The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projections from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined arms task forces. The US Marine Corps Electronic Library is the official collection of US Marine Corps documents. The USMC uses each of these documents in order to facilitate carrying out its mission. These publications include manuals, historical publications, journals, legal documents and more. Titles in this collection include: Al-Anbar Awakening: American Perspectives, Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa, and A History of Women Marines, 1946-1977. This publication is one in this collection.