Posted on 01/23/2006 4:45:31 AM PST by VirginiaMil
But sentry duty at Annapolis has been a 155-year tradition for Marines. Naval tradition is the lifeblood of the Corps, and I believed until my former Marine Corps commandant disabused me of that belief that to remove Marines from the guard posts at Annapolis would somehow lessen the potency of that lifeblood. Other Marines Ive spoken to have felt similarly.
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There was a post here several months ago about the Navy forming a Naval Infantry in response to the Marines being deployed away from the Navy.
However, in the Navy Times, it was made clear the new Naval security units would not be "naval infantry" and would not replace the Marines.
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