You were never a Marine. We fight and we win. Improvise, adapt, overcome. You wouldn’t understand and our ability is unquestioned. Our business is to kill people and blow up things. And business is good.
Oh, please. I was in the Army and my father was a Marine. I know all about the Marines, their capabilities and their limitations. Contrary to what they themselves might think, they are not supermen, nor are they any more competent than the Army in small unit operations. Their mission is rapid power projection from the sea in cooperation with the Navy. This is what should drive any discussion about their size and composition. To use the Marines outside of this mission is a misallocation of resources. Every Marine that was deployed for longterm operations in a place like Afghanistan is a Marine that is not available for their primary mission.