wats the difference between infantry in the army and marines?
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The comparison is usually between Army and Marines rather than Infantry to Infantry. The Army has a very different function than the Marines, and a wider mission during wartime. \n\nThe first difference is between the missions of the respective forces. The Marines are a relatively small branch of the Navy. Their mission  is primarily to conduct initial combat operations from a forward deployed platform (such as a big ass boat) and establish a beachhead from which they can operate until follow on forces arrive. \n\nThe Army’s mission is a little bigger. Along with establishing a foothold, they also expand the foothold into entire theaters of operations. The Marines fight battles. The Army fights the war. \n\nThe Marines are not really a self sustaining force. They take the beach (or whatever) and hold it until support arrives. It might sound like this is a bad thing, but in reality this is part of what makes them such a proud and ass-kicking force. There is a lot of pride in knowing that you are at the tip of the spear. \n\nThe Army has the same capability in its Light Infantry units. They do not specialize in amphibious operations, but rather in Airborne, Air Assault and Land based assaults. The Army’s Light Infantry units, such as the 101st ABN (AASLT), 82nd ABN Div, 173rd ABN BDE, 10th Mountain Div and 25th INF Div (L), are used as rapid deployment units capable of taking and holding ground until the rest of the Army can establish themselves. It goes without saying that one of the premier Light Infantry units in the world is the 75th Ranger Regiment, consisting of three Ranger Battalions that are ALWAYS on call for any contingency. \n\nWhen you get right down to it, the Light Infantry and the Marines both take a lot of pride in a tough job. They both also have generally higher Discipline and Esprit de Corps than your average Combat Support or Combat Service Support unit.\n\nThen we have the Mechanized Infantry. Units like the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions are heavy, powerful and slow to deploy. They pack a lot of punch, but moving all those M2 Bradley IFVs and M1 Abrams tanks along with all their logistics and support, is a major undertaking in itself. The Mechanized units have plenty of pride in what they do, but usually aren’t considered “elite”. This could be because of the perception that they spend all their time inside huge armored vehicles and don’t face the same kind of danger as a grunt. There is some truth to this in a large scale, high intensity conflict. However, today’s mechanized Infantry soldiers are operating “boots on the ground” just like everyone else in Iraq. \n\nOne reason the entire Marine Corps is considered “elite” is because, as I said earlier, their entire organization is predominantly combat oriented. Even the support units they do have are inculcated with the idea that “every Marine is a rifleman first”. This has always been a necessity for the Marines, who often operated with limited support for extended periods of time.\n\nBy contrast, in the past, Army support units have mostly operated in relatively safe areas, setting up well behind friendly lines. This was a fairly viable option in the past, when “lines” actually existed. In today’s fluid combat environment however, there are no “lines”. Every soldier must be a soldier first, and a personnel clerk/mechanic/cook/technician second. When GEN Pete Schoomaker took over as the new Army Chief of Staff, he immediately made this a matter of Army Policy in his vision for the future. \n\nThis is already being implemented in BCT here at Fort Jackson, and presumably at the other training facilities throughout the Army. The training has changed a little already, but major changes are underway for the coming classes of soldiers. Anyway, before I get too far off topic…\n\nA second reason that Marines are considered “elite” is because they consider themselves “elite”. This is a self fulfilling prophesy
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The Marines are a relatively small force.  They are stationed in the toughest locations.  I believe the ratio is probably 3 to 1.
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Well I was Marine Corps infantry during the first offensive into Fallujah. (Around the time they hung US bodies from the bridges. I can tel you what our numbers were from about 750 in our battalion. 19 KIA (dead). In my company we had 4 KIA. Injuries are much higher though. I was a machinegunner, and just in my section of 18 guys, 6 of us were injured seriously. I took shrapnel 3 inches into the right side of my brain. One lost an arm, One paralized neck down, One hip blown apart, One face reconstructed, One bullet to the chest. Lt is right, if you have any fear, the infantry is not the place. Go admin.  But if you can hack infantry, it is the best thing you will ever do. No extreme sport can give you that kind of..... well I dont know what to call it, cause it aint a game. It will make a man of you though.
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Marines is the best in soldiery.  It is the most disiciplined fighting force as a large unit and you will become respected by people by being a Marine.
