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A cousin of mine is in the marines. He blasted me about some of the differences. Couldn't argue some of his statements. Looking for further perspective.
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Posted 10 y ago
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Posted 10 y ago
Just with responsibilities, a Marine Corporal is a team leader like a Army Sergeant would be.  We push more responsibility to the lower ranks, even for myself a Platoon Sergeant or a Section Leader, this is reserved for a Sergeant First Class but in the Corps it's a Staff Sergeant.  We really don't see our responsibilities line up until the pay grades of E-8/E-9.    
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CPL(P) Michael Paiva
CPL(P) Michael Paiva
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An Army Corporal is also a team leader. Just waiting for the cut off score to drop to make E-5 at one time. Now you go from E-1- E-5 with out a SQT test.
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Sgt Garret Hawkey
Sgt Garret Hawkey
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from what I have seen Marines do take more responsibility than Army does.
A lot of the duties Army SGTs had we gave to our LCPLs and CPLs.
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SFC James Baber
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Posted 10 y ago

Their is a big difference, CPL in the Marines is almost stronger than an SGT in the Army as far as responsibility and getting promoted to the rank, while CPL in the Army is many times given due to a SPC being senior in a section or squad and having the ability to be an NCO just not the points to be promoted.


A CPL in the Marines is promoted very stringently based on what is called a merit promotion something that doesn't happen every day as they expected to act in the capacity as any other NCO in the USMC, unlike a CPL in the Army who is not able to fit in with other E4s because they are considered an NCO, yet they don't truly fit in with the NCOs as they are just an E4.


I could go on and on, but I am sure your cousin has hit on these and many more I could cover as well, there is no real comparison on the subject to be honest with you. 
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC Michael Hasbun
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In a nutshell..
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SSgt Fair raises several excellent points. I had always found it interesting that even as an E-4, Soldiers still have to earn the right to be an NCO. I agree that the mentaility in the Marine Corps is to instil leadership traits and principles from the very earliest stages of our career. Marines and even Recruits are presented with ample opportunities to lead large amounts of their peers from the beginning of bootcamp onwards, and the funny thing is, for the most part, it works very effectively. The fact is that in todays Marine Corps by the time a Marine is ready to pin on Corporal, he is already a qualified leader, thanks to programs that are fast becoming manditory such as Leading Marines and Lance Corporal Seminar.
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