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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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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Spending creep/mission creep/jobs for the boys and girls/empire building/“managers” protecting their fiefdoms.

Guarantee you could cut military spending in half without compromising capability.

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