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4Q2u2

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8. Not without Suffering

Reply to TwilightGardener (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 03:23 PM

Feb 2013

They are already part of the Navy. Combining them with the Army would have bad consequences on their mission capabilities. As money gets tight they will suffer from the top brass dick flop, and the Old Guard Army will hold it against them. The Navy now funds them as little as possible. All the services missions are expressly defined by Senior Leadership and Civilian Oversight, using the QDR the forces are shaped and funded by that review.

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Marine generals show rare dominance of top jobs [View all] Recursion Feb 2013 OP

Baffled as to why the Marines still exist as a branch. Got any big beach landings planned? TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #1

Not amphibious assaults per se, but littoral combat is where we are focusing right now Recursion Feb 2013 #2

It's the Army that has to worry. sofa king Feb 2013 #4

Can they not be fully absorbed into the Navy? Or Army? I would think they could be. TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #5

Not without Suffering 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #8

Why so hung up on the jar heads? paleotn Feb 2013 #13

I think it's a bad idea to mess with them. sofa king Feb 2013 #15

better idea, merge the USAF into the Army quadrature Feb 2013 #16

Nah, we don't want to dumb down the Air Force, LOL. TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #17

"Send in the Marines" is a cliche for "Coming to the rescue"... Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #3

It's also been known as a black-humor statement, or droll humor, sometimes used by sailors. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #11

Well luckily it's not the evangelicals in the Air Force FreeBC Feb 2013 #6

Yeah, those guys only have the ICBMs. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2013 #7

Seems the Army has their share as well.... paleotn Feb 2013 #14

None of them are equivalent to the top Marine general who stopped the 1933 coup against FDR, AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #9

And yet Republican Smedley Butler is posted about at least 5 times a day on DU Recursion Feb 2013 #10

Your statement "Republican Smedley Butler is posted about at least 5 times a day on DU" is AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #12