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{{Use Pakistani English|date=June 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Pakistan Marines
| image                         = Pakistan Marines Logo.png
| image_size                    = 210
| caption                       = Emblem of the Pakistan Marines
| start_date                    = 1 June 1971<br>({{Age in years and months|1971|06|1}} ago)<ref name="ISPR Navy, 2012">{{cite web |title=Pakistan Navy Chronology of Important Event from 1947 to June 2012 |url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/chron_history.html |website=www.paknavy.gov.pk |publisher=ISPR Navy |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-date=26 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926210001/https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/chron_history.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| country                       = {{PAK}}
| allegiance                    = 
| branch                        = {{flagicon image|Naval Jack of Pakistan.svg}} [[Pakistan Navy]]
| type                          = [[Marines]]
| native_name                   = {{Nastaliq|بحریہَ پاکستان}}
| role                          = [[Amphibious warfare]], [[Naval infantry]]
| size                          = 3,200 (est.)<ref name=IISS2021>{{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2021 |author1=International Institute for Strategic Studies |author-link1=International Institute for Strategic Studies |date=25 February 2021 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=[[London]] |page= 291 |isbn=9781032012278}}</ref>
| command_structure             = {{flagicon image|Naval Jack of Pakistan.svg}} [[Pakistan Navy]]
| garrison                      = [[Qasim Fort|Manora Fort]], [[PNS Qasim|Pak Marines Base]] in [[Karachi coast|Karachi Coast]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]]
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| nickname                      = '''Pak Marines'''
| motto                         = {{langx|ar|وَ  اعْتَصِمُوْا  بِحَبْلِ  اللّٰهِ  جَمِیْعًا  وَّ  لَا  تَفَرَّقُوْا۪}} {{langx|ur|اور اللہ کی رسی مضبوط تھام لو سب مل کر اور آپس میں 
بٹ نہ جانا (فرقوں میں نہ بٹ جانا)}} "And hold fast to the rope of Allah, all of you together, and do not be divided;"  (''[[Quran|Qur'an]], [[Al Imran|3:103]]'')
| colors                        = {{legend inline|#1F305E|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend inline|#FFFFFF|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
| colors_label                  = Colors
| march                         = 
| mascot                        = 
| equipment                     = 
| equipment_label               = 
| battles                       = {{collapsible list
 | titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
 | title = ''Major conflicts and wartime operations''
|[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]
*{{small|[[Sir Creek|Sir Creek incident in 1999]]}}
*{{small|[[Atlantique incident|Atlantique incident in 1999]]}}
[[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts]]
*{{small|[[2001 India Pakistan standoff|Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2001]]}}
*{{small|[[2008 India Pakistan standoff|Indo-Pakistani standoff in 2008]]}}
*{{small|[[India Pakistan skirmishes|Indo-Pakistan skirmishes in 2016]]}}
[[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean tsunami]]<br>[[War on Terror]]
*{{small|[[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]}}
*{{small|[[Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa|OEF – Horn of Africa]]}}
*{{small|[[Operation Bright Star]]}}
*{{small|[[2010 Pakistan floods|2010 Pakistan Floods]]}}
*{{small|[[Operation Madad (Pakistan Navy)|Operation Madad]]}}
*{{small|[[Pakistan Armed Forces deployments in Saudi Arabia]]}}
}}
| anniversaries                 = [[Navy Day]]: 6 September
| decorations                   = 
| battle_honours                = 
| battle_honours_label          = 
| disbanded                     = 
| flying_hours                  = 
| website                       = <!-- Commanders -->
| commander1                    = {{flagicon image|Flag of the President of Pakistan.svg}} [[President of Pakistan|President]] [[Asif Ali Zardari]]
| commander1_label              = [[Commander-in-chief#Pakistan|Commander-in-Chief]]
| commander2                    = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee.svg}} [[General (Pakistan)|General]] [[Sahir Shamshad Mirza]] [[Nishan-i-Imtiaz|NI(M)]]
| commander2_label              = [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff]]
| commander3                    = [[Rear Admiral (Pakistan)|Rear Admiral]] Faisal Amin [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]
| commander3_label              = Commandant
| commander4                    = 
| commander4_label              = 
| notable_commanders            = <!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol         = 
| identification_symbol_label   = Pakistan Marines Headquarters Logo
| identification_symbol_2       = 
| identification_symbol_2_label = Abbreviation
| identification_symbol_3       = Marines
| identification_symbol_3_label = Arm Badge
| identification_symbol_4       = [[File:Naval Standard of Pakistan.svg|100px]]
| identification_symbol_4_label = Flag
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The '''Pakistan Marines''' ([[Urdu]]: {{Nastaliq|سمندری پاکستان or بحریہَ پاکستان}})<ref name="Seaforth Publishing, Waters, 2011">{{cite book |last1=Waters |first1=Conrad |title=Seaforth World Naval Review 2012 |date=2011 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Palo Alto, CA, USA |isbn=9781783466320 |pages=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lc87DAAAQBAJ&q=Pakistan+marines&pg=PA76 |access-date=28 November 2018 |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206115142/https://books.google.com/books?id=Lc87DAAAQBAJ&q=Pakistan+marines&pg=PA76 |url-status=live }}</ref> or simply as '''Pak Marines''', is an [[Expeditionary warfare|expeditionary]] and [[amphibious warfare]] [[Pakistan Military|uniform service]] branch within the [[Pakistan Navy]], consisting of the naval officers and other personnel to perform their duties within the Marines.<ref name="Pakistan Navy Directorate for Public Press Release">{{cite web|title=Pakistan Marines|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JtnB1FDqNY|work=Pakistan Navy promotional video (Only available in Urdu)| date=3 December 2010 |publisher=Pakistan Navy Directorate for Public Press Release|access-date=17 April 2012|archive-date=23 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223105037/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JtnB1FDqNY|url-status=live}}</ref> Pakistan Marines are responsible for providing [[Military power projection|force protection]] in littorals, using the mobility of the Pakistan Navy to provide creeks defence, ground based air defence and Force protection.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vk8-vgAACAAJ&q=IISS+2017|title=The Military Balance 2017|last=(Iiss)|first=The International Institute of Strategic Studies|date=2017-02-14|publisher=Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated|isbn=9781857439007|language=en|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205200222/https://books.google.com/books?id=Vk8-vgAACAAJ&q=IISS+2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the Pakistani military leadership structure, the Marines are the expeditionary and amphibious branch within the Navy, often working closely with the [[Pakistan Army]] for training, executing expeditionary operations and [[Military logistics|logistics]] purposes.<ref name="Pakistan Navy Directorate for Public Press Release"/>