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All services have physical requirements.  You have to pass a PT (Physical Training) Test.  In the army it's a two mile timed run, two minutes of push ups and two minutes of sit ups.  The marines have a three mile run.  The Air Force, I think, has a chin up test as part of the PT test.\n\nDifferent jobs have different requirements.  Different schools have different requirements.  For example everyone in the army has the same PT test.  It changes with age but for an 18 year old you have to do about 50 push ups in two minutes and sit ups too and run two miles in less than sixteen minutes.  but if you go to ranger school you have to pass road marches mountian climbs and go through months of physically demanding training that you don't have to endure if you're a clerk.\n\nSwimming tests and road marches are part of basic as well.\n\nThis is standard for all army soldiers and the other services have similar standard tests, but it is job dependant.  A mechanic that fixes planes doesn't have to drove jets at five gees and a laywer or doctor doesn't have to routinely go on marches or runs with a sixty pound ruck sack.  \n\nIn the marines all soldiers go through as infantry so this gives them an edge and reputation as being tough (and deservedly so) but a SEAL sees a high OPTEMPO (workload) in danger combat situations that the average marine won't see outside of wartime rotation (but their philosophy is to train every Marine for that rotation).\n\nIt's a trade off.  Any services special operations service members are in a physically more demanding occupation.  \n\nOne of the most selective sepcial ops jobs it the Air Force's Para Rescue folks who don't engage enemy troops, or put rounds down range, so to speak, but do a very dangerous job.  \n\nBut your question was about basic training.  No one you ask is going to have gone throug all four (or five if you include Coast Guard) but I went to the Citadel where all four branches train potential officers  ( I went to the Army) and as far as basic training the Marines were run way harder than any of us going through Army Navy or Air Force "basic" (going in as officers we didn't do boot) training unless you were went into Ranger or Special ops training.\n\nMarine Corps has a reputation as a tougher, physicaly, training regiment in basic.  But like I said it depends on the individual service member and what job you take.
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No infantry doesn't mean "hand to hand".  The infantry is the ground soldier .. aka the "grunt".  Meaning they do the grunt work. Guard duty, securing perimiters, patrols, conductiong missions usually on the ground with the assistance of many support units.  Picture the Infantry like a soldier in vietnam walking around the jungle doing patrols often times being in the bush for extended periods of time.   \nAs far as combat Engineers go they are usually a group of highly trained soldiers who are attached to infantry divisions and are called in to clear mines, blow bridges, remove obstacles ...ect.  They go hand and hand with the infantry to complete the mission.\n  The "scouts" as you call them really don't exist in the modern military.  The closest your gonna get to a scout are Recon units and pathfinder units that are Infantry as well although they go to specific schools for this type of training.  Mostly they serve right with the general infantry soldier.\n  The airforce is just that the airforce.  Their missions are for air supperiority and help the infantry and military by bombing and keeping the air secure.  The modern military is a pretty complex process and when it is working well preforms brilliantly,
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Scrappy has it pretty much right.  Ask a recruiter.  Be sure to ask your recruiter what his MOS is though, because my recruiter wasn't really in the infantry and didn't know much about it.  Luckily, another recruiter was and could answer all my questions.  Try to speak to someone in an S-2 office.
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It all depends on what you are interested in doing.  Each branch of the US military has it's ups and downs.\n\nUS Marines - are tough but well respected.\nUS Army - fast promotions but some of their living conditions on the installations need work.\nUS Navy - lots of interesting ports to visit but spend lots of time at sea away from family.\n\nUS Air Force - good balance of promotions, work environment and base support services.  Housing for the AF is for the most part good.
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Fighting the enemy.  That's their job, and they're damn good at too!\n\nThe Marines are either your BEST friend or your WORST enemy.
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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.
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Historically, Marines were part of the Navy (The Navy was first; the Marines are an "arm" or a department of the Navy), and served onboard warships. They assisted the crew in battles, boarded enemy ships, conducted small coastal raids, and protected the officers from mutiny by the crew. Eventually they have become the primary landing force. The word "Marine" is Navy in German.\n\nThe Marines' paychecks still are drawn on Department of the Navy checks.
