Within a week , the 1st Battalion , 7th Marines military.military_service was to conduct a reconnaissance in force of the region between the Matanikau River and the village of Kokumbona , led by Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B . `` Chesty '' Puller , USMC , and departed the perimeter of the marine defenses on September 23 .

In 1776 , Samuel Nicholas and the Continental Marines military.military_service the `` progenitor '' of the United States Marine Corps , made a first successful landing in the Battle of Nassau .

Samuel Nicholas ( 1744 – 27 August 1790 ) was the first officer commissioned in the United States Continental Marines military.military_service predecessor to the United States Marine Corps ) and by tradition is considered to be the first Commandant of the Marine Corps .

However , on March 3 , 2006 , Zinni joined fellow former United States Marines military.military_service Joseph P. Hoar , Lt. General Greg Newbold , Lt. General Frank Petersen , and Congressman Jack Murtha in endorsing fellow former U.S. Marine and Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb for U.S. Senate in Virginia .

In March 2006 , Hoar joined fellow former United States Marines military.military_service Tony Zinni , Lt. General Greg Newbold , Lt. General Frank E. Petersen , and Congressman Jack Murtha in endorsing fellow former U.S. Marine and Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb for U.S. Senate in Virginia .

On 17 August 1942 , 211 Marines military.military_service the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion under command of Colonel Evans Carlson and Captain James Roosevelt were landed on Makin from two submarines , USS `` Nautilus '' and USS `` Argonaut '' .

Due to the free exchange and cross-training cooperation in these efforts , on one occasion , Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger from Wright Patterson Test Center jumped several times with the Marines military.military_service Recon Platoon , Marine Corps Test Unit # 1 .

In 1920 , the Mess of the Royal Marines military.military_service two portraits from Donald-Smith of Brigadier General F.W . Lumsden VC , DSO ( 1871–1918 ) , of the Royal Marine Artillery .

Together which such names as Sir Richard Williams , George Lewis , Sir Edward Nicolls , John Robyns , and Thomas Benjamin Adair , Sir James Malcolm figures prominently in the second volume of the still authoritative history of the British Royal Marines military.military_service Paul Harris Nicolas 's `` Historical Record of the Royal Marine Forces '' in two volumes ( London , 1845 ) .