Celestial Sea, in the Gulf of Oman.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Another photo showed a grinning Kim sitting with Ju Ae at a table in the ship's mess hall, surrounded by uniformed marines eating instant rice meals.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Soldiers, marines, and their support crews need food, water, ammo, and other supplies; a base of some sort would have to be set up.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

In those days, when weak countries defaulted on their debts or otherwise offended great powers, marines on gunboats seized the customs offices in the ports of entry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

And so it was home to one runway and about five hundred bored American servicemen, mostly marines.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand