European Reacts to Why No One can Beat the U.S. Marine Corps 

As an American THANK YOU with all my heart! Thank you!!

SFMF

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸🦅

Semper Fi man.

2nd Tanks here. Rah

I can't think of a better description. Lady knew what she was talking about.

Eleanor was one of our few great First Ladies, worthy of all praise. Indomitable would be a good word to describe her. She would be much happier doing aerial barrel rolls with the Air Force pilots than sitting in a dusty parlor doing needlework with the rest of the ladies.

To quote the Fat Electrician, "How much do you want to bet that one marine turned to his buddy and said, "I'd hit that."

@@veramae4098 yeah im glad you mofos werent on my ship in desert storm. Lol . Love ya guys.

I wouldn't call them animals. Mote like the best.

My Dad is a “former” Marine. (Once a Marine, always a Marine). Back when my Dad was in boot camp, he shot better than the instructor so the instructor took him out for a BigMac. He was taught by my PawPaw, who was ALSO a Marine. 😂 My dad and his 2 brothers were all 3rd gen Marines. My Dad ended up being a DI on Parris Island back in the early 80’s. 😂

@@laurenlee3632 WOW!!! I too hail from a military family with histories (On both sides of my parents/grandparents), going all the way back to the Revolutionary War in America (And I'm certain still further, but I haven't made it that far down the genealogy tree yet!). Papa was a Marine, two of my three older brothers are Marines (The middle choose the Army, and we still give him shit over that!), and I, being the youngest of four and only daughter, also became a Marine. My Boot was on 'The Island' in the mid 80's. I wonder if I saw/crossed paths with your Father? (Wouldn't that be weird, out-of-the-blue like that, so many decades later?). We had three WM D.I.'s, but our 'Senior' was male. While he never stayed overnight in the barracks with us female Recruits, he was there EVERY morning at reveille, either hurling those metal garbage cans down the aisle, or striding up-and-down them, beating the crap out of the one he was holding! Ah, such fond memories! ;-) Papa began teaching me about firearms, how to shoot, from the age of '4'... Yes, 'Four.' I started out with a wooden rifle and pistol, (Still have 'em!), and had to carry/store/pretend to operate with them until he was certain I was serious and was taking the responsibility seriously. I was, am, and always will! So yeah, I was already taught and 2nd Phase/Rifle drills/Range time for me was a breeze. We didn't have optics back then. It was ALL iron sights, which I still prefer (Unless I'm reaching WAY out and going for utter accuracy. Then, I'll use an optic (My aging eyes).) Nice meeting ya, and loved reading about your own experience/family! Be Well and take good care! We do in fact live in 'Interesting times!' 😀

Long Live Chesty

@@RigelsOverlord Oorah!!!

Iron sights! TBS Class of 83 :-)

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Truth 😂😂😂❤❤❤Semper fi

Dead, destroyed, or.... pregnant? Hah! So funny!

I am the same way, to my detriment.

Thank him for his Service.

does he have trouble sleeping? or has he lost any humanity he had left?

@@sabin97He used to have trouble sleeping, but not any longer. ♥️🇺🇸

@@user-eh9sn5sq5w ah, so he lost any humanity he might have had left

Europe has had it for longer than the US. First VTOL fixed wing was developed in 1958 in the UK, and the UK also produced the first truly viable VTOL fixed wing fighter aircraft, the Harrier jump jet.

I love those planes. I got to see one take off in person at an airshow when I was a kid. I thought it looked like a mosquito.😅

@@Kyle-km8mv That's a cute innovation of an American invention, huh?

@@jishani1 You can call it whatever you want, but the definitive origin of working VTOL is European, both the initial prototype and the first viable production aircraft.

Like 1980s old.

LOL

Thank you for your Service.

Fuckin rah brother

Amen to that brother

Hilariously true

Thank you for your Service.

I loved the A10s as a ground pounder

Thank you parent of Marines wife of a Marine (home special Support) and OORAH for being the descendant of Marines.

Widow of HMM 365, Jacksonville, NC, saying, Hi!, and thank you for your service! 😊

Thank you for your service! And be sure to thank your son for HIS service! It's a touchy subject for me because my brother fought in the Army in Vietnam back in the late 60's and early 70's. He was a Huey mechanic. He liked working on machines and our father was in the Army in WWII. When his tour was done and he got off that plane in California...there was a HUGE crowd waiting there, not to welcome him home, not with kind words and pride...but to throw rotten fruit at him and to yell horrible names and nasty words. That was HIS reward for fighting for his country. Then he switched planes to take him the rest of the way home to Portland Oregon...he got the SAME greeting waiting for him at the Portland airport. I hope the people that were apart of that are horribly ashamed of themselves today for what they did. It still bothers him today. Every time I talk to him, I thank him again and again for his service and tell him how proud I am of him.

