which is best, army, navy, airforce, or marines?
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I will approach your question with the assumption you are thinking of joining and want to know the pro's and con's. If you were aking if one was superior as a fighting force the answer is no they all have their roles.\n\nLet me say i served 7 1/2 yrs in the navy and had extensive experience with the other branchs as my technical specialty required that.\n\nNavy\nPro's The on base living quaters and chow halls  tend to be better than in the army or USMC. The speed of making promotions is above avg. The Technical Shools are top not and most of those skills transition well into the civilian sector. If you like travel the navy will give you the most opportunities.\nCons\nSea based duty. depending on your specialty you might have to spend extensive time at sea. away from loved ones in both peace and war time. this can  can mean 3-6 months at sea yearlly over a 2-3 yr sea billet assignment. Generally longer working hours when at sea is also a problem but then again where is there to go\nArmy\nPro's- largest of the services offering a wider variety of duty station. also they offer a wider variety of technical specialties than any other service. They also offer the best enlistment bonuses  as they have a harder time meeting their goals. As in the navy promotions are rather rapid as compared to other services\nCon's- The on base barracks and chow halls tend to be worse. You are more likely to be exposed to actual combat. Lower ranking members tend to get more bureaucratic treatment do to the size of the force. Not all of the technical training translates well to civillian workforce.\nAir Force\nPro's Technical training is top notch and most translate well into civillian employment. On base housing and food among the best and hey many of them get to Fly!\nCon's- making promotion tends to be the slowest of the 4 services. The range of technical skills is less than in army or navy\nUSMC\nPro's- They tend to treat every member down to the buck private with a certain dignity as marines that I din't see in the other services especially the Army. Their combat training is top notch and would serve you well if you were in combat.\nCon's Their chow and on base housing often lower than the other services. Alot of the technical specialties do not translate compleatly to civillian employment. They have the strictest recruitment standards of the 4 services. you are more likely to see combat as with the army. Lowest  level of funding leads to the  unofficial USMC motto "We have done so much with so little for so long that we can do almost anything with nothing"\n\nMuch depends on what your goals are. Are you gun ho and looking to get in the fight. Are you looking for technical expertise. Are food housing and travel a consideration. Only you can decide that\nIf you are looking to serve I commend you and I hope I have helped you in some way
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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 of them do. all of them are as equally important as the rest and as under-appreciated. however, the marines are known to be the hardest out there so if absolutely had to pick one i'd say them. first ones in, last ones out.
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You have more opportunities in the Army reserves, but if you ask any one, the Air Force treats their soldiers the best/ closest to civilian. Not only that, but as mentioned above, Army reservists are more likely to be over seas at the current time... Although I have heard rumors of a coming shift from Army to AF and Navy. But honestly I would say it would depend on your MOS preference and if you want an Army style life or an AF style life. Fixed wing aviation related careers, go AF. Rotary or infantry related, go Army. The Army also has more bases from which the guard can opperate than the AF, giving more flexibility for location. Sorry, probably more than you wanted, long story short, it depends. In my opinion, I say AF all the way.
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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.
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there is no best unit, each is good at doing one thing, the most fit are probably the seals(as in top notch) but each specializes in something that requires different skills, therefore each can triumph in certain situations.\nNever ask which unit in the military is the best, ask which is the best in a specific situation.\nHowever, i still like the seals the best(for elite units), they do do "warm up" in 40 degree water for a 2 mile swim. then laps around on the aircraft carrier and more swim etc.\nthe largest arm of the military is the Army, with around 500,000 combat personel.
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If you can get in the Air Force then do it. The Army and Marines are more for the stronger American and the Air Force is for the smarter American. I am not saying that people in the Army and Marines are dumb because they are not at all. The mental strains of combat are some of the toughest a human can endure. \n\nNo offense please to any member of the military, I was in the so called National Guard and it was full of meat heads. Do not join the national guard  it was full of men who thought they were the toughest men on the planet but they didn't have the guts to join the real Army.  When that was over my thoughts towards the military were jaded. \n\nIf you are serious about this than the Air Force is the way to go,  You would be alot more comfortable in the Air Force than you would the Army.  The Army and Marines do more field work. \n\nI wouldn't even think about the Navy unless you are sick of looking at land and don't mind being out in the middle of the ocean for months at a time.
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SEALS.\n\nThey're like a much better, much more efficient, better trained, better led Delta Force.\n\nFollowed closely by the US Marine Force Recon, followed by the US Marines, followed by Delta Force, followed by AFSOCOM.\n\nAir Combat Controllers? Please. SEAL training is a hundred times harder than either Delta or AFSOCOM. Delta is a mob. They work only in large numbers. SEAL Team 6 (DEVGRU) can do anything that Delta can do.
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard
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If you want independcy and become a somewhat like a master of all trade, Navy\n\nif you want to be bearueacratic-paper pusher, Air Force\n\nIf you don't want to learn anything, just want to serve, Army\n\nIf you plan to go to corporate world later, Marine for leadership.
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the air force is the best trained.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhahahaha just kidding
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...I'd say it depends on what job you want accomplished.  If you want things broken and large numbers of people killed, you send in the Marines.  If you need someone taken out quietly, the SEALS may be your choice.  If you have a hostage situation and need the badguys whacked, Delta Force may be the best option.  They're all good at what they do...
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I'm in the army and have been around all the branches. If u like good clean living then go air force or Navy. I suggest though if u  r going to be an officer go army or marine. The air force has a huge respect issue and like u already experienced that buddy system is even worse when u join the air force. Army is probably the best for u if u want to be Intel (linguist). Also the army and marine...especially marine r tight knit groups for the part and the thing about the those two branches is u will laugh and cry and experience life with not just u but u will have 15 20 people around going though the same thing u r...it is truly a brotherhood...or if u have issue with that then a family and if u do go airforce
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Air force (not stuck on a boat for months at a time.) And the other services call it the chair force cause it's easier than the others. My husband has been in the air force for 14 years, his borther went into the navy and got out after 5 years.
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I'm biased as well. Army!\n\n19 Delta Calvary Scout\nVeteran, Granada (yeah, old school!)\n\nWith that said, Marines are better suited for special applications like amphibious missions. Army Airborne is best for parachute drops. I perfer Air Assault, myself, coming in fast from low flying helicopters, dropping fast, and securing the area!\n\nAll have their missions and all have pride in them.
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Marine Corps by far. Disciplined, and squared away
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Have worked with a few differnt countries spec ops groups over the years. Would have to say that the Thai Spec Ops (these happen to be Thai marines) were tops on my list. The Malay were a close second. For anywhere in the world (desert, jungle, sea, mountain..) I would still have to go with the SEALS.