the Marines
noun
: the part of a country's military forces that includes soldiers who serve on a ship or are closely associated with a naval force : the U.S. Marine Corps or the British Royal Marines
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Cope White, a cheerful Texan raised by a peripatetic single mother, joined the Marines with his straight best friend.
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Bob Morris, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Heizer's Cameron struggles to find his place in the world before enlisting in the Marines straight out of high school.
—Dory Jackson, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The story is wall-to-wall clichés, with the playable bits serving as flashbacks to catch audiences up to the present, where the Marines are interrogating a shady government official about how the world went FUBAR.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Though the platoon itself anchors the story, audiences also get to see a bit more about the inner workings of the Marines and Parris Island.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Bob Morris, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Heizer's Cameron struggles to find his place in the world before enlisting in the Marines straight out of high school.
—Dory Jackson, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
The story is wall-to-wall clichés, with the playable bits serving as flashbacks to catch audiences up to the present, where the Marines are interrogating a shady government official about how the world went FUBAR.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Though the platoon itself anchors the story, audiences also get to see a bit more about the inner workings of the Marines and Parris Island.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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“The Marines.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Marines. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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