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Search US Marine Corps US Marine Corps History and Traditions +1 Why is the anchor in Marine Emblem a fouled anchor? 1 Answer Top Answer Wiki User February 07, 2013 6:16PM If you notice the devices (hat, collar) used up to WWII the anchors are not fouled...this only became after WWII to signify the corps ties to the US Navy and Pearl Harbor, as told by my grandfather, Col. W.B. Steiner 0 Related Questions Why is there a fouled anchor on usmc emblem? The anchor on the Marine Corps emblem (Eagle, Globe, and Anchor) is to denote their long standing connection to the U.S. Navy since the beginning of the Corps, and the fact that the Marine Corps falls under the Department of the Navy. Why is marine corps emblem anchor fouled? The fouled anchor is a Naval symbol of an anchor with a chain wrapped around it or "fouled" (an "unfouled anchor" would be one that is not entangled in its chain). There is the USMC emblem which you may be speaking of, The emblem represents what we