Navy Marine Corp VS. Army & Air Force?

Question

This has been on my mind for some time...


So let's say the U.S. were to have another civil war:



1. Battlefield: USA
2. Time Frame: Today
3. Teams: like i said Navy Marines vs. Army & Air Force



(to answer please put aside all feelings, for example: do not post Semper Fi! just because you were an ex-marine and then dont give me an explanation...haha. You gotta use your knowledge about the military, and opinions of course..)

Answer 1

No one would win. Why? Navy guys would shoot themselves after 2 weeks at sea hearing nothing but "Semper Fi" and "Hoorah" from their Marine counterparts. Navy guys would also be too "busy" with their fellow deck-mates with their names sewn into the asses of their pants. Maverick and Goose would be too busy playing a heated game of "let's-oil-each-other-up-and-play-volleyball" to even show up to fly. Meanwhile the Marines are starving without their protein shakes because the rest of the Navy pilots stopped flying cargo to the ships because hey, they're watching the volleyball game.

On the other hand, the AF would be too busy bailing the retard Army guys out of jail for the "***-whoopin they laid down at the club" after 6 months in Iraq when they came home and found their lady with another "baby daddy". The AF wouldn't have enough time to extend the heavily-relied-upon-defense contract with tech support to operate their systems; no civilians, no satellites. The AF would fight, as long as it didn't interfere with their 2:00 tee time with the commander, so the war would have to take place between the hours of 9 am and 12 pm (can't forget the 2 to 3 hr lunch). Once the civilians were promised a 3 million dollar contract and tech support is back up and running, the AF can request 3 billion in bail bonds through a "killer" powerpoint presentation to Congress so they can get the Army out of jail, now trying to chain up the other inmates and walk them like dogs. The AF guys, with an actual HS diploma at a minimum (meaning they can read, write, and are capable of coherent dialogue) can't understand the "one phone call" they get from the now incarcerated Army guys because all they're saying is "Hooah" in response to "What jail are you in?"

Meanwhile, all sides are trying to schedule medical appointments for their wounds through Tricare, who in turn told them they needed to see a specialist and that it would take 3 months to get a referral.

So who wins??? At the right price...the overpaid civilian contractor.

Answer 2

Yeah, the Navy and Marine Corps would stomp on them. Especially if they had to hold this fight anywhere besides the Continential US. The only way to move masses of tanks and other vehicles is by ship. We'd wipe out the airborne guys before the Air Force managed to move 1 army armored battalion.

Answer 3

Guy, how much do you know about the Navy?Just b/c you usually see us on ships out in the middle of nowhere doesn't mean that's all we do. You heard of the Blue Angels?? Air or the Seabees? Check out the movie The Fighting Seabees. That is my job and we will NEVER be on a ship unless it's some weird deployment. We Build! We Fight! We Kill! Hoorah!! And also, size of the branch doesn't matter. How many times have battles been won by the side with smaller numbers? The Chair Force is too lazy to getup and get anything accomplished leaving the Army to themselves. But since all they know how to do is drink, drink, and fight, then that makes them pretty useless themselves.

So, answer to your question, I would say Navy and Marines. Both are strong fighters and defenders.

Answer 4

Your Army has Special Forces (The only Special Forces, Mind you) and Special Operations Groups such as Rangers and the cream of the crop, Delta.

Air Force has the most dedicated and professional rescue teams, period. Air Force also has air superiority V.S. the Navy in numbers alone.

Your Marines have Marine Recon, which is purely for gathering information as a Special Ops Unit. They are not nearly as educated and well trained as the Army's Elite Groups. Also your Navy has the SEALs which only have the advantage over Rangers in water based climates.

I do not have to go into detail about how fast the Army and Air Force would wipe the floor.

Answer 5

Army AF, no question about it. First of all the size of the army greatly out numbers the size of the marines, so we'd wipe the floor with them on the ground. Also the AF has many more air assets than the navy, b-2, a-10, f-22 I could go on and on. Of course you have to consider each side's nuclear capabilities, but that would be almost impossible to predict the outcome of, and I believe would lead to cold war, and ultimately a stalemate, or they would just completely destroy each other. Nuke's aside, defiantly army air force.

Answer 6

Army/AF would win hands down. These two services are geared towards big, protracted wars. The Army is land centric. The AF is land, air and sea capable. The Marines, are tactical and focus primarily on brown water and shore ops. They cannot sustain themselves very far into a land theater. The Navy is geared towards fleet defense and has little strategic or operational reach and capability.

The AF and Army are larger and can operate anywhere due to refueling and airlift capabilities. Then Marines have no lift, they depend on the Army and AF for most of their lift. The Navy only has sea lift. Overall, the AF and Army are postured to win. They have the most capabilities and are postured to win at a strategic level.

Answer 7

The United States Army and the Air Force of course.

Answer 8

"guy" and "gump023" have excellent answers AND THE GUY ABOVE ME, JIM H, IS A RAMBLING ID*OT IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD AND IS NOT CLEVER WHAT SO EVER!
but also....
2005 stats:
Regular Army -507,082 soldiers.
Army National Guard 333,177
United States Army Reserve 189,005
total at 1,029,264.
Air force=334,200 personnel on active duty, 120,369 in the Selected and Individual Ready Reserves, and 107,000 in the Air National Guard. An additional 10,675 personnel were in the Standby Reserve
TOTAL=1,601,508
United States Marine Corps, 180,000 active duty, reserve= 40,000 (the Coast Guard, about one fifth the size of the Marine Corps(44,000), is under the Department of Homeland Security).
The U.S. Navy currently has over 340,000 personnel on active duty and nearly 148,000 in the Navy Reserve;
TOTAL=752,000 TROOPS
ADVANTAGE=ARMY AND AF BY 849,508
AF AND ARMY WIN!!!!
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY ANOTHER GAME, JOSHUA?" (IF ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN "WAR GAMES" WITH MATTHEW BRODERICK)
and i know this battle isnt as simple as ive made it but check out my figures anyway

Answer 9

Army & Air Force hands down., Even though the Marines are still my favorite branch.

Answer 10

Army and Air Force would win - more man and brain power