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specifically right now/recently. what are the recruitment paths, who do they draw? has it changed much? how different is the officers' disposition from the enlisted?

im reading about the Grande Armeé rn so naturally im curious about existing systems

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

wait so the implication of this is that the marines are probably the best officered lmao

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The marines are absolutely the best at actually "being the military" and, yes, that includes their officer selection all the way down to their basic training. Look at the absolute psychos they have at the top and it's clear they promote on merit far more than other branches.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

thats the other side innit. you can get the good soldiers but they're fucking mad murderous fools

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Can you say more about how they operate compared to the other branches?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

US marine officers go through navy training, whether the Naval Academy, navy ROTC, or navy OCS. So, both navy and marine officers are ~~trained~~ yelled at by both navy chiefs and marine gunnery sergeants. They do tend to be less weird about the aristocratic shit compared to navy officers, and most of the marine officers seem to only really eat in the wardroom on ships because they're not allowed to eat elsewhere.