[Blood of Tyrants]

I am always proud of the Marines. They do more with less money and materials than any other service.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I am always proud of the Marines. They do more with less money and materials than any other service.

ROFLMAO That's because talk is cheep so they get more for less because you just can't shut them up!! ;-)

[68skylark]

[Marines] do more with less money and materials than any other service.

Well, that's the image they cultivate. But those F/A-18's they fly aren't cheap -- the Army gets nothing comparable.

And whenever they get into something, they don't mind getting large amounts of help from the Navy and the Army also -- roles that are vital but which get very little press.

I've been reading about the first Gulf war -- how many people knew that out front of the Marines in Kuwait was the Army's Tiger Brigade, clearing the way with their heavy tanks? That was new information to me.

I hope I don't sound ungrateful about the wonderful USMC -- those guys are great. But as an American soldier I gotta say the Marines sure know how to get the maximum amount of press adoration -- maybe it wouldn't kill them to give a little credit to other services once in awhile.