[COB1]

"And if you're trying to convince ME that our other SpecOps assets are without any merit, and ONLY the USMC can save the day, then you've failed."

Junior, we Gyrenes don't give an airborne sex act what you believe!
People like you couldn't last the first day of boot, much less a firefight.
There are some real heroes on this forum, and a lot of them are my fellow Marines.
When you step on one of their toes you step on mine and all the rest of us, and I assure you, you don't want to do that!

There has always been a rivalry between the services and there always will be. It's part of the life of being military.
Try a hitch in the Corps before you start evaluating any part of our psyche.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"There has always been a rivalry between the services and there always will be."

How very true, but what some people do not understand is that
when the fighting takes place all military,
regardless of what branch, stand together as one.
In Feb '69 my ship was involved in Operation Bold Mariner
which at that time was the largest amphibious assault since Korea.
I was injured while clearing a hangfire of a 5" willy peter round in the forward gun mount.
All we had on board was a corpsman, no MD's, so I had to go to the nearest ship with a hospital (USS Iwo Jima).
When I was in the hospital there I spoke with many wounded Marines.
And everyone of them thanked me for being a gunners mate and giving them gunfire support.

[Illbay]

Junior, we Gyrenes don't give an airborne sex act what you believe!

And I, in turn, don't care what you think about the folks paying your salary, so long as you get the job done.

[Scuttlebutt]

"There has always been a rivalry between the services and there always will be. It's part of the life of being military"

I guess this would be an inappropriate time to bring up the old jarhead and "shoe polish/gun oil" sea story, wouldn't it?