The USMC (United States Marine Corps) is a branch of US Armed Forces, which provides protection from the sea. This department often works closely with US Naval Forces for transportation, training and other logistic purposes. Marine Corps is a separate branch of the US military leadership.
US Marine Corps Training is commonly called as ‘boot camp’, which is an initial training program before joining the US Marine Corps. All enlisted candidates will undergo recruit training at one of the two MCRD Department (Marine Corps Recruit Depots) such as California, San Diego, South Carolina and Parris Island.
US Marine officers are categorized according to their grades. If the officers demonstrate good performance, then they are given increase in their salary grade. Here is the Hierarchy and insignia of the US Marine, starting from lowest rank to the highest rank, with tables indicating abbreviations in the style used by the Marine Corps, pay grades, and rank, insignia :
The United States Marine Corps uses variety of latest equipments and technologies. Some of them are used on a daily basis for practice while some are rarely used. Most of them have nicknames or are called by an abbreviation codes. The technology can be further sub-categorized into equipments, vehicles and weapons.