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By Country -

China

France

The French Navy is called the Marine Nationale, including the Troupes de Marine (French Marines); two types of which exist:

French Army units which were formerly titled Colonial Troops and were army troops who wore an anchor patch and served overseas, but were the responsibility of the French Navy for administration. Nowadays, Marine troops consist Marine Infantry (Infanterie de Marine), Marine Artillery (Artillerie de Marine), Marine Armor (Chars de Marine). Marine troops wear an anchor patch but belong nowadays to the French Army.
The Naval Fusiliers, Fusiliers de Marine or FUSMAR, who protected naval bases and served on capital ships. Currently the Naval Fusiliers consists of 14 Companies of Fusiliers and a small commando battalion (FUSCO, or fusiliers/commandos). They are under the common command of the FORFUSCO.

Japan

Korean

Netherlands

The Royal Netherlands Navy is called the Koninklijke Marine in Dutch, not to be confused with the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps which is part of it.

Norway

The Royal Norwegian Navy is called Den Kongelige Norske Marine in Norwegian. The Royal Norwegian Navy unit responsible for naval infantry and ISTAR operations (equivalent to other countries' marine corps) is the Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command (Kystjegerkommandoen).

Russian

Spain

Spain's Infanteria de Marina - The oldest Marine Corps in the world was established on February 27, 1537 by Carlos I when he permanently assigned the Companias Viejas del Mar de Napoles (Naples Old Sea Companys) to the Escuadras de Galeras del Mediterraneo (Mediterranean Galley Squadrons).

Taiwan

Thailand

United Kingdon

The Royal Marines of the United Kingdom were formed in 1664 and are administered by the Royal Navy

United States

United States Marine Corps - (established as the Continental Marines on November 10, 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). This is largest military organization designated as "Marine" in the world, and the majority of the world's "Marine" troops are American.

Note that some countries do not differentiate branches of their armed forces, as Israeli Defense Forces.

United Kingdom

Corps of Colonial Marines - Formed by the British during the mid 1840s to serve in the remaining British America colonies (mainly the West Indies), The Colonial Marines were controlled by the Royal Marines as an auxiliary force. Initially recruited from freed or escaped slaves from the United States and later from local inhabitants, these units were either disbanded or absorbed by the West Indies Regiment.

United States