Can people really compare the Marines to the Army?
361300
No way. The Marines are the elite. And no I am not putting the Army down in the least. But the marines are a different breed so to speak.
76508
the army, being the largest branch of the military and the most neccessary to hold cities under control natrually they will have the most soldiers there. Saliors from the navy stay on the ships as their name implies, and the amount of people in the marines is much less than the amount of people in the army and in Iraq right now so it cant possibly be the marines. The airforce is based mostly on large bases that are well established and there arnt many of those in Iraq nor do they need large numbers of airforce personell to provide air cover since navy jets can do so and small numbers of fighters can easily do enough damage.
470854
because the Marine Corps is essentially better.  The training is much harder starting with boot camp.  They don't baby you, they expect you to be a man and be responsible.  The Marine Corps is a smaller fighting force that can be anywhere in the world within 24 hours.  They have their own air wing complete with F-18s.  We have our own helicopters and our own tanks.  We're basically every other branch combined, but more compact and easier to deploy.  As such, the Marines are not built to be an occupying force.  Look at Somalia and even Iraq, the Marines took over the area, then things started to go downhill after it was turned over to the army.  Basically, the army CAN'T do the same thing, they don't have all of their own assets like air wings.  Most of the time, they are MUCH slower to deploy, and can often take an act of Congress.  There's a reason we're called America's 9-1-1 force.  \n\nThe Marines are the only branch that bestow the title Marine upon you.  Air Force has Airmen, Navy has Sailors, and Army has soldiers.  NEVER call a Marine a soldier, as it will be considered insulting.\n\nDid you know that ALL of America's foreign embassies are under the sole guardianship of the US Marines?
912429
First off there is no more challenging BOOT CAMP than the USMC.  There is no BASIC in the USMC that's for the Army (Aint Ready to be a Marine Yet), Navy and AF.  Secondly, Marines have their own special forces and they are just as highly trained as Seals...All branches of the military have special forces and they are equally tough.
3017
They're the "Grunts" .  The basic training is tougher than the other services and their job in the military is front line fighting while the other services are more specialized in other things.  The marines are actually a department of the Navy, and are used by the navy for frontline defense and guarding gates, etc.  They're the muscle.
257960
Yes the Army is involved in "field combat" If you watch the news you will see that they are running convoys patrolling the towns.  The Army is involved just as much as the Marines
778886
the success rate in the army is higher. More people fail at becoming marines.
890363
I am gonna enlighten you.\nThe Marines and the Army are not the same outfit.\nThere are also Navy Reserves, Air Force Reserves, and Coast Guard Reserves.
515800
THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS regardless of what is thought does have problems with flat foot,unlike navy or air force.the basic marine is a "grunt" or foot soldier, no matter what his "MOS" or military occupation is, so a pencil pusher or truck driver in the marines could at a seconds notice find themselves faced with combat and flat feet don't hold up with foot soldiers.
273456
1. Todays operations are primarily Joint, which means one service alone can not win a war... we all work together to defend our country. So we are all "bada" in our special and unque ways and should be proud of our service heritages.\n\n2. With regards to this question...in my humble opinion I think the Marines are a little more "bada" in the conext of the question. Why? \n\n  a. The Marines do 12-18 months tours vs usual 6-month \n     tours for Navy...thougb I admit the Navy at times does \n     longer.\n\n  b. Being on ship is not fun? Even with hot chow, internet \n     service, phones (carriers), cable TV, and an \n     environment protected from severe weather. Sure, I \n     know...it gets hot on a ship...but try being \n     in heavy canvass tents with no air conditioning for a \n     whole year and camel spiders and scorpions your night-\n     time bunk buddies or getting totally drenched in rain\n     or freezing your tail off in sub-zero weather with no \n     heater available.\n\n   c. I have seen a lot of Marines kicking in \n      terrorists/insurgents doors in Iraq and Afghanistan,\n      getting shot at, etc. As far as the Navy? Well,\n      there's the SEALs... right? I have seen a few Navy \n      seabees doing patrols...rare.\n\nThe bottom line is Marines, Sailors, Airmen and Soldiers have all shed their blood for the principles we stand for... WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS...GUARDIANS OF THIS GREAT NATION...WE ARE ALL B-A-D-A IN WHAT WE DO. Though we all have our favorites... mine being the Army.
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The marines are a more elite but smaller force. They most commonly are associated with the Navy because they are actually a part of the Navy. \n\nThe army is more of a "bulk packaged" soldier. They are called upon when a large force is needed.\n\nJust as the Army has the Green Berets special force unit, the Marines are a larger "special forces" unit.
