Are Force Marines Comparable to Special forces? - /k/ (#63856420) [Archived: 1067 hours ago]

Anonymous
6/18/2025, 7:09:40 AM No.63856420
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How would they fair up in the bin laden raid or of the many other counter terrorist raids in the past to Delta's and seals, green berets.

Feels like the Marines have been forgotten about in media besides that one move "FMJ". There's like 7 or 8 seasons of Seals tv show, 4 seasons for 'The Unit'. Idk seems like the marines are ignored.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 7:12:09 AM No.63856429
No. They're forgotten IRL too, they get no budget and their best potential personnel as well as their mission profile are poached by Marsoc. Very sad.
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 7:38:01 AM No.63856489
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>>63856420 (OP)
>Unit (approx. number of operators excl. support staff at a given time)

Tier 1: Delta (300-400 operators), DEVGRU (300-400 operators), ISA (100-150)
Tier 2: Rangers (3,200-3,600), SEALS (2,200-2,600), Special Forces (6,000-6,500), MARSOC Raiders (~1,500), AFSOC ST (~2,500)

There are like 180,000 regular marines. Marines are naval infantry, that’s it. Overall the branch is tailored for invasions, bush wars, and otherwise coastal and maritime infantry operations. Because of their reputation as banana republic death squads from the 1890s up to WWII, and their performance against the Japanese during WWII, 80 years on they’re still considered probably the US’s best basic infantry soldier, whether thats true or not anymore I think really depends on specific units and soldiers.