User blog comment:Griever0311/Ask A Marine Part По-русски/@comment-1260687-20100322232614

@Shadownet123: We're a "portable" rapidly-deployable combined arms team that can have boots on the ground in a hotzone inside of a day or so. When something goes down that needs a heavier hand than diplomacy, the Marines are likely to be the first ones there. The Army is, as a whole, significantly less mobile and can be tasked with larger-scale operations that the Marine Corps simply doesn't have the manpower to tackle on its own. As such, there is a vast difference in ethos, culture, and training.