When referring to a United States Marine which this "journalist" in the NYT is referring, Marine is capitalized. PERIOD!
When referring to a United States Marine which this "journalist" in the NYT is referring, Marine is capitalized. PERIOD!Sorry, all style manuals that I've seen, including the GPO and the Army (I can't find one specifically for the Marine Corps), state that "marine" when referring to an individual should be lowercase.