[Mears]

Aren't the Marines affiliated with the Navy?

[dwilli]

Attend the same academy, ride the same ships.

[dpa5923]

The Marine Corps and the Navy both fall under the Department of the Navy. With that said, it is important to understand that the Marine Corps is not part of the Navy but rather a separate branch of the military under the department of the Navy.

To imply that the Marine Corps is part of the Navy is like saying the Department of the Army is part of the Naval Department because they both fall under the Department of Defense.

[SamKeck]

Aren't the Marines affiliated with the Navy?

Acutally, it's more like the Navy is affiliated with the Marines. Both services exist within the Deapartment of the Navy, but the Marines are the senior service of the two, having been founded about a year earlier than the USN.

And that is also why when both services are standing in the same formation together, Marines always are placed in a position senior to USN personnel, at the rightmost (your left, facing)end and/or precede Navy personnel in order of march when on parade.

[sergeantdave]

Hello Mears -

In fact, Marines provide valuable training for Navy personnel.

For example, when aboard ship and we accidentally drop our whiskey bottle over the side, we grab the nearest Navy SEAL and throw him overboard to go fetch it, providing valuable swimming lessons.

We also establish beachheads on foreign shores and sample the best hootch and make certain the most beautiful women are huggable before allowing the Navy to come ashore.

We are pleased to help the Navy.

[Dubya]

The Marines are the mens Dept. of the Navy. :^)