Initially established and [[Commissioned officers|commissioned]] on 1 June 1971 in [[East Pakistan|East-Pakistan]], to assist Pakistan Army in riverine warfare. GHQ employed this infant force in successfully evacuating Pakistan Army units from encirclement by Indian Army. They were headquartered in [[BNS Issa Khan|PNS Bakhtiar]] and [[BNS Titumir|PNS Titumir]] to oversee the tactical riverine /waterborne operations. This small but valiant force soon started to make  significant impact on retrograde waterborne operations of Pakistan and saved many lives. Post war scenario led to their [[Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report|decommissioning in 1974]] due to no riverine area of operations left with Pakistan that time.<ref name="Navy Inter-Services Public Relations (Naval ISPR)">{{cite web|last=PNS Qasim|title=History|url=http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/qasim.htm|work=Pakistan Navy's Navy Inter-Services Public Relations (Naval ISPR)|publisher=Navy Inter-Services Public Relations (Naval ISPR)|access-date=17 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704062828/http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/qasim.htm|archive-date=4 July 2006}}</ref>

On 25 November 1990, the Marines were re-organized and recommissioned under [[Commander (rank)|Cdr.]] Obaidullah–since then they have been a component of the Navy, conducting expeditionary operations with the special forces of [[Special Service Group|army]] and the [[Special Service Group Navy|navy]].<ref name="Navy Inter-Services Public Relations (Naval ISPR)"/> The Marines are primarily tasked with [[Rapid reaction force|quick response]] and [[Marine Reconnaissance|marine reconnaissance]] objectives to guard the coastal and [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious]] regions of the country, and receives training at the School of Infantry and Tactics by the Pakistan Army's instructors.<ref name="Pakistan Navy Directorate for Public Press Release"/>

In 2010, Marines, in close co-ordination with the Pakistan Army, Navy, and Air Force, were working around the clock to rescue villagers trapped by the [[2010 Pakistan floods|country's worst deluge]] in 80 years.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10919568 |title=Amid the Pakistan floods: 'A village slowly drowning' |work=BBC News |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123185727/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10919568 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|Evolution of Pakistan Eastern Command plan|l1=Military of East Pakistan}} {{See also|Bangladesh Liberation War|Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971}}

