During Iraq/Afghan war did the Marines distinguish themselves as better infantry than the Army? Can you really tell the difference?

Okay, here's the deal. No matter who you ask, theyre going to respond with whatever their branch of service was unless they have some experience that sticks out in their mind as to why the other service ran things better. But the truth is it depends.

I've never personally operated with Army Infantry units, but I've met a lot of guys who have and they all say the same thing. You have certain units that are very good, and you have certain units that are horrible. Whereas the general consensus about the Marine Corps is that Marines in general are consistently good. And as far as this stereotype about Marines not getting good equipment so they cant do their job? That's BS. We get the same crap everyone else does. This isn't 1957, and the Marine corps as a whole is just as well equipped as the Army. Id even say better in some areas when you get into specific weapon to weapon comparisons.

Yes we have our own CAS. No the Apache is no the only capable air platform for close air support. We have our own Arty and Mortars and everything else under the sun, not that it matters anyway because in theater everyone is supposed to work together anyway.

The other thing you have to take into account is the leadership. You can have the best guys in the world and put them under bad leadership and the whole machine grinds to a halt.

Being in theater during this little fray, If I remember right, every branch of service successfully completed their missions. When the chips are down it doesn't matter, what matters is each will always support the other.

The biggest difference is in the ability to conduct night operations, which the Army has the clear lead on. As far as tactics are concerned, with 4 deployments to Helmand at Camp Leatherneck, I've learned that the Marines solution is to just throw more Marines at a problem. My vote is clearly Army.