It does happen, but I don't think it happens as often as the reverse. When I was in MCT(Marine Combat Training) in '99, we had a former Army SSGT who came through with us, he was a Lance Corporal(E-3)at the time since the Marines don't really carry over rank, but he did gain Corporal by the time he left the 2.5 week course. otherwise, in 4 years I never came across any other former soldiers. I have met numerous soldiers who were prior service Marines, and seemed quite successful at it.
marines
All of them - soldier is a term exclusive to the Army, as opposed to Marines, sailors, and Airmen.
navy, army, marines and army air corps........................................
Individual Marines, or the Corps as a whole? The Marine Corps is extremely stingy with its medals. Things that in the Army will get you an Army Commendation Medal won't get you any medals at all in the Marines. The Marines also don't have a lot of the service ribbons the Army has.
If you stuck a squad of Marines and A squad of army soldiers, The marines would definatley win! Marine are trained to be right in the action, Army soldiers are more for support and backup. Marines are trained more harsh and cruel than a Army soldier.
It depends on their branch of service. Army = soldiers, Navy = sailors, Coast Guard = Coasties, and Marines = Marines. There is no expression for the Air Force. The tradition-heavy Marines also call themselves "Leathernecks" and "Devildogs," which refers back to their Revolutionary War roots and their famous WW1 victory against the Germans at Belleau Wood
hell no the army is fine but the soldiers in the army compare nothing to the best out their the marines no matter what the mos is.
The Army because they give out ribbons for practically anything. For example, both Marines and Soldiers throw a grenade at some point in training but Soldiers get a ribbon for it and Marines do not. =================================== Take the above answer with a grain of salt. Soldiers DO NOT get a ribbon for completion of hand grenade training. And while there is a marksmanship identifier for hand grenades, you'll never see anybody wearing it.
6821 Americans died, but none of them were soldiers. Soldiers belong to the Army, and it was the US Marines who took Iwo Jima. So all the casualties were Marines, or medics serving with the Marines, who are US Navy Corpsmen. There were also 19,217 US wounded.
Yes and no. Servicemen, service members, etc. are a bit more general, and typically refer to someone in the military, in whichever branch, be it Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, Air Force... soldier is a term specific to the Army.
I am not sure you stated your question right but Army(Soldier), Air Force(Airmen), Navy(Sailor), and Marines are Marines. They are all in the United States Military.
Inter-service cooperation exists between all branches, although the Marines do traditionally have a much closer relationship with the Navy than the Army does.