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Originally Posted by saden1
It's from the 2011 budget proposed by Obama and signed off on by congress. As for marines doing more with less, well, that's just a fantastic marketing slogan. Let's get real, they are well equipped, well trained, and well supported...more so than any other marine force on the planet.
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Well Saden1 I wouldnt put a whole lotta faith in what I read of "Obama's budget proposal"... Hell if thats the case I bet $10 to a doughnut the additional spending is from HMX 1 (Marine One... Presidential Helo) being overused to take the Prez to the friggin golf course..
As for the Marines doing more with less.. its more than a slogan.... I can see you dont know much about the Military in the way of their traditions.. If you did youd know that when it comes to the "Luxuries" and "Perks" of military life... the Marine Corps always gets the shit end of the stick.. I was on kitchen duty back in 1989 (had to pull a 30 day rotation)... Staff Sgt told me to go to the freezer and get "the meat" on the shelf.. I went to get it and stamped clear as day on the side of the box in big bold letters were the words... 'REJECTED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY"
Marines are well trained that is true... but we are trained with less... in Iraq when all this hoopla was being raised about "body armor"... the Marines were the last to recieve any. The Army got theirs first... Also the Marine Corps is the smallest of all four branches of the military so it is inherent in our nature to "do more with less" Our numbers are less than half that of the Army but we maintain up to 66% of our forces deployed at all times... to and including peace time..
Now when you compare us to other Marine Forces around the world... sure you are correct. We are better trained, better equipped and better supported.. My comparison was to that of other "US" branches of the military. If think for a second that we get all of the same luxuries, perks and amenities as the Army, Air Force, or Navy... you are sadly sadly misinformed...