The ENTIRE USMC was not mobilized for GWI/ODS.
HALF of the Army, a considerably larger force, was mobilized for ODS. That's because the Army was the lead force and provided the vast majority of the combat assets, as well as supplying the USMC with the material assets that their failed logistics train could not provide.
You were waiting for the Army, Navy, Air Force AND USMC to deploy to the theater to present enough firepower to take on the world's FOURTH BIGGEST ARMY.
Yeah, they would have sent in you and your squad to get the job done, buy you had to wait for the Army.
Well I can say this, MY boots were on the ground IN Saudi Arabia on August 13, 2000. Didn't see any Army around there at that time. Lead force? Hmmm... I have questions about that but I cannot say I know if thats true or not. Maybe you were the lead force and thats why we sat waiting so long. Yeah they would have sent our squad in and done the job. That is the job of the Marines as stated earlier. We kick the door in, but we can't occupy every room of the house, we aren't as big as the Army.
You might want to comment on the performance of the Army Reserves in Gulf War I compared to the Marine Reserves.