The Pakistan Marines traces their history back to [[East Pakistan]] when the infantry [[battalion]], dedicated towards the [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious operations]] with the [[Pakistan Army]], was commissioned in the Navy on 1 June 1971.{{rp|76}}<ref name="Seaforth Publishing, Waters, 2011" /> Initially, the Marines were modeled based on the British [[Royal Marines]] and were aimed towards conducting independent expeditionary and amphibious operations in a [[Geography of Bangladesh|geographical region]] that was essentially a dead-level plain, which made it difficult for the Pakistan Army to conduct mechanized operations, though an ideal theatre for amphibious ground forces.<ref name="Pakistan Marines (Global Security.org)">{{cite web|last=Pakistan Marines (Global Security.org)|title=Pakistan Marines|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/marines.htm|work=Global Security.org|publisher=Pakistan Marines (Global Security.org)|access-date=17 April 2012|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613001010/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/marines.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Marines were initially tasked to counter the [[Indian Army]] in [[Chittagong]] and [[Khulna]] with only four [[patrol boat]] and improvised imported [[amphibious vehicle]]s.<ref name="Pakistan Marines (Global Security.org)"/> Due to lack of training and vessels, misunderstanding of the amphibious terrains, operational capabilities, the Marines failed to produce any significant results to counter the insurgency that resulted in their decommissioning  in 1974.<ref name="Pakistan Marines (Global Security.org)"/>
[[File:US Army 52876 Bright Star 09 Amphibious Exercise.jpg|thumb|left|290px|{{small|The battalion of Pakistan Marines landing and ashore off a landing craft utility during a training exercise in support of Operation Bright Star.}}]]

Nonetheless, the Marines continued to exists in its rudimentary form until 1988 to meet the fundamental security requirements of Pakistan Navy offshore establishments in the country.<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan">{{cite web |title=Marine Badges: Pakistan |url=http://www.marinebadges.com/collection/pakistan/ |website=www.marinebadges.com |access-date=29 November 2018 |language=ru |archive-date=20 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220091031/http://www.marinebadges.com/collection/pakistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the introduction of the [[Mistral (missile)|Mistral]] weapon system in the Navy, the Marines were re-commissioned under [[Commander (rank)|Cdr.]] Obaidulla ([[Pakistan Navy|PN.]] [[Service number]] 1558) with [[Manora Fort, Karachi|Manora Fort]] at the vicinity of the [[PNS Qasim]] serving its first [[forward base]] on 14 April 1990.<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan"/><ref name="ISPR Navy, 2012" />

Per Navy's request, the [[Pakistan Army]] undertook the training of the new Marines personnel at the [[Pakistan Military Academy]] in [[Kakul]] and later at the School of Infantry and Tactics in [[Quetta]], aiming to raise an infantry unit to guard the offshore establishments of the Navy.{{rp|159}}<ref name="Springer, Siddiqa-Agha, 2001">{{cite book |last1=Siddiqa-Agha |first1=A. |title=Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy |date=2001 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230513525 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beJ8DAAAQBAJ&q=Pakistan+Marines+1990&pg=PA159 |access-date=29 November 2018 |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206115142/https://books.google.com/books?id=beJ8DAAAQBAJ&q=Pakistan+Marines+1990&pg=PA159 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Initially, the Marines objectives were to [[Security guard|provide security and cover]] to the offshore establishments of the Navy while [[Military aid to the civil power|aiding the]] [[Government of Pakistan|federal government]] using the Navy's mobility.<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan" /> Headquarters of the Marines was relocated from the [[PNS Himalaya]] (Navy's only boot camp) to the [[Manora Fort, Karachi|Manora Fort]] in the [[PNS Qasim]] that was renamed as Marine Base Qasim in 1994.<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan" />  The commissioning Marines consisted of eighty commissioned officers, sixty seven chief petty officers from general service and forty three Marines.<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan" /> Its first battalion was activated in September 1971.<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan" />