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People who do not have any military background often do not make the correct distinctions between different types of units.  They are just not as familiar as military personnel with the correct terms.  There are, however, a surprising number of military personnel who don't understand the differences either.  I would assume that comes from being stationed or assigned in units that are not near any of these types of units.  I think you are not differentiating between an infantry soldier (or any other type of soldier for that matter) that has been to Ranger school and one that serves in Ranger Regiment.  75th Ranger Regiment is not "Special Forces" but it does fall under the Special Operations Command (unlike 10th Mountain or the 82d ABN).  The difference is between the term Special Operations and Special Forces.  Special Forces are comprised of 18 series MOS personnel who have attended a series of schooling to qualify.
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This always poses some interesting facts to contrast:\n\n1) The US Army were formed for the people of the United States, whereas the Marines are exclusively for the President. The Army is supposed to be a long term occupational force whereas the Marines were designed as an all-purpose expeditionary force. Both roles are used when required, but Marines are a short term strike force.\n\n2) The Army is it's own department, whereas the Marines come under the Navy.\n\n3) Naval officers also partake in some Marine missions, such as medics and chaplains.\n\n4) The Marines specialize in amphibious landings whereas the Army is more of a dynamic land force. The Army actually has more watercraft than the Marines do, and the Army also does a lot of riverine operations\n\n5) The Army is distinctly American since it was lead by General George Washington, however, the Marines are based on the concept of colonial Marines, who are British in heritage. \n\n6) Only Marines are allowed to guard foreign consulates and embassies.\n\n7) The combat uniforms are different for both services: the Marines use the MARPAT (Marine Disruptive Pattern) for camouflage, whereas the Army has transitioned into the ACU (Army Combat Uniform)\n\n8) In foreign policy, the use of deploying a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the closest body of water in a troubled region, usually shows the United States' intent that it is prepared to launch a landing and potentially invade a territory. Thus, the MEU is similar in policy to an aircraft carrier battle grouop. The Army is a different sort of threat if, in the case of Iraq, we base it forward from another allied country to prepare for war. In both cases, the United States visibly and explicitly illustrates a military might to coerce another delegation for cooperation.\n\n9) The Army has had it's special forces organized for decades, but the Marines only recently acquired their special operations status in November last year. \n\n10) Army special forces are used for purposes such as taking over airfields, anti-terrorist operations, and reconaissance. The Marines have call their forces, "Force Recon", which is basically a forward information post detailing enemy movement and possibly engaging the enemy.\n\n11) Army fixed wing aircraft are not attack planes, but recon and cargo planes, whereas the Marines have attack aircraft based off naval aircraft carriers.\n\n12) Army aircraft are not intended to land on ships, and Marine aircraft obviously are based off ships. \n\n13) Marines have ceremonial swords\n\n14) The Army is used more in peacekeeping operations and reconstruction efforts. \n\n15) Biggest similarity: Both the Army and Marines are "on the same team" when it comes to war: we both fight for the interest of the United States, and her people serve both services. \n\nIt would be biased to say that one is better than the other, but the truth is that these services are indeed different and cannot be judged on the same level. It is all subjective to one's interests and favored opinions
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MIL Standards or MIL SPEC?\n\nMIL Standards relates to packing and supply while MIL SPEC relates to equipment and durable goods.\n\nThe MIL SPEC is just that--a specification for a piece of equipment that they want. Many different manufactuers make military equipment that may not always look the same but it meets MILSPEC so it can be accepted.
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Airborne- are Paratroopers, they use parachutes to fall into the battlefield. (82nd Airborne Div, 173rd Airborne BDE, and 4th BDE 25th ID are all Airborne)\n\nAir Assault- Has the Ability to repel out of the helicopter in areas where the Helicopter could not land. (101st Airborne, 2nd BDE 34th ID "National Guard")\n\nAir Mobile- These units have the ability to be moved by helicopters but they only exit the helicopter when it has landed (no extra training that Air Assault has)\n\nAir Mobile is used in Iraq we do not have specified units but the operations require a soldier to sit in a helicopter and get out when it lands, I think they can pull that off.
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Its a Marine.  Not a Marine Soldier.  Soldiers are in the Army.\n\nyou can find enlisted pay charts at\n\nwww.military.com
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Hi,  I do not have an answer for you on how to enter the U.S. as I don't know what country you are from.  \n     I can tell you that in the U.S. a "marine (soldier)" is a government/federal job.  A "police officer" is a city or state job.  They are entirely different jobs.  \n     Research how our state and federal governments differ and co-exist and perhaps it will become more clear the difference.  Good luck to you.