who is better, navy or marines??

[Wreford-Brown]

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

[Tombow]

A bit offtopic, but somewhat related:

Long time ago, I was an afficionado of online combat flightsims. One of these games included a lot of carrier operations on certain arenas. One day, I refused to join my squad starting a raid from a carrier and said just for the fun: "I would join the navy if I was gay.", One of my squadmates replied: "So, as far I understand: 1. Flying fighters: not gay. 2. Hotbunking in order to fly fighters: VERY gay!"

Seldom laughed so heartily. Almost bit off my headsed mic laughing.



P.S. The real reason I refused to join the raid is my squad was flying on the Axis side and the only fighters available were the Zero or the Bf-109T. And neither was my style of fighter.

[irish1958]

Originally Posted by Wreford-Brown

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

The Marines are not a separate force, but a devision of the Navy.
Since I was in the Air Force, I have to agree with Sailor Steve.

The original question realy could have asked:
Why isn't the Regular Army as good as the Navy's Army (Uncle Sam's Misguided Children)?

[sunvalleyslim]

My partner at work for 20 years was a Marine......And I always said, "John, I was in the Marines too....The Real Marines...........Submarines"........."DBF"

[irish1958]

Originally Posted by Snestorm

The original question realy could have asked:
Why isn't the Regular Army as good as the Navy's Army (Uncle Sam's Misguided Children)?

The regular Army is as good, but in a different way. In general, the US Army has a different mission: after battle, occupation and pacification; in battle, slugging it out with the enemy's armor and heavy artillery, tank forces and air power.
Of course, the marines do some of this, but they are really a quick strike force intended to be mobile.

[Sailor Steve]

The Amiral and the General were in the barber shop, getting a haircut and a shave. When the the barber started to put his best aftershave on the General, he held up his hand and said "None for me, thanks! My wife will think I've been in a whorehouse."

"You can go ahead and douse me with the stuff", replied the Admiral. "My wife doesn't know what a whorehouse smells like."

[Jimbuna]

An officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve was attending a conference that included Admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy.

At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies.

The French Admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans learned only English.

He then asked, "Why is it that we have to speak English in these conferences rather than you speak French?"

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe it is because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies, and Americans arranged it so you would not have to speak German."

[irish1958]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

An officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve was attending a conference that included Admirals from both the U.S. Navy and the French Navy.

At a cocktail reception, he found himself in a small group that included personnel from both navies.

The French Admiral started complaining that whereas Europeans learned many languages, Americans learned only English.

He then asked, "Why is it that we have to speak English in these conferences rather than you speak French?"

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied: "Maybe it is because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies, and Americans arranged it so you would not have to speak German."

True; but our mission was made safer and more effective by the magnificent French Resistance at great sacrifice by them.

[sergei]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"My wife doesn't know what a whorehouse smells like."