@@LoriLynch-bt8tj That’s just awful. Of course I’m too young to remember that, but I have studied what servicemen were put through coming home from Viet Nam and it was horrible and undeserved. Please Lori, look up “Honor Flight Network” online. It’s an organization that gives vets a flight to DC to view their memorial, treats them like royalty, and gives them a hero’s welcome upon their return flight home. It sounds like your brother deserves it. My homecoming from Saudi Arabia in ‘91 was quite different. Our first stop was in Bangor, Maine, and we were given nothing short of a hero’s welcome, the concourses of the airport had paths cordoned off and people were literally five deep the entire length of the concourse cheering us on. Honestly we didn’t know how to react, ours was amongst the EASIEST duties of the war having worked in helicopter maintenance aboard a clean, dust free, and air conditioned ship. Our squadron never even flew missions, so we barely had any work to do. Our course I remain grateful to the folks in Bangor for coming out to welcome us home. And I also deeply regret that it was spent on us, and not others who did so much more to earn it. Every adult I discussed this with insisted it was the Americans with a conscience who were tying to make up for the wrongs of the time. Again, check out honor flight network for your brother. And also thank him for me.

Thank you for your Service.

OoRah raaah raaaaah rah raaaah rahh 🖍️🖍️ruhah 🫡

Every marine may be a rifleman but it's the US Army always winning the rifle competitions 🤦‍♂️😂

@@masc2fighter is it the budget?

Rah, I always get that that shit-eating grin when I see brothers and sisters, especially my uncles and aunts ;)

@@masc2fightercan’t shoot at 500 yards. 😆 sit down and stay in your lane.

@@jjs3890 Like I said the US Army almost always be winning the rifle competitions and also every Army Soldier is a Foot Soldier first no different from the Marines... Except the Mariners is nothing but a big cult, and indoctrination program in Boot.

Also the marines don't have tanks anymore.

They do, however, have a nice new amphibious combat vehicle.

Hey Navy, we may bicker as families do, however we Marines love our Navy Corpsman.

yep we are family and bicker over who is better but if an outsider comes we have each others back. Marine 93-99

@@biglew1161 Biglew you've got that right! lol, Semper-Fi.

A lot has changed and the current HC and Commandant are dumping a lot of the Corps mid and heavy Armor and arty in the current USMC retro fit. The lesson learned by our brothers from WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, WOT etc are being ignored and forcing Marines to be more heavily reliant on the other branches for CAS and arty than ever before. The Marine Corps learned valuable lessons form the past which is why MEU's, MEF's and MAGTF were put in place giving the Corps the element of self contained fighting force able to take and hold any POS. With this new retro fit they will lose that ability and be at a higher risk of losses not having full time dedicated units who work closely and seamlessly with the infantry and recon elements.

@@jericho1-4 Understood 5 x 5. But consider that the future environment in which our Corps will operate is too cluttered with A3D technology for such large footprint forces to maneuver successfully. I believe that mutually supporting distributed company-sized units is the logical way to go. And the "hit-and-get" raids that would put area access out of the reach of the enemy is a good strategy for the future of our Corps. It has its drawbacks, but Leathernecks have always replaced tech with sweat and blood since our founding. O'Bannon took Derna with only 8 Marines, after all.

Ooh Rah

Interesting footnote during the WOT a marine division was investigated for war crimes do to and exceedingly large number of single shot kills to the head of the enemy combatants and was thought to be executing them. They couldn't comprehend that Marines were that accurate with their rifles. Investigation ruled all kills legitimate and no crimes committed making the Army seriously look at their own rifle training practices and review both amount of training and range time it's Soldiers received and extended said same. That's what happens when you live and train by the ethos "Every Marine is a Riflemen First" lol.

US Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class 1985 to 1995 . Eight years sea duty, four years shore duty as an MP in Yokosuka Japan. One of my skippers was a Riverine boat officer in the Mekong delta . His PBR was sunk and he lost a couple of friends . He PTed with us without a shirt and had battle scars across his chest . One day we were sailing south along the Vietnamese coast and I was plotting our position in CIC . Skipper fixed a bearing from our ship to a point on the coast and ordered both 5 inch guns to bear on a river mouth . Then he stepped onto a small platform off CIC and stared into the distance of the gun line. It was then that I told him that my stepfather had been in the brown water navy in Vietnam and had a NUC for his actions during Operations Beacon Torch , Bear Chain , and Kangaroo Kick . Without breaking his thousand meter stare he said Yeah , we tore up a lot of shit there . I asked him Did you lose something in that river ? He said Yeah , alot . We went back into CIC and he ordered guns midships . He left CIC and we kept sailing . The first time seeing someone experiencing PTSD was my stepfather reacting to fireworks. The second time was on my first ship when a survivor of the USS Stark went off putting out nonexistent fires on midwatch , and my third was on that day at sea . The closest I've come to PTSD is having bad dreams about sailing in the Gulf of Sidra off Libya . We were a radar picket destroyer for an aircraft carrier . We detected Mig fighters , alerted the battle group , and tracked the aircraft. This always occured during midwatch, and after getting off watch we OSs would gather on the mess deck for breakfast and tell the rest of the crew what happened while they were sleeping . Thanks for your service shipmate .

VIETNAM VETS WERE TREATED SO AWFUL WHEN THEY CAME HOME!!! I WAS IN MY TEENS AND IN TOTAL DISBELIEF AND SICKENED AT HOW THEIR OWN COUNTRY REACTED!!! YOU MEN WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST...AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!! 🇺🇸

Thank you for your Service.

welcome home

@@fmfdocbotl4358 Thanks but I dont think anybody in whatever conflict gets to really come back to the world.

Why didn't you make it a career? I'm just curious. My dad was a WW2 Commander in the Navy. He made it a career.

He did lead with it not being the best.

My second comment here. Since you are Portuguese, my squadron deployed on board the USS Nassau to the Mediterranean in 1988 for 6 months...the best liberty port was Lisbon, Portugal. 4 days in that beautiful city!

They are reorganizing back to become a more lightweight, quick response, expeditionary force, in response to China and the pacific. If you are island hopping, then you want to to be able to minimize logistics and be able to deploy as fast as possible. There are also big changes with organization such as in squads. The USMC is planning to to add more weapons and capabilities on the squad level with drones and anti drone capability, newer anti-air capability, and anti ship capability. They are currently testing the AGM158 LRASM anti ship missile in HIMARs/NMESIS, pursuing a more versatile force. Anti-air side, they are exploring newer weapons that can be easily deployed/air dropped in things like cargo containers and independently fired. There is also the new Stinger missile replacement being developed in the armor that will make it's way to anti air units. With the loss of Abrams, they are planning to add more Javelins and MAAWs on a company level. There will now be 4x 81mm mortar platoons vs 2x. Precision rifles will be added to precision rifle companies. Switchback loitering munitions will be added from the squad to battalion echelons. USMC has not requested the M10 Booker, but we'll see in the future.

Hopefully the Army will show up? The US Army is the best in the world at armor warfare. They would be more than happy to show up.

@@CombatEngineer1987 Not questioning the Army's willingness to show up. Have had a few Army in the family though we're more into naval service. (And both sisters married... (sigh)... Air Force.) It's just that Navy and Marines can get pretty much anywhere...big oceans. Army needs to ready, mobilize and transport to the hot spots. Not that they're slow, it's just that the Navy and their MC elements tend to be hanging around in the immediate vicinity of any hot spots. First few days of any s**tstorms can get a bit tense til the AF gets the Army into the locality.

@@WalterWild-uu1td wasnt meant as a knock on the Corp. One of the best thing that happened to the military was finally working together and Learning each others languages and different perspective on missions.

Marines had tanks in the Pacific during World War 2

@@rockymcallister4258 I know that, but they were a much smaller and easier to deploy unit. The only real use tanks had in the Pacific was as platforms for flame throwers. Today's tanks would have been practically useless in the Pacific Theater. They were way too big and heavy for that kind of warfare. Besides hand held and light artillery are much easier to use and far faster to deploy. We don't have the manpower we had back then either. Hand held rockets now can destroy practically any tank built. I would almost argue that tanks are on the verge of being obsolete, especially with drones being able to remotely deploy destructive devices more accurately and at longer range.

I think your issues have more to do with the Pentagon higher ups than with the typical Marine unit and its men. The brass in Washington haven't seemed to know what to do with the Marines in a long time--since we last went ashore on a hostile beach in Korea. That's the way it works in Washington: Each service branch wants a piece of every bit of fighting, even when they aren't suitable, because if they are left out it will be reflected in their budget. But the Marines are a very specialized force: As I said, elsewhere, they are LIGHT infantry, specialized to enter hostile territory and operate there with high mobility, especially when the insertion is best accomplished from the sea. Should we ever send troops into Yemen or even Iran, they will find their place coming ashore from the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf.