What is the difference between the Navy and the Marine?
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The Marine Corps falls within the Department of the Navy but has its own command structure, up to the commandant.  Still, there is a Secretary of the Navy but no secretary of the Marine Corps.  Marines tend to be fighters.  Their primary role traditionaly was the amphibious invasion and occupation of hostile shores.  Every marine has a primary role of Rifleman.  The Navy has many roles and sailors fill many jobs but the Navy has very few people who tote rifles on the ground (seals and a few others being the exceptions).  Marines provide services to the Navy, such as security, and the Navy provides services to the corps, such as medics and chaplains.  If you have a more specific question, post it and perhaps you will get an answer.
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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.
343186
It depends on what you want to do.  Coast Guard is not as strict as the Navy.  You do more search and rescue through the CG.  The Navy offers a more traditional military experience.  The boats are larger and so are the guns.  But the down side is that you're 6 months out at sea with the Navy and with the CG you're only out 3 months.  I've never heard someone say a bad word about the Coast Guard.  Where as with the Navy I've heard Never Again Volunteer Yourself.
1102256
they were  both marines
833219
Marines still have some pride and they have an airwing. \nThey are tough but its worth it.\nGo Marines!
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The Army doesn't have branches.  The US government has branches (executive, legislative and judicial).  The military has branches, I guess - Army, Navy (Marines are part of the Navy) and Air Force.  Coast Guard is under the Department of Homeland Security, not the Defense Department, so they aren't considered military.
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Army-The Army’s mission is to fight and win our Nation’s wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders. \n\nNavy-The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.\n\nAir Force-The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace.\n\nMarines-Marines are trained, organized and equipped for \noffensive amphibious employment and as a “force in readiness.”\nTo provide a Fleet Marine Force with combined arms and supporting air components for service with the United States Fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the execution of naval campaign.  To provide detachments and organizations for service on armed vessels of the Navy and security detachments for the protection of naval property at naval Stations and bases.
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That the Air Force is a plush and cush job.\n\nThat the Navy is made up of overweight lazy people.\n\nThat the crews of all submarines are homosexuals, or partake in homosexual behaviors while underwater.\n\nThat your Average Marine is just an idiot that does anything that he's told, even if it leads him to his death.\n\nAll women in the Army are lesbians.\n\nThat all officers lack common sense and the ability to lead.
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The Army is primarily responsibilite for land-based military operations.\n\nThe Marine Corps is responsible for providing power projection from the sea, utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crise.\n\nThe Navy is responsible for conducting naval operations.\n\nThe Air Force is the aerospace branch of the military\n\nThe Coast Guard is involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, and national defense, among other duties of coast guards elsewhere.
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Army, Air Force and Navy.  Navy ROTC includes the Marine Corps.
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Well it depends, National Guard is only one weekend a month, 2 weeks in the summer while Marines is full tiem. If you already have a good job or are going to school then National Guard might be the way. If you're looking for full time work, healkth insurance, a place to live etc then Marines might be a better choice. This is the first time I've seen a question like this, usually its Army or Navy or Marines which is better etc? When comparing branches its a harder decision becuase they all offer the same benefits, but a choice between National Guard and active duty is pretty clear cut or should be. Oh also be aware that National Guard isn't as good about college tuition reimbursement as they make themselves out to be. I enlisted National Guard after I got out of the Army on the understanding that they would pay my college tuition and because of deadlines and paperwork snafus I ended up getting nothing as did 90% of the people in my unit.
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Are you asking if that's really what they call themselves?  If so yea, marines are jarheads, navy is squids, and I honestly don't know the other.
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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.
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The Army & Air Force & Reg. Navy have 12 months deployments - the Navy aircraft personnel has 18 months.      The Marines do 6-7 month deployments.\nWhy? Orders from way up top.
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The US Marines is a part of the Department of the Navy but not of the United States Navy. However, the two services work in close coordination. The US Marines is the only branch of the United States Armed Corps with a permission to do whatever the president may direct. The inception of the US Marines was in 1775 during the American Revolutionary War as the “Continental Marines”. They were the landing troops for the Continental Navy. After the disbandment in 1783, the final reformation of the Marines was in 1798.\n\nThe US Marines are the naval infantry with specialization in fighting on ships and conduction of amphibious assaults. The US Marines is the second smallest branch amongst the five branches of the United States armed forces. Their main purpose is combat and are adaptable to a broad variety of combat operations. It is a very fierce and effective fighting force and has never had any full and large-scale retreat.\n\nThe US Marines combine the three vital elements of combat (ground, sea and air) perfectly and are very adept at such tactics. All the US Marines, irrespective of the gender and occupational specialization, first receive training as riflemen. This is because it functions more as an infantry. Therefore, it rightly states “Every Marine a rifleman”. Their motto is “Semper Fidelis”, meaning “Always Faithful”.\n\nThe US Marines Flag has the colors of scarlet and gold along with the emblem: the eagle, globe, and anchor. The eagle represents the service of the US Marines to their country, the globe represents their worldwide service and the anchor is the representation of their sea traditions. These task forces are flexible and are generally of three sizes, depending on the amount of force necessary.\n\nThe US Marines do not wear berets and wear boots only with the utility uniform. They do not salute unless when wearing a hat. The US Marines do not have many awards and unit identifications.
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There are no people in the Marines.  Marines are not people.  They are expertly designed, finely honed killing machines.  They are not people... They are heroes.
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Hey,\nI am a member of the United States Navy. This question should have a follow up question because it definitely depends on your preference. I am obviously going to go with the USN mostly because the Rates we offer transfer into the Civilian sector and most sailors can make a career coming out of the Navy. When you ask which branch is the toughest, its a very wide question because it all comes down to whether you mean physcially, which is trained more harsh than the other? We are all tough in our own ways. The SEALs are a very tough spec ops rank to achieve and overcome, they are trained mentally and physically to a high extreme. Also, Hooah is the Army's saying. Oorah is Marines and Hooyah is Navy.