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History of the Marine Corps

The first and only podcast covering the battles, strategies, political decisions, and origin of the United States Marine Corps, from the origin of Tun Tavern to today.

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Jun 25, 2019

During this week’s episode, we discuss the battle of Trenton. It was Christmas time and General Washington was guarding Philadelphia against British forces opposite of his men on the Delaware River. With a snowstorm, lack of intelligence, outnumbered, and with most of his men’s enlistment expiring in a week, General...


Jun 18, 2019

We take a look at the beginning of the Trenton Campaign and spend most of the episode digging into Samuel Nicholas and his new role, some Marines who were selected to lead on four of the newly built frigates and explore the life of Robert Mullan. Towards the end of the episode, we introduce General George Washington and...


Jun 11, 2019

The Navy and Marines fight a few battles at sea, the Reprisal finally gets some action, and the Marines are assigned to the Continental Congresses new 13 ships built specifically for war. The Marine Committee also issued uniforms to Navy and Marine officers and issued pay raises for everyone…except for enlisted Marines.


Jun 4, 2019

This week, American forces continue to prove themselves. We'll take a look at the Marines and the Navy defending the Delaware River from the British Royal Navy.