marines

The Navy specializes in fleet defense, naval warfare, and light bombing while the Marines specialize in close air support.

That was the previous medium lift helo for the Marines (and the Navy until they retired the type in 2004).

This is due to hard feelings from when the Navy abandoned the Marines at Guadalcanal.

From my understanding, Marine air capabilities are typically for supporting marines on the ground.

South Korea was defended by US Marines against the North, and in the early 1950s had over 300,000 American soldiers in the country.

I imagine Marines will be deployed at least on Naval vessels with combat or combat support missions.

The Marines are represented by the Navy, as they're part of the Navy.

For the cost of the program, we could have just given the Marines full scale aircraft carriers.

Once, in 2008, I had to confiscate a bottle of alcohol from a group of Marines coming home from Afghanistan.

And, land-based research or other commands (like the previous poster had mentioned) will still have Marines -- it's more than just a large infantry unit.

I imagine Marines fly missions from aircraft carriers alongside Navy pilots, albeit fewer.

Why the hell does Marines Corp need fighter jets?

It reminds me of a joke made by a general to a bunch of military tech makers: "our marines carry 100lb of extremely light weight gear"

After hostilities ceased, he had an opportunity to fly over and see Hiroshima with a handful of other Marines.

Marines distributing rice, ponchos, and water.

Marines operate amphibious assault ships.