They're a branch of the navy, they've got approx. 100k total personnel at this point I THINK.
I think its closer to 180000.

The Marines are an outstanding fighting force, but they're small, compared to the Army.
We will kick the Armys butt anytime. Again they have no real fixed wing aircraft. Numbers are their only hope


How big is a Divison these days? 20k or so? Put in perspective, that makes the marines pretty small, with about.. 5 Divisions?
We have 4 divisions but we also have an airforce. Plus various other units.

We were talking of who has the toughest basic and who is in general the best trained , most motivated and elite of our regular troops. Thers no denying that as far as the American military goes the Marines are better than the Army or any other of the big three for that matter. No offense to any of you Army dudes or whatever they call you