Amphibious Corps

The Amphibious Corps (Arabic: الفيلق البرمائي al-faylaq al-barmā’ī) is one of three operational corps of the Arab Navy. The Amphibious Corps is analogous to the marines of many other naval forces. The Amphibious Corps is thus a force of highly trained infantry fighters who are both enlisted and commissioned members of the Arab Navy. Their responsibility is to project infantry power on land by way of the sea; to this end, Amphibious Corps troops are either inserted by sea via their own amphibious assault vehicles, or by air via the Naval Air Corps, in both cases from a dedicated staging vessel.