It's situation dependent. In some cases, they may have the units in place to go first. In others, it may be the Army.
just shut up dumb asses
Marines claim that ARMY means "Ain't Really Marines Yet".
The Marines are Marines. The Army has Army Special Forces AKA Green Berets.
Marines are the first to fight.
If you stuck a squad of Marines and A squad of army soldiers, The marines would definatley win! Marine are trained to be right in the action, Army soldiers are more for support and backup. Marines are trained more harsh and cruel than a Army soldier.
Army by far. Marines are real men.
Always. And the Army often come in to help the Marines.
The Royal Marines are part of the Royal Navy and nothing to do with the Army.
Okinawa was an Army campaign, under General Simon B. Buckner Jr., commander of the US Army's 10th Army. Iwo Jima was a Marine Corps campaign. However, Marines did fight on Okinawa; see the website "Battle of Okinawa", then look at the referrences at the bottom of the article for research material on the US Marines (at Okinawa).
The Army. The Marines typically fought in the South Pacific.
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