Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chiito chakakurumbira cheMarines chenguva ino chakaitika muFirst Barbary War (1801<unk>1805) vachipesana neBarbary pirates, apo General William Eaton, Naval Special Agent uye akagadzwa mukuru-mukuru wekutsvaga kwenyika dzakawanda, uye First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon akatungamira boka revasere veMarine uye 300 maArabhu neEuropean mercenaries mukuedza kutora Tripoli uye kusunungura vashandi veUSS "Philadelphia". Kunyange zvazvo vakangokwanisa kusvika
Derne, Tripoli yakaitwa isingafi muRwiyo rweMarines. Akadzingwa pachigaro Pasha, Prince Hamet Karamanli akafadzwa zvikuru nemaMarine zvokuti akapa O'Bannon bakatwa raMameluke rakanyorwa mukurangarira Hondo yeDerne, tsika inoramba ichipfuurira nhasi neminondo inopfekwa nevakuru veMarine.