National Guard VS USMC

[PhilGarber]

PLEASE LOCK

 

[Phazan]

Marines can kick your ass and the National Guard can't.

Nuff' said

 

[Josh66]

Though currently there are a lot of National Guard personnel overseas, they are supposed to be here in the US defending us from invasion. The Marine Corps on the other had (along with the other branches - Army, Air Force, and Navy) would be the ones that go invade other countries.

That's way over-simplified, but it's the basic idea. USMC - Tour the world blowin' crap up. National Guard - stay in the US and clean up after hurricanes; if we ever get invaded, repel the invasion.

 

[Alex_B]

National Guard Vs, US Marine Core..

What is US Marine Core ... same as the Marine Corps?

 

[PhilGarber]

What is US Marine Core ... same as the Marine Corps?

Yeah

 

[PhilGarber]

Marines can kick your ass and the National Guard can't.

Nuff' said

:shock:

 

[PhilGarber]

Though currently there are a lot of National Guard personnel overseas, they are supposed to be here in the US defending us from invasion. The Marine Corps on the other had (along with the other branches - Army, Air Force, and Navy) would be the ones that go invade other countries.

That's way over-simplified, but it's the basic idea. USMC - Tour the world blowin' crap up. National Guard - stay in the US and clean up after hurricanes; if we ever get invaded, repel the invasion.

Ah, I see, so far, National Guard seems more appealing:meh:.

 

[Dmitri]

Marines can kick your ass and the National Guard can't.

Nuff' said

The National Guard is sent in when the Marines can't handle it.

 

[Phazan]

The National Guard is sent in when the Marines can't handle it.

Hahahahahaha



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Like that would ever happen

 

[usayit]

Remember... Marine Corps is actually under the Navy. In fact, they rely on the Navy for a large number of services and support. For example, the Marine Corps do not have their own medical personnel.... there are Navy Doctors and medics that are attached to a group of Marines.

I'm a bit partial to the Navy... IMO, that branch of the military provides the widest range of opportunities in furthering a variety of careers/skills. It is also my opinion that the Marines command the utmost respect and prestige. Historically, their strategic role is one of the most difficult.

My bias is from having a Naval Captain Retired and Marine Sargent Retired as instructors throughout High School... with very fond and educational memories from both.

Either case, all military servicemen/women get a big thumbs up from me.

 

[usayit]

With that said...

@OP,

if you are considering entering into the military, consider going through a 4 year college ROTC program from a well known school for its ROTC program (Texas A&M University for example). You are not required to enter into the service after graduation (unless part of a educational loan/grant) but you will with more opportunities if you do decide to go that route. For one, you'll enter at a higher pay grade than a regular enlisted that came through the recruitment office. Two, you'll be better prepared and adjusted to the military way of life. Three, you'll have a better chance if you decide to go for officer level command.

If you do not pursue the military after the 4 year ROTC program, you'll still have a valuable and rich experience that many never get to enjoy (on top of the education/degree)

Also.. If you do 4 years of JROTC in high school, you will have a better chance at being awarded educational support/scholarship to a ROTC program in college.

 

[Joves]

Well with the Marines you serve full time till your enlistment is up. In the Guard you got to basic then you serve one week-end a month or as needed, till your enlistment is up.

 

[Pugs]

The National Guard are actually state militias that can be federalized by order of the President. When federalized, they fall under the authority of the Army and are treated as Army units (except the Air National Guard which is the air force of the state militias and are under the authority of the Air Force when federalized).

The Marine Corps is "naval infantry". They are the ground based warfare arm of the Department of the Navy, but are a separate branch from the Navy itself. The Marine Corps mission focuses on mobility and rapid deployment. As they were traditionally deployed to Naval ships, they were the most mobile groundforce prior to the advent of the airplane. Even with the airplane, a large fighting force can be deployed anywhere in the world that a Naval vessel can get within spitting distance of.

The National Guard, is basically an extension of the Army. When you enlist in the National Guard you are federalized and assigned to an Army training unit for your Basic Training and then assigned to a different one for you Advanced Individual Training. Following your training, you are transferred back to your state National Guard Unit. The National Guard (unless federalized) falls under the authority of the governor of the state in question. This is why they are often called up for local natural disasters and other local civil missions. As a National Guardsman, after your initial training during which you serve full time, you will serve one weekend a month and an additional two weeks every year (unless called up by the governor or President in which case you serve full time until they decide otherwise). Those weekends and two weeks of service can be spent doing anything from training, playing wargames, learning new equipment, cleaning the latrine, fixing things, etc...

The Marine Corps is purely federal and you serve full-time unless you are in the Marine Corps Reserve. If you are Marine Corps Reserve, you have a similar schedule of one weekend a month and two weeks a year. The difference is that you will serve those weekends and two weeks at Marine Corps facilities rather than at the state National Guard facilities. You also never all under the authority of a state governor.

The National Guard's mission is not to repel invaders (though that is certainly a use that they can be called up for). Their mission is the serve their state and, if federalized, their nation in whatever capacity they are ordered to. This means disaster relief, or being called up and sent to Iraq in a federal capacity to supplement the regular Army, or being called up to go on humanitarian missions to provide food/aid/medicine to underdeveloped countries, or being called up to repel an invasion.

Does this help?

 

[Paul M]

The National Guard is sent in when the Marines can't handle it.

I know you don't really believe that

 

[Alpha]

Marines aren't first to fight. The airborne people technically are these days, which I assume is mostly the air force and navy. Marines are the first to die. Somebody's gotta do it, I suppose.