949466
I can tell you from experience... its an experience. Loved it. I active duty Army. We had a blast. Its was like having some things in common and some things not. She was in great shape (but still 100% woman), honest to a fault, dependable and always on time. Bad part about dating a Marine is they deploy as much as we do and duty stations rarely match up.
403353
You can't really compare Marine Recon and Army SF to Navy SEALs.  First off, they do completely different things.  Second, anyone who's actually  seen some of the things the SEALs do know that they're crap.  All I'll say is that there are quite often some major problems with target acquisition...\n\nI have no envy issues, actually.  I've just seen the way that SEALs handle things and I wasn't impressed.  Maybe, I'm just looking at things from isolated incidents but I was only voicing my opinion.  I deffinetly hold the utmost respect for Long-tabbers, I've spent a good deal of my career working with them.  My personal preference will be Rangers over any of them, though.
1178176
marines because they have there act together unlike the army
779051
MI officers are no different than infantry. They fight in the war just as hard as the infantry.
796964
Marine Corps by far. Disciplined, and squared away
738979
Here's a short list of what I consider to be the most notable differences:\n\nOPERATIONAL PURPOSE:\n\nThe Marine Corps was originally a naval infantry force, but it had evolved into an amphibious, quick-reaction force . They have their own (Navy-commanded) small aircraft carriers that sail around the world for months at a time, just in case something happens. Each Fleet Marine Force has enough Harrier jets, helicopters, tanks, landing craft, and Marines to do what needs to be done in the few months it takes the Army to get mobilized. The Marines are also known for fighting "small wars" (such as Panama, the Philippines, and Grenada).\n\nFor bigger and/or longer-term conflicts, we have the Army. It's a LOT bigger than the Marines (about 500,000 active duty vs. 180,000 in the Marines, about 1,000,000 total active, reserve, and guard vs. 220,000 in the Marines), and it has more capabilities and infrastructure. While the Marines have their own tanks, artillery, civil affairs, and special operations, for example, they pale in comparison to the Army. The Army does a LOT of stuff, including things you don't normally associate with them (nuclear defense, psychological operations, foreign government assistance, and so on). They also have the Special Forces (Green Berets), elite troopers who speak languages you've never heard of, train foreign soldiers in countries you didn't know existed, and fight in battles you'll never hear about.\n\nOf course, this is all a simplification. The Army fights in small wars and the Marines fight in big wars (Iraq and Vietnam), but in general it's true. A good example of the difference in action is World War II: The Army was the main player in Europe and North Africa, where big, open grasslands and deserts were turned into giant battlefields for tank divisions, paratrooper landings, and  infantry units that could occupy whole nations. In contrast, the Marines did most of the fighting in the Pacific, where amphibious landings lead to gruesome, close-quarters battles for control of tiny islands smaller than a typical American city.\n\n\nCULTURE:\n\nAs a rule of thumb, Marines eat, sleep, and breathe the Corps. They don't put a lot of badges and patches on their uniforms because every Marine is, in theory, an elite warrior. In a state like North Carolina, where there are large numbers of both Marines and Army soldiers, the number of Marine bumper stickers outranks the number of Army bumper stickers by a factor of ten-to-one. Even if you're only a Marine for two years, you're a Marine for life; expect to be let off the hook for a speeding ticket by a fellow retired Marine police officer or highway patrolman at some point.\n\nThe Army, by contrast, is far too big to support the espirit de corps found in the Marine Corps; the Army doesn't have the kind of support networks that the Marines do. Soldiers are more likely to take pride in their division, MOS, or skill tabs (such as Airbone or Ranger) than the Army as a whole. As a result, Army uniforms tend to have more decorations, and you can often reconstruct a soldier's career just from a glance at the decorations visible in his official portrait.\n\n\nQUALITY OF LIFE:\n\nThe Marines are generally considered to have the worst quality of life in the U.S. military. Because they have to share funding with the Navy (and always get the rougher end of the bargain), they tend to have inferior facilities and inferior. Also, because the Marines are so infantry-oriented, there are not as many career options available as in the Army. As a result, the Marines have the lowest average time in service of any branch.\n\nThe Army, on the other hand, is a great service to spend twenty years in. There are almost unlimited career opportunities in the Army: I know a lot of Marines that went to college so they could be Army officers, but I don't know anyone who went the opposite direction. Also, the Army offers higher entr