Marines and Special forces

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Marines noun - Members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea.

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Special forces and marines are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special forces" instead a noun "Marines".

Special forces noun - A division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting.

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Marines and special forces are semantically related. You can use "Marines" instead a noun phrase "Special forces".

In MGS1, the 'high-tech next-generation special forces' are the useless Mooks of the game, and in MGS2, the US Marines and Navy SEALs are Red Shirt Armies.

Source: Video Game / Metal Gear
This suggests that the aliens are only winning because of superior numbers (a whole army vs a single special forces battalion) and that the marines are giving as good as they get.

Source: Video Game / Half-Life
Marines who invade the Bashaw's palace in The Wind and the Lion were actually Spanish Special Forces, as the movie was filmed in Spain, with Sevilla and Almeria standing in for Tangier.

Source: Backed by the Pentagon

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