 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvasara zvezana ramakore rechi 19 zvaizova nguva yokuderera kwesimba nokufungisisa pamusoro pebasa reMarine Corps. Shanduko yeNavy kubva kumaseiri kuenda kumhepo yakaisa mubvunzo kudikanwa kweMarines mungarava dzehondo; zvirokwazvo, kutsiva masts uye kurongedza nemidziyo yeutsi chaizvoizvo kwakasiya varwi veMarines vasina nzvimbo. Zvisinei, maMarine aizoshanda sechinhu chakanakira kupindira uye kumhara kuchengetedza hupenyu hweU.S. uye pfuma kune dzimwe nyika, dzakadai sekufamba kuFormosa muna 1867. Muna June 1871, 651 Marine akaendeswa kuKorea uye akaburuka paGanghwa Island umo vatanhatu veMarines vakawana Medal of Honor uye mumwe akaurayiwa kuburuka kwakaitwawo neFrance muna 1866 neJapan muna 1875, makore makumi manomwe nemapfumbamwe pamberi pekumhara kwakakurumbira paInchon iri pedyo. Mushure mokunge Virginius Affair yakakonzera hondo inotyisa neSpain, Marines akabatanidzwa mumakwikwi ehondo yekumhanya muKey West muna 1874, Gardiners Island munaAugust 1884, uye Newport, Rhode Island munaNovember 1887. Varwi vatatu veMarines vakagamuchira menduru dzorukudzo muHondo yaVagari vomuSamoa. Pamwe chete, maMarines aibatanidzwa mukupindira kwakasiyana-siyana kunopfuura makumi maviri nesere mumakore makumi matatu nemashanu kubva pakupera kweHondo Yenyika kusvika pakupera kwezana ramakore rechi19, kusanganisira China, Formosa, Japan, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Mexico, Korea, Panama, Egypt, Haiti, Samoa, Argentina, Chile, neColombia, kusanganisira kubviswa kweHumambo hweHawaii, iyo yaizobatanidzwa makore mashanu gare gare. Vaizodanwawo kuti vadzivise nyongano dzezvematongerwe enyika nedzevashandi mukati meUnited States, zvakadai sokurinda tsamba. Muna 1885, mutori wenhau wehondo Richard Harding Davis akaita kuti mashoko okuti MaMarine asvika uye ane mamiriro ezvinhu ari mumaoko ave akakurumbira paaitsanangura kupindira kweAmerica mukupandukira kwePanama. 