What's the difference between an army soldier and a marine soldier based on their duty?

Question

For what reason they assingn a marine soldier and for what reason they assing an army soldier.

The question is because there are more death army soldiers than marines.

Answer 1

There are more Army personnel in Iraq than Marines and the Army has always been much larger with many more men in combat operations than the Marine Corp.
One difference was that the Marines had very little artillery compared to the Army because they were expected to redeploy quicker and move faster after engaging the enemy. Artillery slowed you down, mostly because of the supply chain necessary to support a unit's artillery. For instance, at the company level the Marines had 60 mm mortars only, the Army 81mm, a huge difference, at battalion level the Marines had 81mm; Army 4.2", an even larger difference and so forth right up the line. This affects combat tactics greatly.
Modern weaponry and tactics have probably blurred the differences somewhat but Marines are in general light infantry, very mobile, air or water born, etc. The Army is more ponderous at all unit levels, has vastly different TOEs, etc. The pro rata number of infantry that similar sized units can place in active combat is higher for Marine units also.
(My hard and direct info is 30-40 years old, but likely still fairly accurate. and I do stay up to date through contacts who are involved directly.)
Interesting to note is that the Army has in the last decade changed its basic operating structure from rather admin heavy and long term support oriented Division operations to Infantry Brigade operations as the largest battle group fielded. Supposedly this change puts more boots with weapons where the action is and transferred supply, maintenance and rear echelon guarding operations elsewhere. IMO it isn't working that well and Haliburton is making huge war profits doing what was division level work while its assets are being guarded free of charge by the troops who were supposed to be relieved of guard duty in order to participate in front line combat. It was a wonderful idea to streamline the Army and reduce costs but someone (Cheney and crew) did not think past the first shot that was fired in a war.

Answer 2

Here is the difference and I was drafted into the Army. This difference is based on how tough they are and what is going to be expected of you. Marines will test you and do it hard. Army is next. It is almost a tie between Air Force and Navy but I give the Navy the next nod then Air Force. There is an exception with the Army and that is special forces such as Army Ranger. That would then exceed the basic Marine. And an exception with the Navy with Navy Seals.

Answer 3

The marines traditionally have a slightly different mission than the army. Historically, the marines go in and clobber people then the army moves in to hold and defend it. Recently, that has changed some and they both do the same things. Basically, where the marines serve is luck of the draw on assignments. Whatever region they are assigned to, they do their best to accomplish their mission just like the army. I suspect the reason more soldiers die than marines is that there are many many more soldiers in Iraq than marines. The marine corps is smaller than the army (they are actually part of the Navy and operate in conjuction with the Navy quite a bit)

Answer 4

as a former marine who has a son that is a army officer I suppose I'm in the best position to explain the difference. Number one the marine corps is part of the Navy and as such the main objective of the marines is to take and hold territory that could be used as future bases for the navy. Secondly the marines have slightly different equipment because their usually transported by ship they have a lot of amphibious vehicles. and their weapons are usually what they can carry individually and as such their considered light infantry. The army has much more heavy equipment and of course are independent of the navy their primary function is to engage and destroy the enemy using all means possible. Their are many types of soldiers, regular infantry, armored personel, light infantry, special forces

Answer 5

The Marines are referred to as "The Few, the Proud"... that's because there are fewer Marines than soldiers. 30% of all Marine recruits fail during boot camp... They train harder and meet more rigerous minimum qualifications.

I heard the exact numbers a few years ago... but at that time, for every $100 the Army gets in federal funding, the Marine Corps gets $6.

When you put the two together, you can see the Marines are a small force that travels light and kicks butt.

Answer 6

A Marine is not a soldier... A soldier is a soldier. A Marine is a Marine

Answer 7

There are more army deaths because there are more of them.
The army is much larger than the marine corps.

Answer 8

First there are no Marine soldiers. Marines are Marines.

Army-soldiers
Navy-sailors
Air Force-airmen
Marine Corps-Marines

Now why more soldiers KIA / WIA than Marines, well because there are more of them, law of averages.

Also because Marines are kick ***, ruthless mother f*****s who refuse to die without taking a whole piss pot full of the bad guys with them.