Maybe this is obvious, but I just realized that most places where Marines live and train are called "camps", and most places Soldiers live and train are called "forts".
Is this due to the fact that Marines are a smaller force geared toward quick response, kind of "get in, do your business, and get out"? A "camp" does denote transience and mobility. Set up shop, do what you have to do, pack up and move on. And the Army has "forts", a more permanent fixture, because they are large and tend to dig in for the long haul when they go somewhere?
Or do these characteristics have nothing to do with the nomenclature?
2006-12-25
06:11:29
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