When the British were defeated they stopped protecting American shipping. Barbary pirates wreaked havoc on American shipping. US Navy stepped it up. Marines created. Nickname leathernecks…because of the heavy leather collars on uniforms to resist barbary pirate swords.
Their slave trading and transporting is still happening. As it was back then. Just an fyi.
Marines already were in existence, since 1775. This is where they set themselves apart from other military institutions, imo. They had to do more, with less.
When the British were defeated they stopped protecting American shipping. Barbary pirates wreaked havoc on American shipping. US Navy stepped it up. Marines created. Nickname leathernecks…because of the heavy leather collars on uniforms to resist barbary pirate swords.
Their slave trading and transporting is still happening. As it was back then. Just an fyi.
Came here to say the same thing and you beat me to it. Well done.
Ha! I’m usually the one typing something someone else already sent. It’s history not many know about. More people need to know these details.
History is important.
Very much so. The Quran that Jefferson read/used that so many people point to- Jefferson read it to understand his enemy.
They were referred to as muhammedists back then.
One correction, the Marines began before that in 1775 that was a defining campaign for the Marines though. And proud to be a leatherneck.
Marines already were in existence, since 1775. This is where they set themselves apart from other military institutions, imo. They had to do more, with less.