Should Army and Marines (or components of) consolidate?

Speaking as an Army vet and someone that worked for Atari back in the day. The biggest issues would be inter-service communication and logistics. Atari had 3 separate divisions back in the 80’s, and there was so much duplication of effort and expense because they all ran independently of each other instead of a real centralized management system. Kind of like how the military branches are now.

If our defense spending can be done more efficiently with everyone reporting to one “manager”, I’d be for it.

No I believe it should stay the way it is.

In this case, the marines have expanded far beyond their original purpose of ad hoc units of naval infantry. They could be merged with the Army and just make an extra MOS or two if needed.
Actually, we'd save time and money if we did away with branches altogether. Training schools are more efficient when they're not offered only a coupke times a year, promotions are more hit and miss when there are 5 parallel commands, and there's lots of overlap in day to day so that it's common for anything from individual soldiers to very large units of one branch to be under the command of another. I.E. we actually have two air forces because the Navy has more planes than most countries, and most but not all Blackhawk helicopters are run by the Army. There are so many ad hoc exceptions to branches that it would be easier if we organized training simply by job category, and staffed units and bases however we feel like.

I say no. I'm Army and can see that the Marines train for spearheading beach heads and assualt type situations, whereas the Army trains mainly for holding early objectives. Plus the Marines have always been a sub-branch of the Navy. Now, recombining the Army and Air Force would be prudent.

No! They have different missions. Why introduce new ideology into something that was establish at the beginning of our country.

As a Soldier who has worked with the USMC and even attended a USMC tactical training school, I believe the unique operational conditions created by the close association of the USMC and USN while undertaking Fleet and amphibious duties or missions necessitates the USMC remaining as it is. Hypothetically one could consolidate USMC into USA, but the long term specialization created by training for Fleet and amphibious operations would end up functioning like a seperate branch anyway.

Marines are first in, blitz attacks. After they soften the target, army comes in for the long haul. Totally different goals and training. I'm enlisted infantry and officer Navy, working with Marines. Both have a proud history and would both be less if combined

No

Served in both Hell no different jobs and responsibilities

Oh hell no. Our mission statement (the Marines) is so different than the Army’s. We have earned everything that we are through the trials of conflict and humanitarian operations. We are unique in what we do. We are the best at what we do. We have earned the right to be. Separate service.