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.<ref name="The News International">{{cite news |last1=Anis |first1=Mohammad |title=Pakistan Navy set to strengthen coastal defence |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/304069-pakistan-navy-set-to-strengthen-coastal-defence |access-date=1 December 2018 |work=The News International |date=14 April 2018 |language=en |archive-date=1 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201180710/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/304069-pakistan-navy-set-to-strengthen-coastal-defence |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Naval chief visits forward posts adjoining Sir Creek |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/28/naval-chief-visits-forward-posts-adjoining-sir-creek/ |access-date=1 December 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |archive-date=1 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201180859/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/28/naval-chief-visits-forward-posts-adjoining-sir-creek/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Passing-out parade of 29th batch of Pak Marines |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/128161-passing-out-parade-of-29th-batch-of-pak-marines |access-date=5 December 2018 |work=News International |date=10 August 2008 |language=en |archive-date=6 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206001711/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/128161-passing-out-parade-of-29th-batch-of-pak-marines |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PNS Qasim |publisher=paknavy.gov.pk |url=http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/qasim.htm |access-date=5 May 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627040148/http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/qasim.htm |archive-date=27 June 2012 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Navy commissions 3rd Pak Marines battalion at Gawadar|url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2013/03/28/pakistan-navy-commissions-3rd-pak-marines-battalion-at-gawadar/|access-date=2013-03-29|date=2013-03-28|publisher=The News Tribe|archive-date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402063807/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2013/03/28/pakistan-navy-commissions-3rd-pak-marines-battalion-at-gawadar/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Training center==
{{Main|Marines Training Centre (Pakistan Navy)}}
Marine Training center is situated in [[Gwadar]], [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]. Before Gwadar it was situated in [[PNS Qasim]] [[Manora, Karachi|Manora Island]] [[Karachi]] but recently, shifted to Gwadar.[[File:Pakistan_Marine_Training_center.jpg|thumb|Pakistan Marine Training center]]

Marines Training Centre (MTC) conducts all levels of training for Marines. Additionally, it also conducts courses for the Pak Marines officers and allied countries. Marine Training Centre was established in 1990 in [[PNS Himalaya]] to impart Basic and Advance training to Pak Marines. Over a short period of time it has achieved excellence in imparting high standard of professional training to Marines. It is now fully capable of making a Marine proficient in Amphibious Warfare, Riverine Operations and Shore-based air Defence. Centre also conducts the basic and refresher training for PNP(Pakistan Naval Police).

MTC has achieved proficiency in imparting high standard of professional training. Consequently, it has been assigned the responsibility of conducting basic training of Pakistan Naval Police personnel as well. In pursuit of professional excellence, the Marines besides carrying out exercises and workups locally also participate in international exercises both inland and abroad

==Organization==
===Marines Headquarters===
{{Main|Manora Fort, Karachi|PNS Qasim}}
[[File:Old Guns Qasim Fort.JPG|250px|thumb|A vintage cannon in the Manora Fort installed by the [[Royal Marines]] during the World War II.]]
The headquarters of the marines were initially set up in the [[Dhaka Cantonment|Naval Base Dacca]] in [[East Pakistan]] in 1971 but relocated in the Karachi after the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|third war]] with [[India]].<ref name="Springer, Siddiqa-Agha, 2001" /> In 1990, the Marines were organized in [[PNS Himalaya]] initially, but the organizational command was relocated in [[Manora Fort, Karachi|Manora Fort]] located in the [[PNS Qasim]] that was renamed as Qasim Marine Base in 1995.{{rp|50}}<ref name="Lancer International">{{cite book |title=Indian Defence Review |date=1995 |publisher=Lancer International |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGrfAAAAMAAJ&q=Qasim |access-date=5 December 2018 |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206115143/https://books.google.com/books?id=mGrfAAAAMAAJ&q=Qasim |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Pakistan Marines (Global Security.org)" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Anwar |first1=Dr Muhammad |title=Stolen Stripes and Broken Medals: Autobiography of a Senior Naval Officer |date=2006 |publisher=Author House |isbn=9781467010566 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t4GLBLfW-YMC&q=pns+qasim+marines&pg=PT14 |access-date=5 December 2018 |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206115143/https://books.google.com/books?id=t4GLBLfW-YMC&q=pns+qasim+marines&pg=PT14 |url-status=live }}</ref> General [[military administration]] and logistics for the Marines are operated from the Qasim Marine Base in Karachi.<ref name="Pns Qasim">[http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/QASIM.htm Pns Qasim] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704062828/http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/qasim.htm |date=2006-07-04 }}</ref>

The Marines maintains and control the inter-services [[Liaison officer|liaison communication]] between the [[Pakistan Army|Army]] and the Marines from the Marine Base Qasim, overseeing the military training and instructions on the weapon system provided by the Army instructors and weapon system specialists.<ref name="ISPR Marines, Lt-Cdr. Khiyal, 2010">{{cite web |last1=Khiyal |first1=Lt-Cdr. Roshan |title=Pakistan Marines |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JtnB1FDqNY |publisher=ISPR Marines |access-date=5 December 2018 |location=Karachi, Pakistan |language=ur |format=watch.tv |date=3 December 2010 |archive-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223105037/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JtnB1FDqNY |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Marines bases, camps, and battalions===

