who is better, navy or marines??

[USS Sea Tiger]

The Navy Invented Sex

A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service.
After a swig of beer the Marine says, 'Well, we had Iwo Jima.'
Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, 'We had the Battle of Midway.
'Not entirely true', responded the Marine. 'Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot killed at the Battle of Midway.'
The sailor responds, 'Point taken.'
The Marine then says, 'We Marines were born at Tunn Tavern!'
The sailor, nodding agreement, says, 'But we had John Paul Jones.'
The argument continued until the sailor comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says...... 'The Navy invented sex!' The Marine replies, 'That is true, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women.'

[Sgtmonkeynads]

OORAH !

[sergei]

A marine and a sailor are in the bathroom taking a p***
When the marine goes to leave without washing up the sailor says
"In the navy they teach us to wash our hands"
The marine turns to the sailor and says
"In the Marines they teach us not to p*** on our hands!"

[Sailor Steve]

The Admiral and the General were arguing about which service had the tougher men. Since they were on an aircraft carrier, the General called one of his men over. "Marine", he said, "you see that mast up there? That's about two hundred feet above the water. I want you to climb to the top of that mast and jump off!"

"Sir, yes sir!" replied the marine, and proceeded to do just that.

"I think I just proved that marines are tougher than sailors." Said the General.

The Admiral then called over one of his sailors and repeated the orders.

The sailor blinked at his boss and said "With all due respect, sir, **** you, sir!"

The Admiral held out his hand to the General and said "Pay up!"

[U-46 Commander]

I prefer Marines, But without the navy, we wouldn't have marines. Back in the ancient times is when the Marine was created. The Romans are the ones who really started on it big though. In order to defeat the Carthaginians , who were better sailors and rammed their opponents, the Romans came up with the idea to put fully armed soldiers on board and then board the enemy ships with planks. Thus the Marine was born. What the United States has done is making them a seperate force on par and above the rest of the branches of the armed forces.

Yea, I know. I'm a history geek.

[Wreford-Brown]

The USMC is paid for by the Department of the Navy, therefore Marines are really just Navy guys in desert BDU.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by U-46 Commander

I prefer Marines, But without the navy, we wouldn't have marines. Back in the ancient times is when the Marine was created. The Romans are the ones who really started on it big though. In order to defeat the Carthaginians , who were better sailors and rammed their opponents, the Romans came up with the idea to put fully armed soldiers on board and then board the enemy ships with planks. Thus the Marine was born. What the United States has done is making them a seperate force on par and above the rest of the branches of the armed forces.

Yea, I know. I'm a history geek.

'Twas called the Corvus, and it carried a big iron spike to bury itself in the enemy's deck (and hopefully a couple of his men as well).

[Jimbuna]

Reporter to a US Marine sniper.

"What do you feel when you shoot a Iraqi insurgent?"

The Marine looks at the reporter thoughtfully, then shrugs and simply replies

"Recoil".

[Sailor Steve]

Of course it's the Air Force which has the smartest enlisted men.

In what other service do the enlisted send their officers off to do the fighting and dying while they remain behind?