U.S. Marines raised U.S. flag over shores of Tripoli on this day in history, April 27, 1805 Marines marched 400 miles from Alexandria, Egypt, to secure critical victory over pirate states in the ...

On The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power, by Max Boot. In the post-Civil War era, the Marine Corps, which had existed in various forms since 1775, gained a motto, a march ...

Patriotic songs generally give us a warm feeling about being part of something large, important and long lasting. We don’t expect policy guidance from a song. But there is an interesting exception: ...

In 1805, President Thomas Jefferson ordered the U.S. Navy and Marines to stop Barbary pirates from disrupting shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. This successful measure is captured in the Marine Corps ...

From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli We fight our country’s battles On the land as on the sea; The famed hymn of the U.S. Marines last week underwent another of its few changes since ...

Oct. 18 was the 250 th anniversary of the foundation of the U.S. Marine Corps. In that event, Rhode Island was a leader. On that day the Navy’s first ...

"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli..." Since the founding of the United States Marine Corps on Nov. 10, 1775, generations of Marines have proudly and selflessly put themselves on ...

Within days of his March 1801 inauguration as the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson ordered a naval and military expedition to North Africa, without the authorization of Congress, ...

From time to time on Memorial Day, our church choir is accompanied by the orchestra and sings the Military Medley, consisting of the official songs of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and ...

Libya, once the fly in good ol’ Ronny Raygun’s ointment, is at it again. This time around, though, the people of Libya are trying to get rid of Muammar Gaddafi rather than a covert airstrike on a ...