[SuzyQ2]

From the halls of Montezu-u-ma to the shores of Tripoli!

[fortheDeclaration]

"the toughest troops in the Navy Department are not the Marines, but the sailors who belong to the SEALs."

I think the point that the author was making was that the Marines, having gotten so large, were no longer really part of the Navy Dept.

Hence the need for a 'new' Marine Corp to fill the void.

[JoeSixPack1]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1467459/posts

:-)

[G.Mason]

An enjoyable read. Thanks for the post.

[firewalk]

bttt

[SauronOfMordor]

Each group has its own specialty, and there is no "one" definition of toughness. Somebody who might be ideal for an intense 5 hour mission might not make it thru 5 months of slogging, etc

[ryan71]

This is silly.

The SEALS and the Marines are both tough as hell and I'm proud of them.

[Shanda]

I have no personal knowledge of either but I would think there are few if any tougher than the marines who took Iwo Jima.

I think there are other units which are more selective and even higher trained tho.

[sergeantdave]

When we were aboard ship and dropped the whiskey jug overboard, we'd grab the nearest frogman and toss him over to go fetch it.

We had great respect for their swimming prowess. :-)