in peace and war
The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, the person who claimed that the merchant marine is a service branch is misinformed, the term merchant marine refers to an industry, like commercial airline.
Yes, nearly 15,000 US Marines died in Vietnam.
He kept us out of war
Such was Woodrow Wilson's winning slogan in 1916.
A typical duty in the 1960s for the US Marines did last for several months.
No. Merchant Marines are an entirely different organization.
Marines
The 'merchant marines' are defined as the ships of a nation that are engaged in commerce, or the officers and crews of such vesels.
yes
They met in the Merchant Marines.
US Marines were withdrawn from Lebanon.The marines were withdrawn from Lebanon A+ answerThe Marines were withdrawn from Lebanon
the marines protect us from the air
I believe they met in the merchant marines.
The main difference in any country is mission. The "Navy" is a branch of the government in questioned who uses military built ships as weapons. The Merchant Marines or Merchant deal in Sealift or moving materials from one place to another. The Merchant Marine may also defend the Merchant ship he or she is on but the ship is not necessarily used by the military. Now in the US Navy we have MSC or Military Sealift Command. MSC moves materials around the world for the military but is more of a merchant Navy. Also the merchant navy may have military sailors stationed on them such as many of the US Navy's oilers.
Continental Marines.
Only if a merchant mariner works on a government owned ship, otherwise the pay is from whichever shipping company that seafarer works for
Approximately 391,000 US Marines served in the Vietnam War; approximately 14,838 US Marines died in Vietnam.