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What secrets lurk in the filecards?
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05-27-2009, 01:24 PM
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My understanding is that this is exactly right, in a nutshell. They were formed to be a Naval Infantry. An "Army-like" force that was trained to deploy from, and operate out of, a ship or aquatic environment. To be fair, when a SEAL steps on land to start some kind of Commando mission, he's more soldier than sailor. And my question is why? Why would the Navy make Sailors into SEALs, when it already had Marines that could have easily been trained in Scuba diving and met the Navy's mission requirements.
It's like saying, "Hey, we need some trucks. I know we've got these jeeps over here and we could use most of their parts, but I'm thinking we should start with these life boats. Yeah, we'll just make Trucks out of these life boats. Leave the jeeps alone."
Exactly.
And maybe that's why there is no real Marine Spec-Op force. Maybe the general thinking is that if you have the SEaLs, why do you need Marines that are further trained?
I don't know. It is weird that SEaLs start as sailors.
Really, SEaLs should be part of the Marines.
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