The Pakistan Marines operations are primarily controlled from the [[PNS Qasim|Qasim Marine Base]] but are stationed in [[Sir Creek|Joint Army-Marine Base Sir Creek]], [[Ormara Cantonment|Army Base Ormara]], [[Port of Gwadar|Gwadar Marine Camp]] and [[Pakistan Navy Punjab Command|Marine Base Punjab]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pak Marines pride of nation |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/251239-pak-marines-pride-of-nation |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022317/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/251239-pak-marines-pride-of-nation |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pakistan Navy Marines' 21st Air Defence Battalion assigned to Ormara |url=https://quwa.org/2017/07/16/pakistan-navy-marines-21st-air-defence-battalion-assigned-ormara/ |website=Quwa |date=16 July 2017 |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022227/https://quwa.org/2017/07/16/pakistan-navy-marines-21st-air-defence-battalion-assigned-ormara/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1998, the Army helped Navy to raise six infantry battalions (approximately ~800 personnel),<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan" /> commanded by an officer with rank of [[Commander (rank)|Commander]].<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! style="background:#88EEEE;|Battalions !!style="background:#88EEEE;| Garrison/Headquarters !!style="background:#88EEEE;| Area of responsibility 
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| style="background:#f2a2e8;|1st Marines Battalion<ref name="Marine Badges: Pakistan" /> || style="background:#b2cefe;text-align:center;"| [[Naval Headquarters (Pakistan)|NHQ]] ||style="background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;"| Pakistan Naval Complex 
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|style="background:#f2a2e8;| 2nd Marines Battalion<ref name="Pakistan Today, INP, 2012">{{cite news |last1=Independent writers |first1=reporters |title=Navy commissions 2nd Pak Marines Battalion and inducts air defence assets {{!}} Pakistan Today |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/10/16/pn-commissions-2nd-pak-marines-battalion-and-inducts-air-defence-assets/ |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |agency=Pakistan Today |publisher=Pakistan Today |date=17 October 2012 |location=Karachi, Sindh, Pk. |language=en |archive-date=17 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217014853/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/10/16/pn-commissions-2nd-pak-marines-battalion-and-inducts-air-defence-assets/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ||style="background:#b2cefe;text-align:center;"|[[PNS Qasim]] ||style="background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;"| [[Karachi district]]
|-
|style="background:#f2a2e8;|3rd Marines Battalion<ref name="The Nation, reporters, 2013">{{cite news |last1=reporters |first1=et,al. |title=PN commissions 3rd Pak Marines Battalion |url=https://nation.com.pk/29-Mar-2013/pn-commissions-3rd-pak-marines-battalion |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The Nation |agency=The Nation |publisher=The Nation |date=29 March 2013 |location=Jiwani, Balochistan, Pakistan |language=en |archive-date=17 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110548/https://nation.com.pk/29-Mar-2013/pn-commissions-3rd-pak-marines-battalion |url-status=live }}</ref> ||style="background:#b2cefe;text-align:center;"| [[PNS Akram]] ||style="background:#FFFF00;text-align:center;"| [[Port of Gwadar]]
|-
|style="background:#FFA07A ;text-align:center;"|Marines Amphibious Wing<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-13 |title=Pakistan Marines (PM) |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/marines.htm |access-date=2023-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613001010/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/marines.htm |archive-date=13 June 2018 }}</ref> ||  style="background:#FFC0CB ;text-align:center;"|PNS Qasim ||style="background:#98FB98;text-align:center;"| [[Karachi Coast]] 
|-
|style="background:#98FB98 ;text-align:center;" | 1st Creek Battalion<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-13 |title=KARACHI: Creek battalion commissioned in Sujawal |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/302499/karachi-creek-battalion-commissioned-in-sujawal |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>||style="background:#00FF7F ;text-align:center;" |   [[Sujawal District]] || style="background:#ADFF2F;text-align:center;" |[[Sir Creek]] / [[Keti Bandar Port|Keti Bandar]] / [[Shahbandar (Pakistan)|Shahbandar]] 
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|style="background:#F4A460 ;text-align:center;" | 21st Air Defense Battalion<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/NAVY_NEWS/NN%20ENG%20Web%20Jul-17.pdf |access-date=2023-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123193734/https://www.paknavy.gov.pk/NAVY_NEWS/NN%20ENG%20Web%20Jul-17.pdf |archive-date=23 January 2021 }}</ref>|| style="background:#FF7F50 ;text-align:center;" | [[Jinnah Naval Base]] / [[Pakistan Navy Western Command|COMWEST]]||style="background:#FFDAB9 ;text-align:center;" |  [[Gwadar District]] Coastal Areas 
|-
|style="background:#F4A460 ;text-align:center;" |23rd Air Defence Battalion<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-08 |title=Pakistan Navy successfully test-fires surface-to-air missile (VIDEO) |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/08-Dec-2021/pakistannavy-successfully-test-fires-surface-to-air-missile-video |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=Daily Pakistan Global |language=en}}</ref>
|style="background:#FF7F50	 ;text-align:center;" |[[Sujawal]]
|style="background:#FFDAB9 ;text-align:center;" |[[Sir Creek]] / Kori
|}

