Are Marines their own branch of service?

Answer 1

What defines an individual branch of service?

It's funny to hear all these answers saying that they are part of the Navy. I'm pretty sure they are United States Marines, not Navy Marines. Yes, they do fall under the Department of the Navy. Of course, the Coast Guard falls under the Department of Homeland Security, so I don't think that means a whole lot. Per the Secratary of the Navy, all members of the Navy are to be refered to as Sailors. All Marines are refered to as Marine. Using the basic theories that I learned is elementary school, if all Navy members are Sailors, but no Marines are Sailors, Marines are not members of the Navy. As a unique service, they fall under the Department of the Navy because the 200,000 Marines don't warrant an individual department like the over 500,000 Sailors or Soldiers or Airmen. Think of it as a way to save your taxpayer dollars. Also, since you have to see a Marine recruiter to join, and since you can't join through a Navy recruiter, I think this part of the Navy thing is a pretty moot point. And just so that you know, the Marines get paid through DFAS (Defence Finance Accounting Services) just like every other service person does.

Answer 2

The Marines are technically governed by the Department of the Navy. The Navy provides them with certain support personnel like medics and chaplains. The Marines have carried on a lot of naval traditions and aspiring young Marine officers go to the Naval Academy at Annapolis for their education. However, the Marines have their own separate funding in the defense budget and a seat on the Joint Chiefs. They deploy independent of the Navy and in practice, the Navy doesn't have much say in how they are run so they are more or less their own branch even if they are descended from the Navy. As for whether they are stupid or not, this may have been the case in the past. I don't know. But it is certainly not the case now, due to the prestige associated with being in the Marine Corps as well as the law of averages dragging the Army down, as other contributors have mentioned. The stereotype has its origins in interservice garbage, such as the typical disparaging acronym - Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Non-Essential.

Answer 3

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Are Marines their own branch of service?

Answer 4

In a nutshell, yes they are separate but haven't always been. The Marines were established 10 November, 1775 by the Congress to act as a landing force for the Navy. In 1798 Congress established the Marines as a separate service, but the Navy still supplies Officers from the Naval Academy and all of the doctors and medical units needed. The Commandant answers to the Sec of Navy today! USMC 60-68

Answer 5

Yes the Marine Corps is a seperate branch of service; it is within the Department of the Navy but is not under the United States Navy. If you look at DOD policy for displaying and presenting military flags you would notice that the sequence is Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard. The reason for that is the Navy was authorized by the Continental Congress in Oct 1775 and they date that as the birth of the Navy, the first officer was not commissioned until Dec 1775 while the Marines were authorized in Nov 1775 (the Marine Corps birthday) and the first oficer comminssioned about ten days later-there actually were people in the U.S. Marine Corps before they were people in the U.S. Navy. If you look at the first organized units within the military it gets even stranger as the first state militia's were not incorparated into the U.S. Army until Jan 1776 but the first Marine unit was end of November 1775 and first Navy ship launched in Dec 1775 and again through DOD historical reference the Marine Corps was the only service not disbanded immediately after the Revolutionary War (lasted a short time) the U.S. Army posts were turned over to state militia's which had been mustered out of the Continental Army and U.S. Navy ships placed in ports but the Marines were kept active to guard the Navy ships in ports and is actually the oldest military service depending on how you figure it and the only service that can show active strength back to th 1775. The Coast Guard would actually be the second oldest continual service if the dates I remember are correct.
The system of dating the service to the day of authorization by Continental Congress is Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and Air Force.
Service flags are presented based on the commissioning date of the first officer-Army, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force
First active unit-Marines, Navy. Army, Coast Guard and Air Force.
The Coast Guard is presented last as they are not part of the Department of Defense in normal situations/times so the Air Force is given precedence.

Answer 6

What Branch Are The Marines

Answer 7

I'm currently a Drill Instructor in the United States Marine Corps. The Marines are not their own branch. For one, we're not a branch we're a breed and two, we are part of the navy but we're the mens department.

Semper Fi

Answer 8

The "Department of the Navy" has two branches.

There is the US Navy, and the US Marine Corps.

They are both independent branches that fall under the Department of the Navy.

Answer 9

The Marines are NOT part of the Navy, They work with the Navy solely for the purpose of amphibious operations.
Funding for the Marine Corps is through Naval appropriations!

On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia passed a resolution stating that "two Battalions of Marines be raised" for service as landing forces with the fleet. This resolution established the Continental Marines and marked the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.
The first commissioned officer in the Continental Marines, Nicholas remained the senior Marine officer throughout the American Revolution and is considered to be the first Marine Commandant.
Following the Revolutionary War and the formal re-establishment of the Marine Corps on 11 July 1798, Marines saw action in the quasi-war with France, landed in Santo Domingo, and took part in many operations against the Barbary pirates along the "Shores of Tripoli".

The navys' role is simply to transport Marines to the battle area, or in the case of air support, Marine air craft are flown from Naval carriers and often get air support from Naval aviators. Marine assigned sea duty aboard ship provide security.

Answer 10

It depends on wether you are talking about the US Marines or the Royal Marines (british). The US marines are an entirely seperate entity from the US Navy and are "their own branch of service" The Royal marines are technically part of the Royal Navy though they function entirely independently of the Royal Navy.