Why does the army stay longers??? My cousin is in the marines and he is on his 3rd tour in Iraq… I think they stay longer because the marines do all the fighting and the army is just on stand by just in case… Marines are a much better fighting force then the army.
Read a few of these:
The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, ‘The elite of this country.’ I think it is the elite of the world.
Admiral William Halsey, U.S.
Navy 2006
Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army.
Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War;
shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered
to not wear their khaki leggings.
Marines Never Die, They just regroup in Hell.
Gen.
Fredrick Mcknight US ARMY
The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines.
Lord, how they could fight!
MGen. Frank E.
Lowe, USA; Korea, 26 January 1952
Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper-weights.
Navy Times; November 1994
Why in hell can’t the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can’t they be like Marines.
Gen. John J.
“Black Jack” Pershing, USA; 12 February 1918
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur; Korea, 21 September 1950
We have two companies of Marines running rampant all over the northern half of this island, and three Army regiments pinned down in the southwestern corner, doing nothing.
What the hell is going on?
Gen. John W. Vessey Jr.
, USA, Chairman of the the Joint Chiefs of Staff
during the assault on Grenada, 1983
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen.
Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945
Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don’t have that problem.
Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985
Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They’re aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They’ve got really short hair and they always go for the throat.
RAdm. “Jay” R.
Stark, USN; 10 November 1995
I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.
1stLt. Clifton B.
Cates, USMC
in Belleau Wood, 19 July 1918
My only answer as to why the Marines get the toughest jobs is because the average Leatherneck is a much better fighter. He has far more guts, courage, and better officers… These boys out here have a pride in the Marine Corps and will fight to the end no matter what the cost.
2nd Lt. Richard C.
Kennard, Peleliu, World War II
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Wow…not like we dont have enough problems with people around the world, we have to get on here and have a p*ss*ng contest about who is better, the army or marines? Look man, im a soldier, so naturally im going to say that the army is better, and a marine would naturally say that they are better. BUT, when it comes to the bottom line, I dont think anybody that is opposed to the U.S. would want to see either of us in a dark alley, or look down the barrel of a 120mm smooth bore cannon on an M1 (which both the marines and the army have). Anyhow, and as far as heavens gates being guarded by marines? Im not to concerned, im going to fiddlers green. (look it up)
Its because the marine corps is just plain better…
sorry army boys…
I don’t know, but these are some cool quotes man!
Explain why,
On the day General Chesty Puller retired from the Marine Corps,
He wrote a letter to retired Army General Edward Almond
And called him the finest combat commander Puller had ever served under in his entire career.
Not a Marine officer, but an Army officer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha typical DEP Marines recruit with his head up his ***…ah this never gets old does it? When are you going to every realize that they are equal? Yes you can come up with times where the Marines “saved” the Army or fought first, but you could also do the same in the Army’s favor. Just like how my recruiter has a book written about him when he had to go in and save the Marines asses in Fallujah.It’s funny how you have never even been anywhere in the military, yet you know all of this knowledge. And about how the Army has more deaths because they are “not trained as good” is complete hogwash. Did you ever notice that the Army has wayy more soldiers then the Marines have Marines? Therefore there are a lot more soldiers that could be possibly killed. Makes sense doesn’t it dumbass. All in all i still respect you for joining the military, just lose the attitude. Good luck
you obviously havent deployed yet.
good for you, you found a bunhc of old quotes. i’m sure if i dug around i could find enough quotes about how smoking is good for you.
keep in mind that a lot of the army guys that die are weekend warriors…nto part of the real army.
anyway, to answer your question: because theres more units in the army.
and if you want to talk about who’s better: heres a timeline of Fallujah:
82nd takes it by force, beats it to submission, and has it under thier thumb.
hands it over to marines: marines loose control of it
82nd comes back, retakes Fallujah easily.
no offense, but your in DEP, you havent deployed yet so you have no right to talk about iraq.
oh and 90% of the missions are done by marines? and u know this how? by taking to a marine recruiter? think about it: if most of the country is occupied by the army, who is running more missions?
you work your own sector, thts how the occupation works.
and simply put, they’re not the best of the best. If you really wanna be the ‘best of hte best’ join SFG or go PJ in the airforce. the “best of the best” of the marines, the recon units, are on the same level as the rangers…and SFG are definately a step above them
but whatever, im a vet whos been awarded for valor in combat, im not gonna argue with someone who wont even make it through training since all he is joining for is an identity that he didnt even forge himself
Please, do not make assumptions… If the Army does all the stand by stuff…. how come the Army alone has 3,000+ casualties? While the Marines only have 1000. They are both just as tough. The difference is one’s head is 10x bigger than the others. Not sure as to why the Army’s are longer though.
Edit: nobody ever said Marines weren’t badass, that they are.. but you made a moot point when you say the Army isn’t trained as well as the Marines. What does that have to do with anything? I’m saying the stats to disprove your claim that the army is “standby” operations. Have you been through the Army BCT and Marine boot camp? Then don’t compare the two.
It all makes sense now, you’re in the USMC DEP. That would explain your massive “USMC r teh bestest branch” ego. Guess who gets all the hand-me-down equipment? Bingo…
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Let’s end this Army vs Marine crap…
It’s all about the Navy anyways… I just earned 15 thumbs down, thank you….
army does strikes then occupies marines do strikes then moves to next…..this must be another marine wannabe….all those quotes there son were ‘glorified’ by marines (like always)…haha as for grenada quote, since the army rangers were ‘first to fight’ they must of left the lightweight for the marines..fact is, once you’re in hell you stay in hell, soldier or marine
Why does the Army deploy to Iraq for 12 to 18 monthes and the Marines deploy for 6 to 10 monthes?
The answer to that question is simple. The Army has more personnel than the Marine Corp, so the rotations to the sand box for the Army are longer, and less frequent 8-12 months between deployments. while the Marine Corp has less personnel they still are deploying as much as we do just less time.
“To sin in silence makes cowards of men”
You’re real tough behind your computer screen you little punk. Making fun of people that are dying for you because you don’t like the branch they’re in. Meanwhile you don’t have the balls to sign up. There are dead Rangers, SEAL’s, Green Berets, and Delta Force guys that are not part of the Marine Corps… and they all are far more of a man than you will ever be in your entire life.
You should be ashamed of yourself… coming on line on putting down people that are dead, dying, wounded, disabled, and fighting for you… all so you can sit in a comfortable protected computer chair.
“The comfortable man gets to sleep at night because the rough man fights for his protection”