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The Royal Marines were officially formed in 1755 as Written by AnnetteJ (9/13/2010 9:39 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, Was 'marines' something like..., penned by Reeba

the infantry land fighting force of the Royal Navy. Marines today are still considered as the amphibious force. They are not part of the militia. Couldn't find anything on how they were promoted from rank to rank.

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Promotion in the Marines. Rachel G (9/12/2010 6:15 p.m.)

Found the answer: seniority Louise H (9/13/2010 9:31 p.m.)
- Aahhh... That explains it!!! Rachel G (9/14/2010 4:22 a.m.)
- Thanks BarbaraB (9/13/2010 9:40 p.m.)
Was 'marines' something like... Reeba (9/13/2010 7:53 a.m.)
- The Royal Marines were officially formed in 1755 as AnnetteJ (9/13/2010 9:39 a.m.)
  - Thanks, AnnetteJ and Jeffrey nfm Reeba (9/13/2010 5:08 p.m.)
  - A little more on Marines, FWIW... jeffrey (9/13/2010 12:41 p.m.)
    - And another snippet... Rachel G (9/13/2010 7:30 p.m.)
  - Thanks for taking the trouble to search, AnnetteJ, nfm Rachel G (9/13/2010 10:25 a.m.)
    - My pleasure! nfm AnnetteJ (9/13/2010 11:25 a.m.)
Looked a little but couldn't find anything that was AnnetteJ (9/13/2010 7:43 a.m.)
- The point of my query. Rachel G (9/13/2010 8:46 a.m.)
  - Thank you. That is what I thought but just wanted to AnnetteJ (9/13/2010 9:25 a.m.)

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