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The Pakistan Marines (Urdu: ); English IPA: pɑkʰ məriːniz (or/ simply Marines); reporting name PM), is an expeditionary and naval warfare uniform service branch of Pakistan Armed Forces that consists of active duty high-ranking officers and personnel of the Pakistan Navy. The Pakistan Marines are responsible for providing force projection from the sea, using the mobility of the Pakistan Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. Established in 1990, it is estimated about 2,000 active-duty personnel from the Navy, with plans to grow to brigade strength by 2015.〔(Pakistani Marines tour East Coast bases - Marine Corps News, news from Iraq - Marine Corps Times )〕 In a military leadership structure, the Marines are a component of Pakistan Navy, often working closely with the Navy for training, executing expeditionary operations and logistics purposes.〔 The Marines are not the separate branch but a part of Pakistan Navy. The Marines were first formed as an amphibious battalion on 1 June 1971, in East-Pakistan as naval infantry to execute operations;〔 however after producing a poor performance in the 1971 war with India, the Marines were disbanded from their service in 1974. In 1990, the Marines were re-established by Commander Obaidullah; since then they have been a part of Navy, often conducting operations with the Pakistan naval forces.〔 Pakistan Marines are primarily tasked with defending naval installations whilst guarding and monitoring the disputed Sir Creek border with India. During their training at the Marines Training School, military exercises are occasionally conducted in conjunction with the United States Marine Corps. As befits their close association with the Navy, the Marines share the same ranks with the Pakistan Navy but the military codes and training is the same as in the Pakistan Army.〔 In 2010, Marines, with a close coordination with the Army, Navy, and Air Force, were working around the clock to rescue villagers trapped by the country's worst deluge in 80 years.〔(Amid the Pakistan floods: 'A village slowly drowning' )〕 ==History== The Pakistan Marines trace their history to 1971 when the East Pakistan Navy under Rear-Admiral Mohammad Shariff, formed the amphibious and expeditionary warfare wing on June 1, 1971.〔 The unit consisted of a Marine Battalion and an Amphibious Wing to support riverine operations in East Pakistan.〔(Pns Qasim )〕 The entire geographical region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) is essentially a dead level plain, making it highly difficult for the Pakistan Army to conduct operations of mechanized warfare, although it is ideal place for amphibious warfare.〔 The aim and objectives of the Indian Army was to occupy strategic areas of East Pakistan, notably the Chittagong and Khulna.〔 In these two areas, Indian Army aimed to establish the provisional government, the capture of the whole of East Pakistan was not even conceived. The Pakistan Navy in the East was capable of conducting the riverine operations, but with only four patrol craft and some two dozen improvised or confiscated river vessels.〔 But it could hardly challenge the Indian Navy in deep waters, especially in the absence of air cover.〔 The Marines on the other hand performed so poorly in operations that the completely surprised Pakistan Armed Forces therefore adopted the white papers of the Hamoodur Rahman Commission, and the government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto disestablished, decommissioned and disbanded the Marines formation in 1974.〔 The Marines were finally restored by Admiral Jasturul-Haq Malick, chief of naval staff of Navy, on 14 April 1990. Its initially objectives were to provide security to cover naval assets, naval bases, and to aide civil power using the Naval mobility. Immediately, the two battalions were raised after personnel from Naval police were drafted. Navy's Commander M. Obaidullah (PN. Service number 1558) was designated its first Commanding Officer. The Marines were headquartered at the Fort Qasim which was at that time under the operational control of PNS ''Himalayas''. As a first step, PNS ''Qasim'' was commissioned as training Camp Depot Unit (DCU) on November 25, 1990. The commissioning crew consisted of eighty commissioned officers, sixty seven sailors from general service and forty three Marines. Since the Corps' establishment, Marines had performed their assigned task with utmost dedication and alacrity. As part of the first combat assignment, the Marines were deployed at the Sir Creek region during the last decade, threat on the South-Eastern border increased manifolds, warranting an immediate response. Estimating the type and quantum of threat, the Pakistan Navy proposed deployment of a sizable force in the Sir Creeks region. The then-Rear Admiral Shahid Karimullah vigorously pursued the case of an additional battalion and its phase-wise development plan. Since its inception, Creeks Battalion is deployed in its designated Area of Responsibility. On 28 March 2013, Pakistan Navy commissioned the third battalion of Pakistan Marines in order to further strengthen the defense of the Gwadar Port and to enhance the security of vital Pakistan Navy assets and installations along the western coasts of Pakistan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pakistan Marines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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