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Title: Marine Corps History


1
Marine Corps History
  • Post Vietnam Era Keeping the Peace
  • 1976-1986

2
Post Vietnam Statistics
  • Total Strength 192,000
  • Enlisted 174,000
  • Officers 18,000
  • High School Grads below 50
  • Drug Use Not Tested
  • Criminal Records Not Checked
  • Morale Low
  • Desertions High
  • Violent Crime High

3
1976
  • Jul Marines Evacuate American citizens from
    Beirut, Lebanon
  • Sep Marines begin wearing the camouflage utility
    uniform
  • Nov First annual Marine Corps Marathon held in
    Washington, DC

4
1977
  • May TBS graduates first male/female class
  • Jun the billett Director of Women Marines is
    eliminated from the Corps (males and females are
    no longer considered separate parts of the Marine
    Corps)
  • Nov Unit Deployment Program (UDP) replaces
    unaccompanied tours of duty to the Far East
    (maintain unit cohesion, enhance combat readiness)

5
1978
  • May Margaret A. Brewer
    becomes the first female Brigadier
    General in the corps
  • Aug CAX (combined arms exercise) becomes a part
    of Marines training for decades to come
    (Air/Ground
    Live Fire Training)
  • Oct Commandant becomes a full member of the JCS
    (Joint Chiefs of Staff)

6
1979
  • Feb US Embassy (Iran) attacked and Marines
    abducted (held captive for one week)
  • Jun US Embassy (Nicaragua) Marines help evacuate
    1400 as Sandinista forces overthrow Somoza
    dictatorship
  • Oct US Embassy (El Salvador) attacked
  • Nov US Embassy (Iran) overrun and 65 Americans
    taken hostage
  • Nov US Embassy (Pakistan) attacked and burned
  • Dec Marine Corps establishes the
    Maritime Pre-positioning Force (MPF)

7
1980
  • Mar Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (RDJTF)
    established
  • Apr Operation Desert One
    fails to rescue hostages (Iran)
  • Total Strength 188,000
  • Enlisted 170,000
  • Officers 18,000
  • High School Grads 80
  • Drug Use Not Tested
  • Criminal Records Checked before allowed into
    Corps

8
1981
  • Jan 52 American hostages freed after 444 days in
    captivity (Iran)
  • Advances
  • CH53E Super Stallion (double the lift and
    in-flight refueling)
  • AV8 Harriers (aboard ship with helicopters)
  • M198 155mm Howitzer
  • Urinalysis testing, The War On Drugs Begins

9
1982
  • Jun Marines evacuate 580 U.S. citizens (Lebanon)
  • Sep Marines take up positions at Beirut
    International Airport (responding to a massacre
    of innocent Palestinian refugees)
  • Oct High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
    (HMMWV) replaced the Jeep Meal Ready to
    Eat (MRE) replaced C rations
  • Dec RDJTF replaced with Central Command
    (CENTCOM) (Middle East, South West Asia, Indian
    Ocean)

10
1983
  • Jan F/A-18 Hornet replaces F-4 A-4
  • Feb Kevlar replaces steel helmet
  • Apr U.S. Embassy bombed killing 61 (Lebanon)
  • Aug Beirut Airport Marines under attack
  • Sep Cease Fire in effect but sniper fire
    continues
  • Oct Grenada 22MAU invades to stop a Communist
    coup
  • Oct Beirut Truck bomb destroys BLT 1/8 building
    (241 dead)
  • Dec U.S. Embassy bombed (Kuwait)

11
1984
  • Feb Beirut U.S. civilians evacuated
  • Marines withdraw
  • May LCAC
  • Landing Craft Air Cushion in
    service
  • Sep U.S. Embassy Annex Building
  • bombed killing 23 (Beirut,
    Lebanon)

12
1985
  • Jan 9mm Beretta replaces the .45 caliber pistol
  • Jun Special Operations Capable (SOC)
  • mandatory for deploying units
  • Jun Communist Guerrillas kill four off-duty
  • Marine Embassy Guards (El Salvador)

13
1986
  • Mar Libyan missile boats sunk during training
  • exercise (Gulf of Sidra)
  • Mar Libyan Terrorist bomb night club frequented
  • by US Citizens (Germany)
  • Apr U.S. bombs Libyan targets
  • Sep Officers removed from SNCO
  • Academies

14
Acronyms
  • MAGTF
  • CE
  • SE
  • GCE
  • ACE
  • MEU
  • MEB
  • MEF
  • MAU
  • MAB
  • MAF
  • TBS
  • UDP
  • CAX
  • MPF
  • RDJTF
  • MRE
  • HMMWV
  • CENTCOM
  • SOC
  • SNCO
  • JCS
  • SOC
  • NEO
  • TRAP
  • SAR

15
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