Will Boyd3219333<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is the Marine Corps considered a branch?2018-01-02T13:51:40-05:00Will Boyd3219333<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is the Marine Corps considered a branch?2018-01-02T13:51:40-05:002018-01-02T13:51:40-05:00MSG Private RallyPoint Member3219342<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>YesResponse by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2018 1:54 PM2018-01-02T13:54:14-05:002018-01-02T13:54:14-05:00CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member3219395<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Short answer: Amphibious Corps of ground forces of US Navy. What other nations often refer to as Naval Infantry. Primary mission is to "seize and defend advanced naval bases".<br /><br />Marine Corps Mission<br />The mission of the Marine Corps was set forth in the National Security Act of 1947 as amended (1952) and outlined in US Code collection § 5063. Historically, Marine Corps preparedness has been characterized by the phrase, "The First to Fight," and the mission of a Marine rifle squad is "To locate, close with, and destroy the enemy...There are the seven elements of the Marine Corps Mission.<br /><br />1. Provide Fleet Marine Force with combined arms and supporting air components for service with the United States Fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the execution of naval campaign. <br /><br />2. Provide detachments and organizations for service on armed vessels of the Navy and security detachments for the protection of naval property at naval Stations and bases. <br /><br />3. Develop, in coordination with the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the doctrine, tactics, techniques, and equipment employed by landing forces in amphibious operations. <br /><br />4. Provide Marine forces for airborne operations, in coordination with the Army, Navy, and Air Force, according to the doctrine established by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. <br /><br />5. Develop, in coordination with the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the doctrine, procedures, and equipment for airborne operations. <br /><br />6. Expand peacetime components to meet wartime needs according to the joint mobilization plans. <br /><br />7. Perform such other duties as the President may direct.Response by CWO3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2018 2:12 PM2018-01-02T14:12:09-05:002018-01-02T14:12:09-05:00Cpl Justin Goolsby3219554<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. Why wouldn't it? What kind of question is this? Hell a simple Google search could have answered this question rather than coming into a military forum and questioning the legitimacy of one branch or another.Response by Cpl Justin Goolsby made Jan 2 at 2018 3:03 PM2018-01-02T15:03:09-05:002018-01-02T15:03:09-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member3219659<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. 4 branches of the military, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force.Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2018 3:51 PM2018-01-02T15:51:35-05:002018-01-02T15:51:35-05:00SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth3219936<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That they are.Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jan 2 at 2018 5:26 PM2018-01-02T17:26:30-05:002018-01-02T17:26:30-05:00PO1 William "Chip" Nagel3220623<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1360842" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1360842-will-boyd">Will Boyd</a> Most Definitely and if You Say Otherwise My Marine Shipmates get Real Pissy About It.Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Jan 2 at 2018 9:00 PM2018-01-02T21:00:23-05:002018-01-02T21:00:23-05:00Maj John Bell3220701<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-200405"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 2 at 2018 11:41 PM2018-01-02T23:41:49-05:002018-01-02T23:41:49-05:00CPO Glenn Moss3221168<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes...but not totally independent.<br /><br />The Marines are part of the Navy. But they're most DEFINATELY not Sailors.Response by CPO Glenn Moss made Jan 3 at 2018 1:35 AM2018-01-03T01:35:01-05:002018-01-03T01:35:01-05:00SSgt Dan Montague3221691<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes they are a branch of the armed services. However, they are not their own department. They fall under the department of the navy.Response by SSgt Dan Montague made Jan 3 at 2018 9:25 AM2018-01-03T09:25:46-05:002018-01-03T09:25:46-05:00Al Reynolds3221919<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>When I think of 'a branch' I think of the Spring... Dark green leaves reaching out through the Virginia coastline up into the Appalachian Piedmont ..... Long Island; not so much, but green leaves just the same.... <br /><br />Never thought of the Marine Corps as a 'branch.' A pack maybe. or a herd, but not a branch... To be a branch I imagine you have got to be attached to something bigger than yourself.... <br /><br />Well, dang, excuse me.... Maybe the Marines are a branch after all. I stand corrected.... A branch of that huge old oak tree.... The tree that wooden ships are made and who's decks are manned by men of steel... That's it.... Toddlers learning from their older brothers... those swashbuckling Navy types.... That's something to be proud of.... and learned .... Is there a ribbon for that...