First to Fight: The Marine Corps Quiz

The first two battalions of Marines were formed at the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The first Marine Corps uniform jackets were green.

The first amphibious landing of the Marine Corps was during the Battle of Nassau on March 3, 1776, when 200 marines landed and secured stockpiles of ammunition and gunpowder.

Marine officers have carried the Mameluke sword since 1825 to reflect the Corps' success during the First Barbary War.

The symbol represents the United States, the Marine Corps' ties to the Navy and worldwide service.

Nicholas was appointed major of the Marines in 1776.

Latin for "always faithful," semper fidelis became the Marine Corps motto in 1883.

Capt. Alfred A. Cunningham is credited by many as having brought the Marine Corps into the age of flight.

Fought predominantly by U.S. Marines, the Battle of Belleau Wood stopped the German offensive in World War I and earned the Marines the nickname "Devil Dogs."

Marines are often called leathernecks and jarheads, but not necessarily lone wolves.

The Few. The Proud. The Marines.

No recruit earns the title Marine without first gaining proficiency as a marksman with the M16 service rifle.

Marine Corps Recruit Training lasts 12 weeks, during which recruits go through strength, weapons and combat training.

R. Lee Ermey, who is best known as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket," retired as a staff sergeant. But in 2002 the Marine Corps granted him an honorary promotion to gunnery sergeant. He is the first retiree in the history of the Marines to receive such an honor.

There was a large contingent of Marines onboard the USS Texas who were held back. The leaders of the Allied forces were all Army generals, and because of a longstanding rivalry between the Army and the Marines, perhaps they weren't willing to share spotlight on what could be the biggest operation of the war.

During the Korean War, hotshot fighter pilot John Glenn shot down three MiG fighter jets. He also became the first American to orbit Earth and the oldest person to ever go into space at age 77.

First formed in 1798, The President's Own is famous for having performed at the inauguration of every American president since Thomas Jefferson in 1801.

Photographer Joe Rosenthal provided the U.S. Marine Corps with one of its most enduring images with his picture of Marines raising the flag over Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II.

The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to any member of the armed forces, including the Marines.

While the Marine Corps is its own branch of the U.S. military, it falls under the administration of the Department of the Navy.

The ranking of Marine Corps officers from lowest to highest is second lieutenant, captain, major, colonel and brigadier general.

Allied forces invaded Okinawa on April 1, 1945. The battle lasted 82 days.

During the Chosin Reservoir campaign of the Korean War, Marines successfully evacuated 98,000 refugees, broke through an enemy encirclement and even rebuilt a bridge that the Chinese destroyed. The campaign is one of the defining events of the Marine Corps' modern history.

Lt. Gen. Lewis "Chesty" Puller was one of the most decorated Marines in the Corps and the only Marine ever to earn the Navy Cross five times.

The secretary of the Navy allowed women to enroll for clerical duty in the Marine Corps in 1918.

The first group of female Marines took the combat Leadership test in 2012.

Women account for more than 7 percent of the Marine Corps, serving in 93 percent of all occupational fields and 62 percent of all facilities.

Unfortunately, 220 Marines were killed when the suicide bomber drove a truck bomb into their secure headquarters in Beirut.

The Commandant's Own is the only drum and bugle corps in the active duty U.S. armed forces.

Ooh-rah, not to be confused with the Army's cry "hooah!," signifies that Marines are ready and eager to accomplish the mission before them.