Should the US abolish the Marine Corps?
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This entire article's argument to remove them is 'it costs too much'
The main reason why NO COUNTRY wants to call the US on it's debts is they're terrified that advanced, very expensive military budget is turned on whoever tries to collect..
As for this no, the marines being able to be commanded by the president is a benefit as look at when they were sent on mass to secure the border on Trump's first week. Of course this can be used by the other side but they seem to love using drones, CIA and blacksites more.
Plus, you think any other branch would take them? Marines are the Black Templars of the US military!
I'd hire them as mercenaries the moment they're thrown out.
You and everyone else. My buddy is drowning in offers to train or guard shit in every corner of the world simply because "US Marine and still able to hold gun without crying."
Unfortunately he is still a crayon eater so he only makes bad decisions, so this has not helped him whatsoever.
I don't think the other branches have the budget for crayons and ammo.
Short answer, no. Long answer, no AND we should establish a Drone Corps.
Drone Corps would need benefits and awards to move up the ranks. Being able to sit in a chair that smells of everyone's farts is not one.
Also, we have space force and air force. Very remote work with benefits anyway.
I meant less the armchair guy and more the frontline drone backpack guys. Using drones in infantry warfare is developing by the day.
Yeah fly by wire drone operators seems like it will be a vital niche if signal jamming tech catches up.
Oh those. Ok. I sort of see it. I keep forgetting they're functional now. When they were part of the Future Weapon Systems programs it felt like the generals saw the prequels of Star Wars too much and wanted to play an RTS. I asked one if they combined and became a megazord. They were promoting future armor for soldiers as well, which looked like power armor from starship troopers. There was also a big promotion for blue force control.
It was as if the military got really geeky really fast, and a guy who had no idea was tasked with promoting it. Half of it worked in theory and needed a breakthrough in battery power to be useful.
Sorry, you hit me at a weird hidden nostalgia point.
That would be a very interesting military set up. I could see Space Force using it to be useful. Would grunts like it? They didn't like blue force controls.
Did you see Land of Bad with Russell Crowe and one of the Hemsworth boys? It's about a drone operator and a Special Forces soldier working together. I thought it was pretty good.
Based.
No, absolutely not. But the Air Force should be in the Dept of the Army.
It would make more sense to merge them with the Navy since they have the second largest air force on the planet after them.