Who is better Navy Seal or Marine?

Answer 1

In general, the SEALS would be considered "better," as they are a special forces branch of the Navy. A generic "marine" soldier, while well trained, would not be on par with the most well trained of the Navy.

The Marine Corps equivalent of the Navy SEALs would probably be the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) but even they don't do the kinds of dangerous things that SEALs do.

Answer 2

There are a lot of bogus answers out there about the different branches and who is better... Here is a real life & unbiased example from a USMC Veteran.

Marine's and Navy Seals have 2 completely different purposes. Just because you are in the Navy, it does not make you a Navy SEAL. Just because you are in the Marine Corps, it does not mean you have advanced infantry training.

Although all Marines are trained to be basic infantrymen and hold their own in combat, some Marines have administrative jobs and others have more demanding infantry jobs.

Overall, the main purpose of the Marine corps would ultimately be missions which involved engaging larger military forces (platoon or larger sized forces). The Navy Seals job would not be to engage a large military force such as this, rather, to complete a high profile more specific mission (such as taking out Bin Laden) and take out anyone necessary to successfully complete the mission. If an enemy force is expected to be large, a joint operation with the Marines would be more ordinary.

There are several Marine specialty jobs that are extremely demanding. For this I will use the commonly known Marine Corps Force Recon unit to compare with the SEALS.

Force Recon gets their orders from the Corps which means that their missions are usually tied to Marine Infantry operations and locating Intel for them. SEALS orders in many circumstances come down from the president and congress. This means more specialized missions and less margin for error.

It is true that the SEALS are better funded and as a result, have better supplies and better training. Neither one is a joke and neither is better than the other, they are just tuff birds that do different stuff. Like comparing a biker to a truck driver...

The Marine Corps works on the smallest budget of the US Military branches. Marines (in all jobs) are used to doing more with less which makes them tollerant, thrifty, tough and angry. SEALS are well funded and supplied which means better training and more resources. They are also trained to be tough birds and endure mental & physical pain, personal loss and extreme discomfort as are most Marines in Combat jobs.

If you faught all the military branches, the Air Force would probably win because of their budget and resources. They could use some high tech UAV and blow everyone up... This does not make them tougher or better, just better equipt... In the end everyone does their purpose to keep our nation safe.

If you really want to know who is tougher, let's look at different ways we can look at this:

* If the SEALS got in a fire fight with the Marines Force Recon, the SEALS would probably win because they would have better weaponry and resources.

* If a Force Recon Marine got in a fist fight with a SEAL, there is a 50/50 chance of the winner.

* If you stuck a Marine and SEAL in a freezing cold room, they would both freeze to death just because of pride and being stubborn

Answer 3

Marines and Navy Seals are both best-of-the-best fighting forces, but have different missions. Today (March 2015) there are some 175,000 Active Duty Marines - infantry, artillery, tanks, fighter pilots, helicopter pilots, logisticians, etc, etc. They are a self-contained fighting force capable of fighting any army in the world. However there are less than 250 Navy Seals, who operate quietly behind enemy lines, as the 2011 clandestine flight into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden evidenced.