<br /><br />You gotta excuse me Will Boyd.... I just couldn't help it.Response by Al Reynolds made Jan 3 at 2018 10:44 AM2018-01-03T10:44:11-05:002018-01-03T10:44:11-05:00Lt Col Jim Coe3222198<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The US Marine Corps is an Armed Service. It is also part of the Department of the Navy headed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. To my knowledge, it isn't a Branch like those in the Army, such as Infantry, Armor, etc.Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made Jan 3 at 2018 12:22 PM2018-01-03T12:22:00-05:002018-01-03T12:22:00-05:00COL Charles Williams3223949<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1360842" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1360842-will-boyd">Will Boyd</a> I am confused? There are 4 or 5 branches, depending on where you place the Coast Guard, and the United States Marine Corps is one of them. There are, however, only three military departments, Army, Navy, Air Force. While the USMC falls under the Department of Navy, they are still and branch in and of themselves.Response by COL Charles Williams made Jan 3 at 2018 9:13 PM2018-01-03T21:13:53-05:002018-01-03T21:13:53-05:00Capt Tom Brown3224180<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, or so I was taught to believe.Response by Capt Tom Brown made Jan 3 at 2018 10:35 PM2018-01-03T22:35:17-05:002018-01-03T22:35:17-05:00PO1 Barbara Matthews3224475<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes it is.Response by PO1 Barbara Matthews made Jan 4 at 2018 12:40 AM2018-01-04T00:40:15-05:002018-01-04T00:40:15-05:00GySgt Lamont Land3227415<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No it's a cultResponse by GySgt Lamont Land made Jan 4 at 2018 9:01 PM2018-01-04T21:01:29-05:002018-01-04T21:01:29-05:00GySgt Charles O'Connell3242057<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A branch, YES! The United States Marine Corps, 242 years keeping the hated foes of democracy away from the door.Response by GySgt Charles O'Connell made Jan 9 at 2018 5:58 PM2018-01-09T17:58:07-05:002018-01-09T17:58:07-05:00TSgt Tommy Amparano3244938<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I had a friend that was a Marine. One day I said something like, "hey I just found out that the Marines are actually a part of the Navy." Without missing a beat he says, "Yea the male part".Response by TSgt Tommy Amparano made Jan 10 at 2018 6:03 PM2018-01-10T18:03:39-05:002018-01-10T18:03:39-05:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member3244966<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Although you would never have it defined as such anywhere in the DOD I consider them separate. Having served with Marines and being attached to them during a few deployments I will always feel like they are their own branch; though technically incorrect and I know that.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 10 at 2018 6:14 PM2018-01-10T18:14:15-05:002018-01-10T18:14:15-05:00PFC Elijah Rose3245034<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why do we have branches should be the question. Since we don't mass paradrops or amphibious landings anymore, what's the difference between army and marine infantry?Response by PFC Elijah Rose made Jan 10 at 2018 6:48 PM2018-01-10T18:48:31-05:002018-01-10T18:48:31-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member3246891<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1360842" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1360842-will-boyd">Will Boyd</a> nope. It is a service.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 11 at 2018 12:22 PM2018-01-11T12:22:25-05:002018-01-11T12:22:25-05:00SFC Christopher Taggart3248205<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes.Response by SFC Christopher Taggart made Jan 11 at 2018 7:48 PM2018-01-11T19:48:56-05:002018-01-11T19:48:56-05:00SFC Mark Klaers3337439<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is the Marine Corps a branch...yes, of the Navy, just like the Seabees.Response by SFC Mark Klaers made Feb 9 at 2018 5:15 AM2018-02-09T05:15:16-05:002018-02-09T05:15:16-05:00CW4 Chad Balwanz3341551<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It is not a branch, it is a service. Infantry / artillery etc is a branch of a service.Response by CW4 Chad Balwanz made Feb 10 at 2018 2:13 PM2018-02-10T14:13:42-05:002018-02-10T14:13:42-05:00Cpl Billy Ashworth3344573<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes it is a branch of the Navy the men's branchResponse by Cpl Billy Ashworth made Feb 11 at 2018 4:35 PM2018-02-11T16:35:33-05:002018-02-11T16:35:33-05:00MAJ Wiley Winter3348614<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Marines are part of the Navy. Now, who saw the movie and can tell me which part of the Navy? No, not the men’s department. It came from a line in a movie about one Marine.Response by MAJ Wiley Winter made Feb 12 at 2018 10:15 PM2018-02-12T22:15:51-05:002018-02-12T22:15:51-05:00LTC Private RallyPoint Member3359565<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No it is a Department within the United States Navy not a separate military branch.Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 16 at 2018 3:09 AM2018-02-16T03:09:35-05:002018-02-16T03:09:35-05:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member3362261<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wanted to be a part of that "only" branch but I flunked the physical...my head wouldn't fit in a JAR!Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 16 at 2018 7:59 PM2018-02-16T19:59:59-05:002018-02-16T19:59:59-05:00SPC Rudy Hawkins3362335<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Other than being "the whole GD tree", The Marine corps is a Department of the Navy...... "The MEN'S DEPARTMENT" !!!!Response by SPC Rudy Hawkins made Feb 16 at 2018 8:31 PM2018-02-16T20:31:59-05:002018-02-16T20:31:59-05:00Cpl Scott McCarroll3366381<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes it is a Branch, now I know that I am going to get a lot of grief over this, however if memory serves me (and it fails to on numerous occasions). Until the War Powers act the only service branch that POTUS Could send into harms way without anyone elses permission. The didn't like that (they also love to leak information which is a death warrant) any way he can still pretty much do it he just has to play nice with the bullies.Response by Cpl Scott McCarroll made Feb 18 at 2018 12:38 PM2018-02-18T12:38:35-05:002018-02-18T12:38:35-05:00LCpl Cody Collins3415833<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm a Marine , and back in the 80's we were taught, that the Marine Corps " is a Department of the Navy " . Hence the Anchor as part of our symbol.Response by LCpl Cody Collins made Mar 5 at 2018 2:28 AM2018-03-05T02:28:42-05:002018-03-05T02:28:42-05:00SN Jay Perry3417453<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Old joke that USN recruits pulled on Marines on Payday in San Diego for years....get them to look at their checks they DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY one them! LOLResponse by SN Jay Perry made Mar 5 at 2018 1:40 PM2018-03-05T13:40:06-05:002018-03-05T13:40:06-05:00PO1 Jim Jones3430828<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Marine Corp is a branch of the U.S. Navy Seabees. I got to put that dig in somewhere. Hoorah.Response by PO1 Jim Jones made Mar 9 at 2018 1:13 PM2018-03-09T13:13:09-05:002018-03-09T13:13:09-05:00PFC James Thompson3440454<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Marine Corp is part of the Navy, their there to protect and babysit the Navy.Response by PFC James Thompson made Mar 12 at 2018 4:08 PM2018-03-12T16:08:01-04:002018-03-12T16:08:01-04:00PVT Raymond Lopez3440471<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am not sure they don't grow on trees.Response by PVT Raymond Lopez made Mar 12 at 2018 4:14 PM2018-03-12T16:14:38-04:002018-03-12T16:14:38-04:00MSG Eddie Rape3470942<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Who caresResponse by MSG Eddie Rape made Mar 22 at 2018 3:09 PM2018-03-22T15:09:21-04:002018-03-22T15:09:21-04:00MGySgt Jerry Suarez3472017<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No it's considered the United States Marine Corps!!!!Response by MGySgt Jerry Suarez made Mar 22 at 2018 10:16 PM2018-03-22T22:16:35-04:002018-03-22T22:16:35-04:00COL Private RallyPoint Member3476868<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No, they are part of the Department of the Navy. They are a service, they are a DOD component. They are most anything but a branch. Branch has a lot of different meanings in the military. There are only three military departments. Army, Navy, Air Force.Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2018 1:19 PM2018-03-24T13:19:47-04:002018-03-24T13:19:47-04:00SSgt Jim Gilmore3477924<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Although falling under Department of the Navy, it is a branch of the armed forces along with the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, US Public Health Service and NOAA.Response by SSgt Jim Gilmore made Mar 24 at 2018 7:02 PM2018-03-24T19:02:02-04:002018-03-24T19:02:02-04:00Sgt Charles Welling3486054<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The United States Marine Corps is headed by a general officer called the Commandant, he wears four stars. The other services are headed by the same rank or equivalent rank. The Marine Corps is under the Department of the Navy and both the Commandant and the CNO report to the SecDef through the SecNav. When the unofficial listings of the service branches is given you typically see Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps...... sometimes the Coast Guard is given but not always but, in my opinion, should be as they are headed by an Admiral. As for whether the Marines are a branch, I will leave that up to you, we don't care and are content being under the Navy department because we are the land extension of projected Naval power and were commissioned as such in 1775. Oorah!!!<br />.<br />PS: About three years ago, six Marine Corps Generals were on active duty, the Marine Corps is allotted two. The others were in special command assignments. Rah!!!!!!!Response by Sgt Charles Welling made Mar 27 at 2018 9:59 AM2018-03-27T09:59:38-04:002018-03-27T09:59:38-04:00CPO Graves Johnson3490080<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>YesResponse by CPO Graves Johnson made Mar 28 at 2018 2:00 PM2018-03-28T14:00:07-04:002018-03-28T14:00:07-04:00A1C Lisa Casserly3497768<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Well, since I'm Air Force, and we affectionately call them "jar heads"... sure they are. They have to be family for you to call them names. And yeah. I've heard all the "chair force" jokes. But y'all sure do love to see us carpet bombing the dug-in enemy. And we love you, too.Response by A1C Lisa Casserly made Mar 30 at 2018 7:11 PM2018-03-30T19:11:50-04:002018-03-30T19:11:50-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member3578201<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy....just sayingResponse by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 26 at 2018 8:07 AM2018-04-26T08:07:44-04:002018-04-26T08:07:44-04:002018-01-02T13:51:40-05:00