Keith has the key to the debate. Marine boot camp sets us apart. In the Army, you have to go to the specialized untis to discover the type of mind set that basic Marines have developed. With the Corps, you have from top down one focus. To put a man with a rifle in harms way, who will overcome the obstacles, and complete the mission. The Army, being the Army, is large with many separate duties. 39, to go back to your references of the past, the Army did not develop the techniques or the planning for across the beach assults, the Army did not work with the Navy to develop the methods of putting troops across the beach. The Army did not plan Ichon or carry it out. It took the Army three years to plan D-Day, and one full year to train for it. The average for the Marines in WWII to plan and land on a beach in the Pacific was every 3 months. Army deserves it credit. MacArthur used only the 1st Marine Division
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