"Expelled From The Tower"
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Originally Posted by
Leedo2502
I couldn't agree more, I was kinda likeing Ray until he went off on how the Marines are that much better than the Army (mostly based off of a fictional character.) You usually hear that in the old timers in the Marines and not so much since 9/11 and we all got on one team (I'll grant you there are still the jokes and rivalries but they have dropped dramaticaly since Afghanistan and Iraq.) Even before that there was a great deal of respect from Army Infantry for Marine Infantry and vice versa, we both realize that we both have different jobs with different strengths and weaknesses. The problem was (and I guess still is) with the non-combat arms guys...
the army has 1.14 million personnell (not counting the civilian corps) and the marines have 280,000. the marines are a small elite corps, but the army has about as many infantry as there are marines. the combat arms of the army are as skilled marksmen as the marines. marines are intended for small scale operations, the army is intended for large scale sustained operations. it's really like compareing apples and oranges, they have different purposes.
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