==Personnel==
===Leadership and training===
[[File:US Navy 091012-N-8132M-245 Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), along with Marines from Kuwait and Pakistan, conduct an amphibious assault demonstration during Exercise Bright Star 2009.jpg|200px|left|thumb|{{small|The Pakistan Marine unit members dressed in operational camouflage uniforms with their [[USMC|U.S. counterparts]] in 2009.}}]]
The [[Coastal Command (Pakistan)|Commander, Coastal Areas]] (COMCOAST), designated as the Chief of Staff Marines (CSM), is the highest-ranking officer in the Marines, usually at a rank of [[Three-star rank|three-star]], reporting directly to the [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]].{{rp|73}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Waters |first1=Conrad |title=Seaforth World Naval Review 2012 |date=2011 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=9781783466320 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lc87DAAAQBAJ&q=Pakistan+Marines+command&pg=PA73 |access-date=5 December 2018 |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206115144/https://books.google.com/books?id=Lc87DAAAQBAJ&q=Pakistan+Marines+command&pg=PA73 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The officer candidates are directed to attend the [[Pakistan Naval Academy]] in Karachi in order to gain commissioned in the Marines, where the candidates [[Passing out (military)|pass out]] in courses relating the military history and training, training for the soldier recruits are conducted at the [[PNS Himalaya]]– the initial entry training center ("boot camp") of the Navy.<ref name="Navy Inter-Services Public Relations (Naval ISPR)" /> Following the award of their commissions, marines officers and personnel attend the Marine Training Center (MTC) located at the [[PNS Qasim|PNS ''Qasim'']] to learn infantry and combined arms warfare, usually instructed by [[Pakistani Army]] specialists.<ref name="Navy Inter-Services Public Relations (Naval ISPR)" /> At the MTC, the Marines completes the Basic Marines Course that included the instructions on comprehensive physical training in unarmed combat, close-quarter battle, security duties, [[Diving (sport)|swimming]], small-arms handling and infantry tactics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Passing Out Parade of 55th Basic Marines Course (BMC) |url=https://www.facebook.com/PakistanNavyNHQ/videos/passing-out-parade-of-55th-basic-marines-course-bmc-held-at-marines-training-cen/1610929959002433/ |website=www.facebook.com |access-date=16 December 2018 |language=en |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206115151/https://www.facebook.com/PakistanNavyNHQ/videos/passing-out-parade-of-55th-basic-marines-course-bmc-held-at-marines-training-cen/1610929959002433/ |url-status=live }}{{better source needed|date=January 2019}}</ref>

After passing the basic marine training course, the Marines are directed to attend the Pakistan Army's [[Pakistan Army School of Infantry and Tactics|School of Infantry and Tactics]] in Quetta where they are trained together with army personnel.<ref name="Pakistan Navy Directorate for Public Press Release"/> Since 1999, the Marines have been instructed to operate the [[Mistral (missile)|Mistral]] [[surface-to-air missile|missile system]], ordnance, and special security courses to protect naval bases on coastal areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=IAF's Atlantique Kill Picture Gallery - Vayu Sena |url=http://vayu-sena-aux.tripod.com/other-atlantique-gallery.html |website=vayu-sena-aux.tripod.com |access-date=14 December 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827211138/http://vayu-sena-aux.tripod.com/other-atlantique-gallery.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=December 2020}}<ref name="Pakistan Navy Directorate for Public Press Release"/>

The Marines formations and personnel wears the camouflage uniforms when deployed to an operational environment but otherwise they wear Navy [[dress uniforms]] in public and international ceremonies.<ref name="Pakistan Navy Directorate for Public Press Release"/>

===Commissioned officers and Enlisted rank===
The Marines are the branch within the Navy, therefore, using the same ranks and insignia as equivalent to the Pakistan Navy as contrary to the [[United States Marines|U.S. Marines]] in the [[United States]] and the [[Royal Marines]] in the [[United Kingdom]].{{rp|76}}<ref name="Seaforth Publishing, Waters, 2011" />

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{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OF/Pakistan (Marines)}}
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|- style="background:#ccc;"
! Rank group|| colspan=10| Junior commissioned officers || colspan=12| Non commissioned officer || colspan=14| Enlisted
{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/Pakistan (Marines)}}
|}

