[adorno]

That's pure BS. Marine Recon units were running LERP and interdiction missions way before SEALS were invented.

Exactly!

I always wondered and I still do, why the Recon Marines are not mentioned as special forces as often as the Seals and other special forces.

They've been there, done that, way before any of the Iraq wars and Afghanistan.

[Kimmers]

The Marines that I have met do not seem to be out for public glory....they just want to "git er done"

Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat. [RAdm. "Jay" R. Stark, USN; 10 November 1995]

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