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Why does the U.S. need a Marine Corps?
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- 3+ months ago by leoelvis15
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One can argue that the strategic concept of any service can be defined by the role and purpose which it plays in implementing national policy. The Marine Corps has been founded on the idea that it provides a flexible expeditionary force which comes from the sea on short notice, sustains itself from the sea, and returns to the sea when an operation is done.
Although the United States Army is capable of launching from the sea, the army’s strategic concept is that it fights and wins the land wars. The Marines, on the other hand, flexibly adapt in the face of necessity. The Marines use the commons of the sea as both a maneuver space and as a base from which to apply force. The natural concept which arises from this strategy is the sea base.
Many argue that the army is increasingly moving in the direction of an expeditionary force. Marines, on the other hand, can act as soldiers in the army, but they are not designed to fight the operational battle. The question which we must ask ourselves is to what extent we want to see both the army and the Marines adopt or maintain expeditionary capabilities. If both services possess this capability, there may be redundancy in the services. However, we must not confuse effectiveness with efficiency and conclude that redundancy in war is dangerous. Efficiency demands that one achieve the greatest output with the smallest input. In reality, war is not a labor of efficiency but rather demands an effective operational strategy. Thus, should the army and the Marines assume expeditionary responsibilities, we can be assured that both will be providing a force which provides utility to the nation.
The Army has no comparable force. The Marines have three infantry divisions and three air wings and have a strength of about 200,000. The Army has only about 2,000 Rangers, who compare very well to the Marines as light infantry shock troops. However, the Army is addicted to armor and their regular infantry is trained around the use of heavy armor, which is often impractical in situations where the Marines are called in because of a lack of port facilities. What really separates the Marines is their use of their integrated air capabilities. The Marine Air Wing is dedicated to supporting the infantry and trained in close air support, which the Marines invented and developed, as they did the doctrines of amphibious assault and vertical envelopment by using helicopters. The Army, on the other hand, is dependant on the Air Force for support from fixed-wing aircraft, and the Air Force is more interested in missiles and fighters than attack aircraft. Also, the Navy and Marines have a history of working together that goes back almost two and a half centuries. The two services understand each other's needs and abilities and work together about as seamlessly as two different military services can. In order to do the job that the Marines perform the Army would have to acquire a fixed wing air force (which is prohibited by Presidential order), it would have to master the skills developed by the Marines, it would have to train some 200,000 troops and airmen in the art of assault from sea or land on heavily fortified positions without armor or heavy artillery, and it would have to integrate those units with the Navy, which speaks an entirely different language and has very different military customs. Guess what? We already have a military service that does all of that for a fraction of what it would cost to have the Army do it.
Hunter Thompson? Must be an important guy cause ive never heard of him and are you referring (we) as to you and Mr. Thompson? I dont think either one of you two have the ability to speak for all the citizens of U.S. and I would like to thankyou for showing your support for me and all of my fellow marines that are giving up part of our lives to defend your freedom. Have a good life and live peacefully.
he was a journalist and author
Ooorah Leoelvis
Ah yes, the great military expert Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, who spent his life as a biographer of the Hell's Angels and writing articles and novels about getting ripped on coke and acid while he was ripped on coke and acid. That guy.
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to win wars duh... the marines are our strongest military force without them idk what we would do.... the reason is that they are our task force not wimps ... frontlines of battle. they are also our main infiltration force... other than the army... the navy is their escort.. and the airforce defends them
Simple: If not for our tough military other countries like Russia,China & muslims would try to invade & take over the US taking away our freedoms God gave us.Marines are trained for tougher fighting & usually chosen for the initial attack prior to the other branches of military are called in.
Semper Fi
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The Corps has always been ready at a moments notice to carry out the commands of any commander in chief. Highly trained, highly motivated, highly obedient. No other major force stands as ready and able to answer its nation's call. We were and are committed to taking any enemy objective, never holding back. And once a Marine, always a Marine. My enlistment 1967 to 1971 and its associated conflict. If called today, I'd report in a heartbeat and proudly, as would tens of thousands of other Marine Corps vets, whatever the situation and despite our age. Ooorah
yea that is true