who has the worse position>army or marines>i know they both have to fight>>read on?

Question

but someone said the army had it worse than the marines and i thought the marines were the first to go into combat>>i thank them all for serveing our country

Answer 1

anyone who thinks one is better than the other doesn't understand.


they're worthless without each other.

Answer 2

The Army and Marines are designed for two different types of fighting. Marines are great for fast hard attacks. However, the war in Iraq is a sustained fight now which the Marines have trouble handling. Which is what the Army is good at. However, that means the Army is tasked out more than anyone else. In the end, we are all sucking over there.

Answer 3

Its a very open-ended question, and honestly could go either way. The Marines like to think they go in first, and once that was true, due to their close relationship with the Navy. Today that isn't as accurate(meaning amphibious landings aren't all that common in the Middle East); Army Airborne and SF units are just as apt to be right alongside Marine units. As to the commentor who stated that Marine living conditions are much worse than Army that isn't accurate either. It all depends on where you are stationed and what your MOS (military occupational speciality) is. I was stationed in Bagram, AF and worked in the same office as Marines, Navymen, and Airmen. They enjoyed all the same comforts anyone else stationed there did (beds, a fairly decent chowhall, I only got food poisoning once, etc). However, any forces stationed at smaller, more remote FOBs (forward operating base) regardless of military branch had fewer amenities. I was Army btw, but unlike other commentors I think I've presented a fairly unbiased opinion.

Answer 4

Historically, the Army has almost always had it easier than the Corps. In sheer numbers alone, the Marine Corps is a much more intimate organization and because of that simple fact, when it's time to fight, there's a greater likelihood that the Marine will see more and do more than the soldier. Spec. Ops for the Corps consists of a few battalions (averaging about 360 men in each battalion) while the Army's version numbers well into the thousands.

Answer 5

There is no "worse" position, each has a different but sometimes overlapping mission in the service to the USA.

it's more about application of their basic mission envelope. Comparing the US Army to the USMC is like comparing a sledge hammer to a engineer's hammer, they both do similar things and at times can be interchangeable in their application, but in the long run they are used specifically.

With that said, alot of it has to do with who can go NOW as opposed to who can go a week from NOW, or a month from NOW.

The "general rule of thumb" is that if it's land it's Army, if it touches water it's the Marines. You can see where the overlap is...

Answer 6

Whoever told you that was wrong..........

The Army has longer deployments than the Marines. The Army also has huge gigantic bases with full chow halls and like 10 flavors of ice cream and all kinds of non-combat related "creature comforts" that the Marines will never see.

I was a Marine, in the Infantry and in Iraq. We were lucky if they would risk a bird to get us chow.

Risk a helo for ammo and water.....yes
Risk a helo for chow....maybe yes, how long has it been since you have eaten?

Get my drift?

The Marines have to do more with alot less, and the "more" in that equation usually means there will be alot of bad guys around shooting at you. Thats one of the reasons their deployments are shorter.

If your in the Army in Iraq chances are you are operating out of a FOB, or full base with chow halls, rec centers, phones, internet, and even BEDS!

Not gonna happen if your a Marine most likely. I can say for certain it isnt going to happen if your Marine Infantry.

Home will be were you dig it, chow will be a MRE, unless you are raiding an Army ASP (ammo supply point) and can sneak into their chow hall.

Things might have changed in 2 years but I doubt it.


Hey JW below me....
You were stationed at an Air Force base right? Wasnt a Marine base was it? No....

Maybe there were some Marines there who got in on the fun and good living conditions.

Yes its true that some Marines are POG's (people other than grunt) and they get stationed around AF, and US Army personnel and do whatever it is they do.

The majority of Marines who have anything to do with combat do not operate under the conditions that you mention.

US Army personnel who have combat MOS's have much better living conditions than US Marines who have combat MOS's. As I stated before if you are in the Army chances are you are operating out of a FOB, or large base that has much better living conditions than what a Marine with a combat MOS has.

Just because there were some rear echelon Marines at your location doesnt make my statements untrue.

Answer 7

I am not sure what you mean by worse. When you get down to it each of the services are independent and rely on each other to be successful over the long haul. The USMC typically is the first in due to the fact that they specialize in quick strikes with their Expeditionary Units (which are dependant on the USN), while capable of a variety of missions they would not be used to take over and occupy a large area for any long period of time. That is where the Army comes in. They can use their greater numbers to overcome the enemy and occupy a larger area for an extended period of time.

Answer 8

In regards to HH:

I seem to remember being attached to a USMC RCT in Camp Fallujah. I also seem to remember some very large DFAC's with better food than my current US Army FOB. In fact, they had more "creature comforts" than we could dream of here. I also seem to remember when at Camp Fallujah the US Army not only held the worst AO, but also had the worst living conditions, and recognized as such by the USMC.

So before you start saying how bad the USMC has it, and how easy the US Army has it, I suggest you open your biased little eyes and see that the reality is. Both of the branches suffer equally here. And to trying compare and say one is better or worse is tarnishing the sacrifices we have all made in this war. We all bleed red.

Answer 9

Hi...

The Army and the Marines are similar in a lot of ways, they simply have differing broad mission statements.

BUT... when someone is shooting at you, it makes little difference weather you're a Soldier or a Marine.

Warm regards,
Douglas

Post Script: Do you know why they stamp T.G.I.F on Marines boots...?
Answer: This helps them remember... Toes go in first.

Answer 10

I know when we were in Desert Storm, some Marine tanks came up to our location (after a few months of us being there). They were still using the M60 tank while we were in the M1A1 Heavy Abrams tank.

So, they had older equipment and we were there first.
Either way, combat isn't all that fun.