The Marine Corps is far from irrelevant. We’re a multibillion dollar warfighting organization with a plethora of hard fighting experience from you-name-it campaign, skirmish, etc.. scattered across the ranks and all we care about is making ourselves as lethal and ready as possible.
It is said that every 23 seconds a Commander is dragged into a conference room to sponsor a new initiative brought on by Major, MSgt, MGySgt, Gunner, Captain so and so, etc.. to either fuck up an enemy or demonstrate how we’re going to fuck up an enemy in a really shitty place... then we go prove it.
We’re not extremely scaleable as a force but we can dominate the ever living dog shit out of a large region or territory and everything will be smoldering by the time everyone else arrives. Our lack of size also means we can do a pretty quick turnaround from conceptualizing something to getting some legs to the idea and funding/supplying/implementing the gear and/or training.
Our combat support types are top notch in their understanding of the combat jobs they support. Im not talking Pfc whats-his-nuts, Im talking GySgt Coffee & Cigarettes who has been all over the Force at various commands who did time in the middle east. He plans motor t, comm, etc and does so at the advantage of knowing & understanding what the guys on the ground need because the Marine Corps is so small that even he took on a flak, kevlar, and crew served or hit some patrol work outside his firebase or vpb.
Even that little PFC could plop down on an M2, function it, and put rounds downrange (results may vary). A data geek is probably humping out a sustainment load to the prescribed Marine Combat Readiness standard for his assigned Infantry Company time now.
Marines are the fucking shit and anyone who doesnt know that already is just waiting to find out.