==Honours and awards==
{{Main|Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces}}

=== Wartime Gallantry Awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Nishan-e-Haider.png|width=130}}
|'''[[Nishan-e-Haider]]''' ''(Order of the Lion)''
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Jurat.png|width=130}}
|'''[[Hilal-i-Jur'at|Hilal-e-Jurat]]''' ''(Crescent of Courage)''
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Jurat.png|width=130}}
|'''[[Sitara-e-Jurat]]''' ''(Star of Courage)''
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jurat.png|width=130}}
|'''[[Tamgha-i-Jurat|Tamgha-e-Jurat]]''' ''(Medal of Courage)''
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Imtiazi Sanad.png|width=130}}
|'''[[Imtiazi Sanad]]''' ''(Mentioned in Despatches)''<ref name="honours">{{cite web |title=Honours and Awards |url=http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531012800/http://www.pakistanarmy.gov.pk/AWPReview/TextContent.aspx?pId=32&rnd=182 |archive-date=31 May 2012 |access-date=6 June 2009 |publisher=Pakistan Army}}</ref>
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto; text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" |Order of Wear
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Nishan-e-Haider.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Nishan-e-Haider]]</small>'''

'''''<small>(</small>'''<small>Order of the Lion)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Civilian).png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]]</small>'''

'''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|<small>(Civilian)</small>]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz]]</small>'''

'''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|<small>(Military)</small>]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Jurat.png|width=130}}
'''[[Hilal-i-Jurat|<small>Hilal-e-Jurat</small>]]'''

''<small>(Crescent of Courage)</small>''
|- align="center"
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Shujaat.png|width=130}}
'''[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|<small>Hilal-e-Shujaat</small>]]'''

''<small>(Crescent of Bravery)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Civilian).png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|Hilal-e-Imtiaz]]</small>'''

'''[[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|<small>(Civilian)</small>]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
'''[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|<small>Hilal-e-Imtiaz</small>]]'''

'''[[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|<small>(Military)</small>]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Jurat.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Sitara-e-Jurat]]</small>'''

'''''<small>(</small>'''<small>Star of Courage)</small>''
|- align="center"
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Shujaat.png|width=130}}
[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|'''<small>Sitara-e-Shujaat</small>''']]

''<small>(Star of Bravery)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Sitara-e-Imtiaz]]</small>'''

'''[[Sitara-e-Imtiaz|<small>(Military)</small>]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=President's Award for Pride of Performance.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Pride of Performance|President's Award for]]</small>'''

<small>'''[[Pride of Performance]]'''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Basalat.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Sitara-e-Basalat]]</small>'''

''<small>(Star of Good Conduct)</small>''
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Eissar.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Sitara-e-Eisaar]]</small>'''

''<small>(Star of Sacrifice)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jurat.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Tamgha-e-Jurat]]</small>'''

'''''<small>(</small>'''<small>Medal of Courage)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Shujaat.png|width=130}}
'''[[Civil decorations of Pakistan|''<small>Tamgha-e-Shujaat</small>'']]'''

''<small>(Medal of Bravery)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png|width=130}}
'''[[Sitara-e-Imtiaz|<small>Tamgha-e-Imtiaz</small>]]'''

'''[[Sitara-e-Imtiaz|<small>(Military)</small>]]'''
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Basalat.png|width=130}}
'''''<small>[[Tamgha-e-Basalat]]</small>'''''

''<small>(Medal of Good Conduct)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Eisaar.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Eisaar]]</small>'''

''<small>(Medal of Sacrifice)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Imtiazi Sanad.png|width=130}}
[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Wartime gallantry medals|'''<small>Imtiazi Sanad</small>''']]

''<small>(Mentioned in Despatches)</small>''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Diffa.png|width=130}}
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|<small>Tamgha-e-Diffa</small>]]'''

<small>''(General Service Medal)''</small>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War Ribbon.png|width=130}}
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|<small>Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War</small>]]'''

<small>''(War Star 1965)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War.png|width=130}}
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|<small>Sitara-e-Harb 1971 War</small>]]'''

<small>''(War Star 1971)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War.png|width=130}}
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|<small>Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War</small>]]'''

<small>''(War Medal 1965)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War.png|width=130}}
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|<small>Tamgha-e-Jang 1971 War</small>]]'''

<small>''(War Medal 1971)''</small>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Baqa (1998).png|width=130}}
'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|<small>Tamgha-e-Baqa</small>]]'''

<small>''([[Chagai-I|Nuclear Test Medal]])''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Istaqlal (2002).png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan]]'''</small>

