Washington D.C. – May 19, 2010 – The Marine Corps Identity Bill has received 39 co-sponsors in the Senate.
The bill, S. 504, proposes to change the name of the Department of the Navy to the “Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.” The House version of the bill on May 4 unanimously passed after receiving more co-sponsors than any legislation introduced in the history of Congress—426. In order to become law, though, it must pass the Senate.
and Redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, a former Marine, today urged colleagues to recognize the service and sacrifice of the Marine Corps by redesignating the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and the Marine Corps.
Washington D.C. – April 20, 2010 – The Marine Corps Identity Bill, HR 24, has received 400 co-sponsors—92 percent of the House of Representatives.
Backed by the Marine Corps League, HR 24, introduced by North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones, proposes to change the name of the Department of the Navy to the “Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.” HR 24 is just seven votes shy of a 20-year record for most amount of co-sponsors on any House bill.
Sen. Johnny Isakson Becomes Newest S. 504 Co-sponsor
Washington D.C. – April 12, 2010 – Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia has become the newest co-sponsor of S. 504, a bill that would change the name of the Department of the Navy to the “Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.”
Why the Navy Department needs a new name.
From the Chicago Tribune
Here are four of the military services in which a patriotic American can enlist: Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Here is a list of the branches whose highest-ranking officers compose the Joints Chiefs of Staff: Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. And here is a list of the executive departments representing those service branches: Army, Air Force, Navy.
Taken from UPI
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) — Actor and Marine Corps veteran R. Lee Ermey says he backs a bill to rename the Department of the Navy the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps League, which is orchestrating the grassroots effort with Ermey, has started a petition-writing campaign to back legislation sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., The Hill reported Saturday.
“Marines have fought and died with their Navy brothers and sisters for more than 200 years,” said Michael Blum, the Marine Corps League executive director. “It’s finally time to give the Marine Corps the recognition the branch has long deserved.”
The Marine Corps League noted families of those who die in combat receive condolence letters on Navy letterhead stationery with no mention of the Marine Corps.
Congress officially created the Marine Corps on June 30, 1834 but placed the corps under the Department of the Navy.
The Marines have their own military command structure and function separately, The Hill said.
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