[Svartalfiar]

1. Roll the US Marine Corps into the US Army. All ground forces should be in the US Army.

2. All airplanes should be in the USAF.

3. All ships should be in the US Navy.

1. The Marines are already in the Navy. They literally are just Navy infantry. They've taken on too much mission creep and need to get back to their sole purpose - establishing a beachhead for the Army to come through. Marines are amphibians, they go in the water, not just another ground force.

2. You actually think the Air Force should be operating off naval vehicles? Do you not realize how much MORE that would cost us in "substandard living quarters" pay for all the zoomies? If anything, push Air Force up and out and fold everything under 50 kft back into the Army Air Corps.

3. Coast Guard has a different mission set than the Navy (for the most part), but is under the Navy already, when deployed. If you're talking about the Army's ships, it makes sense to maintain more of the logistical support within the supported department.

[DIRTYSECRET]

The marines are amphibious. Sh what were they doing in Beruit besides getting themselves blown up?

Air Force-all the planes? I dunno. When the A-10 Warthog was on the chopping block it was suggested the Marines could take over. During the Mayaguez incident the marines had to use AF helicopters. The captain ordered the AF pilot where too land and the pilot-a buck sergeant-told him to go f himself.

[Alas Babylon!]

LOL!

Like I said, these things would never happen because they’d pi$$ off too many people.

Wanna save money, or go with tradition?

All arguments should be on the table. ALL, not just the ones we don’t like. Different branches would fight each other to the death rather then do what it takes to save the tax burden on the American people’s backs.

As a person who lived his life in uniform, I’m going to educate you. The US military has separate branches, but they fight under ONE commander as a team. You mention how the Coast Guard comes under the Navy when we’re at war, but that’s how ALL the services fight in an actual war. One boss, like when General Swarzkopf, US Army, was in charge of Desert Shield/Storm. General Horner, the Air Boss I worked for, was subordinate to Gen Swarzkopf, and did what he was told to do. The Marine General worked for Gen S, not for the Commandant. That also applied to the Navy commander in the Gulf. I can’t speak with personal knowledge for Iraq or Afghanistan, as I retired before 9/11, but it was the same.

But true, I submitted this, so I’ll take the flack.