eli5: Why does the US Military have airplanes in multiple branches (Navy, Marines etc) as opposed to having all flight operations handled by the Air Force exclusively?
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The individual armed forces (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force) are divided based on the type of warfare they fight. The Army is mainly focused on ground warfare and infantry-type operations, The Navy handles conflict on the water, The Air Force specializes in aviation combat, and the Marines (I’m honestly not sure what they do, but I know they do it very well). But in each of those specialties, the same tool can be useful. Having air power to attack enemy artillery positions is useful, as is having the capacity to move your army troops across the water. Just because your larger specialty is the land/sea/air doesn’t mean that you don’t benefit from the use of planes, boats etc.
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