Should Army and Marines (or components of) consolidate?

No, there is a solidarity that marines possess that I have never seen in any other branch, in my life time. Not even from even lifers of another branch . The pride is earned and moleded to perfection. Don’t take that away.

No inspite of what is published the Marine and the Army have different assignments. Fighting on the water or the waters edgeis very much different than fighting on solid ground.

Short answer no. One of the things that had made the Marine Corps a successful fighting force is that fact they utilize small unit leadership where the army does not. It’s more than just trusting your E3’s to lead a fire team when in the army you have E5’s doing the same thing. It’s developing marines at a younger time to push them selfs to become better warriors where the army seems to lack in that fact ( first hand experience contracting with army and marines you can definitely tell a difference in quality).

Marines are the ground combat arm of the navy. The army is the ground combat arm of the nation. Combining these branches makes sense, but if attempted, “Marine” will remain a distinction just as US Cav or Delta Force or any of the other units with Esprit de Corps

Not a good idea. You can't just ignore the culture and traditions of either branch. Their missions are different also. Marines are the tip of the spear and army is sustained presence.
Apart from that, the marines are already combined with the Navy.
I could, however, see the Air Force and Army being combined.
But then, that leaves the coasties...
I suppose the highest ranking officers could meet for a roshambo competition to see how that plays out... loser gets the coast guard...
LOL

So this really all has to do with space exploration and conquering. The navy and USAF should and will consolidate And thus so should the core and army keeping core traditions and army heavy mech is the most practical. Having space marines is a must as such so is having mechs operated by traditional tank bergades. The traditions will remaIn in both houses and continue to grow as does the mission.

No way absolutely not. We as Marines are trained much harder then any other branch of service. Our boot is 3.5 months long, thts almost twice as long as the Army which is 9 weeks long. As a US Marine once you serve in the corps you can goto any other branch of service and join right up without having to go through their boot. None of the other branch's can say tht. We are the elite and have been from the start, not everyone becomes a Marine because not everyone can. You have to super tough more mentally then physically but tht doesn't hurt either.

No way.

No

Absolutely Not!! Totally separate mission capabilities. There are so many reasons that I can list that this is wrong. Nothing on the Army. They're good at what they do and trained for and exactly why we need them separate.