Should Army and Marines (or components of) consolidate?

Fuuuuuck no

You have to have Congress "ok" army. I went to Iraq with NO Congress anything. Add that to your stuff LTC Labrador. WE don't need those USELESS ties ok to do crap!

I would agree with a big No. and as i see most military personnels opinions here some are very correct but slme have some misguided personal opinions. As we know the Marines have planes, and the Air for forces has more than we do. The Marines have ground capabilities and yet again the Army has more tanks and troops than we will ever do. But once again this topic has been raised over and over again throughout many presidencies. Do we need a Marine Corps? And the answer is No. but America wants the Marine Corps for many reasons stated throughout this thread and more. So i do not agree on combining the services, it would be a horrible enviroment for everyone in the transition period. It should be either we have a Marine Corps or not.... thats it.

No

I served in both the Marines and Army, 1999-2003, and 2008-2014. To consider consolidating both branches is ridiculous. The training, the mission and way of life are worlds apart

These two branches perform very different operations. Yes, they both are combat oriented and CAN assault the same type of positions in most cases, but when you look at the overall specific yrsining required to operate with the Navy or the size of an actual Army Corps during a major operation, this question becomes silly at best. There is bo more consolidation we can do without ending up with a force that acts like the H-60 helicipter. While overall the performance is very good, the specific capabilities lost by the replaced helos is not an equitable trade for the forces needing that specific support. I worked with 60’s and like them very much, but I am qualified to say they are not Huey, a Sea King, a Sea Knight nor a Stallion. Commonality has benefits but sometimes the cost is bot worth the trade!

I’m sorry but if the marines have this superiority complex I don’t want them in my army. They say quality over quantity. Well the army has both. You don’t see me disrespecting your branch because we’re all a team right? It’s not like you have a choice anyway. They say it’s happening it’s happening.

Negative

No

I was just in the Navy, I just read that we were less combat oriented same as the air Force. I will leave it to the more important more combat oriented guys.