[Half Vast Conspiracy]

AP: Since the invasion of Iraq, the Army's effort to keep its troops fresh by rotating them in and out of the country has created a need to use the Marines as a stabilization and counterinsurgency force in parts of the country, experts said.

Indy Pendance: The army rotates the troops every 12 months. The marines, aren't they on a 7 month rotation?

Seems to me the AP is outright wrong. Are we going to let the AP fuel silly service rivalries?

[Jarhead1957]

What is the fact? My neighbor's sons returned from Marine service in Iraq. They were there a year.