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:''For the article dealing with the branch of the [[United States Military]], see [[United States Marine Corps]].''
 
:''For the article dealing with the branch of the [[United States Military]], see [[United States Marine Corps]].''
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'''Marine''' is from the Latin ''mare'' ("sea"), and can refer to certain studies of sea and ocean, such as marine [[biology]], and others more generally dealing with water, such as marine [[research]] and [[oceanography]]. A marine scene is "a picture of a ship or a sea scene."<ref>[http://www.yourdictionary.com/marine Marine (yourdictionary.com)]</ref>
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'''Marine''' is from the Latin ''mare'' ("sea"), and can refer to certain studies of sea and ocean, such as marine [[biology]], and others more generally dealing with water, such as marine [[research]] and [[oceanography]]. Marine jellies are [[jellyfish]]; while marine jelly is an alternative name for the [[trademark]]-registered rust-removal product called ''Naval Jelly''. A marine scene is "a picture of a ship or a sea scene."<ref>[http://www.yourdictionary.com/marine Marine (yourdictionary.com)]</ref>
    
Most typically however, the word Marine is used to designate a certain division of [[military]] duty: anciently, those security forces or troops of [[warrior]]s assigned to naval vessels of [[Naval warfare|maritime nations]]; more recently in history (17th through 21st century) those military forces dedicated to both defense aboard ships and to amphibious combat operations abroad on land (for example, in the [[World War II#Far East|Pacific Theater of operations]] in [[World War II]], and the Mekong Delta during the [[Vietnam War]]). A marine "corps" generally [[definition|denotes]] the combat service division of a nation's [[navy]], which includes both sea and air combat capabilities.<ref>[http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Corps Corps - definition (military.wikia.com)]</ref>  
 
Most typically however, the word Marine is used to designate a certain division of [[military]] duty: anciently, those security forces or troops of [[warrior]]s assigned to naval vessels of [[Naval warfare|maritime nations]]; more recently in history (17th through 21st century) those military forces dedicated to both defense aboard ships and to amphibious combat operations abroad on land (for example, in the [[World War II#Far East|Pacific Theater of operations]] in [[World War II]], and the Mekong Delta during the [[Vietnam War]]). A marine "corps" generally [[definition|denotes]] the combat service division of a nation's [[navy]], which includes both sea and air combat capabilities.<ref>[http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Corps Corps - definition (military.wikia.com)]</ref>  
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