An elite fighting organization falling under the Department of the Navy but grabbing it's own representative on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. If a
marine is confronted with this fact, they will merely shake their head and reluctantly admit it's true.
A
Marine will be the first to tell you that the Corps is better than the Navy, Army, and Air Force.
(There is generally a lot of tension between the Army and Marines, but only because the Soldiers couldn'
t make it into this
day's Corps)