[xone]

All sailors would be marines, if it just means from the sea.

Nowadays, Marines go ashore and fight, sailors remain at sea and fight. Marines don't do sailor jobs, thank God.

. But they are Navy

Marines are a department of the Navy, the Men's Department. Seriously though, squids and jarheads do different things. 248 years ago come 10Nov23, During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passes a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy.

That's why we are different than the Navy.

[Porkchop]

Marines DO love their "Doc" though...


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[OldWarBaby]

——why we are different than the Navy? Can I have just one more reason, please sir? How about because they gave me all the freekin’ weapons in the barn, Made sure I knew how to light them up, then let me light them up at stuff I was pizzed at. Another bunch of guys re-filled the barn when I got thru.——semper fi

[LonePalm]

There was a tradition that the Marines on a ship would man at least one of the ship's batteries when in combat. You can still see the insignia on the turrets of museum ships.

Here is a Marine 5"/38 turret on USS New Jersey (BB-62) They did more than just shoot it. They maintained it because they were going to be manning it in combat.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)