I don't get it, do armyfags eat crayons?

I don't get it, do armyfags eat crayons?

It's service humor. All of the other branches make fun of the marines for being retarded since the required ASVAB score to get in is very low.

Marines are known for eating crayons and licking windows because that's some shit a retard would do.

Oh, I get it now.
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But I always thought that the Marines were the most elite division of the military (?)- educate me, user.

In the US the popular elite would be the brute force, shoot em up bad asses. cuz merica. But the high level strategist are some nerds who are pussies who rarely fight.

the memes refer to "Marines" in general, not only to the high level strategists

Also, it was stated that all other branches make fun of "the marines" in general for being retarded

They don't seem to be limiting their criticism

But I was always taught that the Marines were the most elite force of our military, that being in the Marines was like being in the Waffen SS or something

I mean, they say, the FEW, the proud, the Marines, don't they?

>most elite.
>dosen't mention sappers
Essayons

I'm just genuinely curious to learn about this. I had no clue that the Marines required the lowest ASVAB score. This entire time I thought that the Marines were the elites. Which one is the highest branch, then?

Marines have been running on a very well-done ad campaign since WW2. It used to be that the Marines did receive more, and more difficult, training due to the highly specialized nature of their operations, amphibious assault. However, by the mid-20th century changes in technology and naval warfare rendered much of their specialties obsolete and easily performed by the Army - the vast majority of amphibious operations during WW2 were done by the Army and not the Marines. After WW2 the Marines, fearful of losing their jobs, and the Navy, fearful of losing a chunk of their budget, successfully lobbied Congress to legally require the Marine Corps to exist. These days the Marine Corps exists to function as a self-sustaining, large-scale rapid response force.

There is no easy way to answer that due to what would qualify as "elite" on the modern battlefield, but the correct answer is the Air Force.

Fewer boots in warzones, more moving parts on your gear and the gear you are required to maintain.

This guys got it right.

You dont send the best of the best to go out and die

Sapper here. In the breach.

Wow, thanks for that answer.

Could you expand on what it means for them to be a "self-sustaining, large-scale rapid response force"? What specific operations, for example, are carried out by the Marines?

Also, are you saying that the Marines do not now receive the most difficult training? And could they be done away with, and nothing of value would be lost to the military?

>Waffen SS
>elite
Bunch of kids

The Marines have organic sea-lift and strategic airlift capabilities as opposed to the Army.

So....all they do is airlift people out of places?

holy shit they have been running a hell of a PR campaign

Not particularly on either point. Marine and Army training is similar, it's just that due to doctrine (and mostly tradition) everyone in the Marine Corps receives infantry training. On an operational level doing away with the Marines and folding them into the other branches could be done, but you'd create a large amount of bureaucratic and logistical issues for no real benefit.

That's not what those terms mean. It's the ability to transport forces to where they're needed. Air Force covers strategic airlift, Navy covers strategic sea-lift. Marines have both.

Mentally it is stronger (army gets pizza, video games in boot, phone calls home) while marines eat slop and snail mail. The training is a week longer and a bit more in depth with other weapons besides an m16. But thats after boot. It is the smallest branch with the lowest completion rate but thats all mental, physically its harder but nothing crazy.

Basically just a stricter army. The uniform regulations, haircut, strength requirements and cutting scores are stricter. Same with the nco and sncos. Most army cats I met seemed cool. After corporal in the marines most turn into little fags on a power trip

So you seem to be saying now that the Marines IS more elite, with more in depth training and higher requirements. What do the memes mean then? Why are they being called retarded?

Or is it that the Marines require greater physical ability and lower mental ability? (would not surprise me)

The only real difference between Army and Marine boot camps is an additional water training course for the Marines. You're not going to be playing video games during boot in either branch and snail mail and shitty food aren't exactly something that will break a man mentally, plus you're also going to be eating shitty food in the Army. There really isn't enough of a difference between physical standards that it matters a great deal. Cutting scores are nothing more than a measure of how easy it is to get a promotion; they vary depending on the need of the service. The Marines, being a smaller branch, have less opportunities for promotion and therefore tend to have higher cutting scores in general.

I grew up in SanDiego, my dad was a ship builder, my two uncles were navy and marines, my aunt is a marine, my grandad was chairforce and my cousin decided to be the black sheep by going army because he's a quarter jap and small enough to fit in a tank (he got pulled out of Stuttgart and now changes tires in iraq, poor basterd). The marines do consider themselves an elite fighting force but your basic marine is little different from your basic soldier except they're traind to enter a combat zone by boat, plane or troop transport. The real badass marines are recon, as a unit they require specialization. Underwater Demolition Training, sharpshooter training, Parachute training, CQC training and on and on and on. A recon marine unit has several members trained in several areas with redundancy. It was a big deal when my uncle chuck got his anchor, rifles, Parachute and diver badges for his collar. But when you get to that level the seals and Recon and Delta are all pretty much the same tier.
Hope that helps.

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or they find out my car are to good to work hahaha

army fags quick question, why do i see you walk through malls and grocery stores in full uniform all the time
do you recreationally where it or are you guys on leave and haze zero other clothing options

It's a well documentated fact that the marines method of fighting is to just "fill the air with as much lead as possible", combined with a very much shoot first ask questions later mindset. All in all pretty unskilled, if your looking for an American specialist force the navy seals are the guys to look at.

They're almost as good as the S.A.S.

Elite would be special forces branches.
Marines are known for brute tactics n shit because they are the most often shipped branch infantry wise.

Army is sort of rounds but the marines call them pussiest because they have a bit more leaniancy training wise.

Navy jokes are that they are all fags and do nothing.

Air Force is Allen chair force because most of their occupations are office based.

Atleast that's my takeaway from it.

how bout the coast guard?

Is that a gorilla, a predator or a nigra?

yes

Nasty girls cause my Fucking god the woman are sluts.
Also they do nothing and werent good enough for another branch.

Hey there,

I've been following your posts for a little while today.

If you post another meme reply like that, it's going to be removed. Simple as that. Do not let it happen.

Thanks.

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Not army fag, but most of the time those guys are recriuters, fakes or trying to get attention.

As lot of recruiters don't even want the attention. They just get busy like the rest of us. They have families and obligations.

The rest are doushebags who want people to think they're hardcore.

Oh I forgot airsofters/paintballers. I give them a pass because playing in plain clothes is a good way to lose. But once they start putting patches and shot on their BDUs theve gone too far. If you didn't earn it then don't wear it.