Belly  +  556481 Tue, 19 Aug 08 10:43 AM   1) United States Marine Corps vs United States Navy vs United States Coast Guard I've read some articles on wikipedia and found out that the USMC are amphibious while the UNNavy is specialized in water while the USCG chiefly protect the coast of their country. But if the former two overlap each other at the water specialization, why don't the government abandon the redudant Navy and concentrate on consolidating the Marine Corps? 2) We say: in a funeral or at a funeral? Belly Joined on Mon, Feb 19 2007 Regular Member 630 Articles

	nona the brit  +  556503 Tue, 19 Aug 08 12:15 PM 1. Marines have a different role to the navy. They are really land-based fighters but can access the land from the sea from their own vessels, bringing land vehicles with them. They would also fight in areas where you might need small boats etc, for example swampy areas, as the best troops to deal with both land and water. They don't have the big battleships etc that the navy has and they don't fight other ships/submarines etc. The navy never fights on land. 2. at a funeral. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	Belly  +  556542 Tue, 19 Aug 08 02:32 PM 1) So why don't the US create a "Land soldier" altogether? 2) Oxford defines cortege as" a line of cars or people moving along slowly at a funeral " while Longman says"a line of people or cars that move along slowly in a funeral " nonplused! Belly