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Originally Posted by Praetorian
Can somebody explain a rather rudimentary military question for me? Its something I've wondered about for a while. (I know my wife asked me the same question during the Iraq invasion and I didn't have an answer for her.)
To my limited military knowledge, the Marine Corp is a branch of the Navy. An amphibious type infantry force?
Why then are the Marines deployed to a landlocked country like Afghanistan?
Is there a general 'guideline' as to what branch goes where and when?
Thanks!
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They are US combat troops. They go where they're ordered. That's up to the brains in the Pentagon. If you have combat troops, it's a good thing if they have some combat experience.
And by the way, it's Marine Corp
s.
It's not a corporation.
