Why not get Rid of the USMC to fix the financial problems?

I'm an Airmen, but are you crazy?

That's like saying why is there a Navy Seals when we have the Navy.

Marines fight the battle and the Army fights the war. They whoop their own butts for 13 weeks to become great Marines. Just because the Marines needed some help in one battle in Fallujah doesn't mean anything.

These specially trained men and women have saved our butts on so many occasions. The Marines were on the first amphibious vehicle

[http://www.marines.com/main/index/winning_battles/...

The Marines are the Navy's infantry. If a Navy ship was under attack my a land gunner, the Marines are out those boats in a hurry. They have their own air power, bombers, fighters and helicopters. There are no nurses, medics or doctors in the Marines like the Army. These people are built to fight and only fight.

Now I'm not knocking down the Army, because I respect them A LOT, but you have to give it to the Marines for what they do. I know a Marine who is a monster with a sniper rifle. Can't just get rid of them. They are very important to our wars.

Just like a republican to propose cutting the the one the receives the least funding and would also do the least to help the deficit. To help the deficit one of two things need to happen,first major cuts to defense(all branches, especially army and airforce since they make up the majority of the defense budget), cuts to medicare and medicaid and social security, or we could just raise taxes and make minor cuts. Which one seems more logical and plausible?

It is also cheaper to train marines than soldiers around 20,000 less than any other service yet they receive a lot more training,they do more with less. So why not decrease the Army's size and increase the Marine Corps size, also stop promoting soldiers to E-8 in their first enlistment? If the Marines were the Army's size, they would be spending less then the Army does now. Quality over quantity

You can call it whatever you want but MARSOC,Force Recon, Navy SEALS, Pararescue, Green Berets, Rangers,and everyone that i am forgetting, they all have just about the same basic spec ops training with some being a little more specialized in a certain field.

Well she got free handouts until everyone realized she was a fame hungry moron. All of those free diapers/free baby food offers were rescinded. Her house was bought using money she got from all those Dr. Phil interviews. Once her "fame" dies out and people stop caring she is screwed. Her children will be removed (the are already investigating her to do so). Of course no foster family will be willing to take all 14 kids (or even 1/2) so they will all be split up and probably won't see each other again. While I have a feeling you are joking I thought I should give a serious answer just in case. Or in case someone else who's serious stumbles on here.

I understand what your saying, but getting rid of the Marine Corps would cause other services to pick up that manpower shortage. The Marines do actually fill roles other services generally don't, not that they can't. They are the primary embassy guards and its nice to have expeditionary forces on carriers, its just another method of forward deployment.

Also without the Marine Corps were would all the Marine poolies and wannabes do? they would take to Washington to complain and get their beloved "Core" back, without anything better to do.

but really I may not be a Marine Corps specific fanboy, I am a fan of all servicemen and women, and do not ignore the sacrifices the Marines or any service make

The USMC is the most cost effective of all four branches of the armed forces. It is a statistical fact that they do more with less than anyone else. Your question is ridiculous. You need to do some research.

Sure, why not get rid of all Naval aviators and replace them with Air Force guys, too?

That way, we can consolidate all training in the same facilities without having to have Air Force training and then Navy training...

Just put Air Force pilots on Navy ships and teach them how to land on carriers...or vice versa. Get rid of the Air Force and just use Navy planes.

What you're proposing will never, ever happen.

The only way the USMC will cease to exist is if the entire planet ceased all warfare. Then, not only would the USMC cease to exist, but all branches of the military.

Entity 2010 Budget request[9] Percentage of Total Notes

Army $243.9 billion 31.8%

Navy $149.9 billion 23.4% excluding Marine Corps

Marine Corps $29.0 billion 4% Total Budget taken allotted from Department of Navy

Air Force $170.6 billion 22%

Defense Intelligence $50 billion 7% Because of classified nature, budget is an estimate and may not be the actual figure

Defense Wide Joint Activities $118.7 billion 15.5%

Programs spending more than $1.5 billion

The Department of Defense's FY 2011 $137.5 billion procurement and $77.2 billion RDT&E budget requests included several programs with more than $1.5 billion.

Program 2011 Budget request[10] Change, 2010 to 2011

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter $11.4 billion +2.1%

Ballistic Missile Defense (Aegis, THAAD, PAC-3) $9.9 billion +7.3%

Virginia class submarine $5.4 billion +28.0%

Brigade Combat Team Modernization $3.2 billion +21.8%

DDG 51 Aegis-class Destroyer $3.0 billion +19.6%

P–8A Poseidon $2.9 billion −1.6%

V-22 Osprey $2.8 billion −6.5%

Carrier Replacement Program $2.7 billion +95.8%

F/A-18E/F Hornet $2.0 billion +17.4%

Predator and Reaper Unmanned Aerial System $1.9 billion +57.8%

Littoral combat ship $1.8 billion +12.5%

CVN Refueling and Complex Overhaul $1.7 billion −6.0%

Chemical Demilitarization $1.6 billion −7.0%

RQ-4 Global Hawk $1.5 billion +6.7%

Space-Based Infrared System $1.5 billion +54.4%

Notice how those programs, when combined, cost more than the entire Marine Corps. Why not cut some of those expensive weapons programs rather than destroy an entire service?

EDIT:

You seem a little obsessed with trying to destroy the USMC -_-

1. The USMC does more than any branch, with less soldiers.

2. The USMC has a smaller budget than any other branch, and getting rid of our best will not fix the financial problem. In fact, getting rid of the USMC wouldn't help the deficit at all.

3. The USMC is the first to respond, and anyone to say the army is first, is wrong. Why don't you get rid of the Army. The army that spends millions on commercial advertising yearly, rather than ridding the branch that has used the same advertisement for 10 years.

Are you trolling?

You are an ignorant dumba$$. Did you have a bad run in with a Marine or something so this is the way you take out your anger? They use the least money and have hand-me downs from the Army and still do the most damage on the battlefields. Navy SEALs wouldn't have even existed if it wasn't for Marines. Look who took out Osama, SEALs and MARSOC. You deserve to be knocked the **** out

Ditching the USMC would be just one option. Did you know each branch of the military also has its own Special Forces?

One last thing, the USA has over 30,000 armed military contractors operating in Iraq, at a cost of up to 5 times that of an ordinary soldier. These contractors are less trained, suffer from poor discipline, and are problematic when it comes to observing chain of command because they are contracted from many levels of authority in the military, causing confusion.