 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1776, maContinental Marines akatanga rwendo rwawo rwokutanga. MaContinental Marines akaparadzwa pakupera kwehondo, pamwe chete neContinental Navy. Mukugadzirira Hondo Yokufananidzira neFrance, Congress yakasika United States Navy neMarine Corps. Chiito chakakurumbira cheMarines chenguva ino chakaitika muHondo Yekutanga yeBarbary 1801 1805 vachipesana neBarbary pirates. MuHondo yeMexico neAmerica 1846-1848, maMarine akaita kurwisa kwavo kwakakurumbira paChapultepec Palace, iyo yaitarira kuMexico City, basa ravo guru rokutanga rokufambira. Muma1850, maMarines aizoona basa muPanama, uye muAsia. Munguva yeHondo yeVanhu veUnited States 18611865 Marine Corps yakatamba chete basa diki mushure mekutora kwavo chikamu mukukundwa kweUnion muhondo yekutanga ye a hrefFirst20Battle20of20Bull20Run First Bull Run Manassasa. Basa ravo raikosha raiva basa rokudzivirira uye mamwe hondo dzezvikepe, asi vakaunganidzwa nokuda kwemabasa mashomanana sezvo hondo yakafambira mberi. Zvasara zvezana ramakore rechi 19 zvaizova nguva yekuderera kwesimba nekufungisisa pamusoro pebasa reMarine Corps. Mukutonga kwaCommandant Jacob Zeilin 18641876, tsika dzakawanda dzeMarine netsika dzakaumbwa. Munguva yeHondo yeSpain neAmerica 1898, maMarine aizotungamira mauto eU.S. kumahombekombe muPhilippines, Cuba, nePuerto Rico, vachiratidza kugadzirira kwavo kuendeswa. Pakati pa1900 na1916, Marine Corps yakaenderera mberi nerekodhi yayo yekutora chikamu mukutsvaga kwekunze, kunyanya muCaribbean neCentral neSouth America, iyo yaisanganisira Panama, Cuba, Veracruz, Haiti, Santo Domingo, neNicaragua. 