Should Army and Marines (or components of) consolidate?

I have to agree with the SSGT Luck on this one. The army and marines have a different function. Where there is room for training and exercises to be conducted together then by all means work together.

Not only NO but HELL NO!!! ARMY stands for ain’t ready for Marines yet. There is a reason for that.

There's really no honest way to answer that question WITHOUT going into traditions and camaraderie. The Army and Marines work differently and both have too many traditions and too much pride in their service to be jelled together into one service. Beyond the different traditions, uniforms and (certain) standards, there are distinctly different mindsets.

I think we're being trolled on this question. It sounds like the kind of idea some civilian bean counter in the Pentagon (who'd never served a day in uniform) would come up with.

All one uniform. All fight the same wars. Same weapons (minor exceptions). Reduce costs supply issues.

different missions require different standards.

No because the marine corps and army missions are different. Marines are an amphibious force that are designed specifically to eliminate the enemy. The army is an occupational force. They provide all around defense for the country. While similar in combat action, the goals of the branches are different.

Oh, HELL NO! Marines are Marines; not Soldiers! They're nothing like us, and they can't be like us, unless they earn their EGA, PERIOD!!! I'm not the only Marine that will say this!

1st you have to realize that there is a reason that they are different... they have similarities but a different reason for existence... the marines exist for land operations for the navy... such as island hopping... they are a reaction as well as a protection force for the navy.. the army isn’t ocean borne.. they aren’t meant for a island raider.. the army is a ground pound and own force... ..

No

I can say, after serving in both the Marine Corps and the Army Reserve, NO! Leave the components separate. I went to Parris Island for Boot Camp not knowing where in the hell I'd end up going to my MOS schooling at, but Soldiers 9 times out of 10 go to Boot Camp and AIT at the same place. The Discipline that I learned at Boot Camp and the new Marines if dropped off into a Army Unit, there would be so much trouble. Marines are a different breed and we let people know the day we graduated Boot Camp and it wouldn't be good. I see new Soldiers coming out of AIT, with little to no discipline and a Marine First Sergeant would eat them alive.