<small>''([[2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff|Escalation with India Medal]])''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Azm.png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Azm]]'''</small>

<small>''(Medal of Conviction)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class-I).png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Tamgha-i-Khidmat|Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Class-I)]]</small>'''

<small>''(Medal of Service Class I)''</small>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class-II).png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Tamgha-i-Khidmat|Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Class-II)]]</small>'''

<small>''(Medal of Service Class I)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Class-III).png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Tamgha-i-Khidmat|Tamgha-e-Khidmat (Class-III)]]</small>'''

<small>''(Medal of Service Class I)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=10 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|10 Years Service Medal]]</small>'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=20 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|20 Years Service Medal]]</small>'''
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=30 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|30 Years Service Medal]]</small>'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=35 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|35 Years Service Medal]]</small>'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=40 years Service Medal.png|width=130}}
'''<small>[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Long service medals|40 Years Service Medal]]</small>'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Pakistan Independence Medal 1947.png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Pakistan Medal|Pakistan Tamgha]]'''</small>

<small>''([[Pakistan Medal]])''</small>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam.png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e-]]'''</small>

<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam]]'''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''</small>

<small>''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hijri Tamgha.png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Hijri Tamgha]]'''</small>

<small>''(Hijri Medal)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Jamhuriat Tamgha 1988.png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Jamhuriat Tamgha]]'''</small>

<small>''(Democracy Medal)''</small>
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha Pakistan.svg|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|<u>Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha</u>]]'''</small>

<small>''(Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal, 2006.svg|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Commemorative medals|Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan]]'''</small>

<small>''(Independence Day''</small>

<small>''Golden Jubilee Medal)''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Command and Staff College Quetta Centenary Medal.svg|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command & Staff College Quetta]]'''</small>

<small>'''Instructor's Medal'''</small>
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Command and Staff College Quetta Centenary Medal 2007.png|width=130}}
<small>'''[[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command & Staff College Quetta]]'''</small>

<small>'''Student Medal'''</small>
|}

==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:US Army 52876 Bright Star 09 Amphibious Exercise.jpg|{{small|The Pakistan Marines in parallel steps march down the beach from a landing craft utility during the [[Operation Bright Star|Bright Star]] in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] in 2009.}}
File:22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit storms the beach during Bright Star 2009 DVIDS212877.jpg|{{small|The [[United States Marines|U.S. Marines]]'s [[22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit]] alongside the Pakistan Marines demonstrating an amphibious assault from a landing craft utility during the [[Operation Bright Star|Bright Star]] in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] in 2009.}}
File:US Navy 091012-N-8132M-245 Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), along with Marines from Kuwait and Pakistan, conduct an amphibious assault demonstration during Exercise Bright Star 2009.jpg|{{small|Pakistan Marines {{small|(in Blue camouflage uniform)}} observing forward with the [[United States Marine|U.S. Marines]] in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] in 2009.}}
File:US Navy 091012-N-8132M-172 Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), along with Marines from Kuwait and Pakistan.jpg|{{small|The Pakistan Marines receiving standing orders from the [[22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit]] during the exercise, [[Operation Bright Star|Bright Star]], conducted in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] in 2009.}}
File:US Navy 091012-M-8752R-139 Marines and Sailors conduct an amphibious landing demonstration at Egyptian beaches near Alexandria during Exercise Bright Star 2009.jpg|{{small|Pakistan Marines conducting an amphibious assault in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] in 2009.}}
File:US Army 52877 Bright Star 09 Amphibious Exercise.jpg|{{small|Pakistan Marines and U.S. Marines from Battalion Landing Teams take up firing positions after exiting a landing craft utility and provide security for landing forces during a training exercise in support of [[Operation Bright Star|Bright Star]] in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] in 2009.}}
File:US Army 52876 Bright Star 09 Amphibious Exercise.jpg|{{small|Pakistan Marines and U.S. Marines from the Battalion Landing Team (BLT) come ashore off a landing craft utility during a training exercise in support of [[Operation Bright Star|Bright Star]]in [[Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] in 2009.}}
File:Naval patrol.JPG|{{small|A Pakistan Marines operated [[Griffon 2000TD hovercraft|Griffon 2000TD]] hovercraft patrolling off the [[Karachi Nuclear Power Complex|Karachi Nuclear Power Plant]] at the [[Paradise Point, Pakistan|Paradise Point]] in [[Pakistan]] in [[2006 in Pakistan|2006]].}}
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/ssg_Marines.html Marine and SSG homepage]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/marines.htm Pakistan Marines] on globalsecurity.org

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