How different are the US Marines from the Marines of other countries like the British Royal Marines or Mexican MArines etc?
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The USMC operates on a different order of magnitude.
The entire Royal Marines consists of ~6 000 troops including support personnel. They’re an elite light infantry formation. This goes for just about every other country as well.
The USMC consists of ~180 000 troops including support personnel. The entire USMC *is not* an elite light infantry formation, but it *contains* such units, e.g. Force Recon. They have their own fighter jets, and up until just a few years ago, they also had tanks. In other words, they’re basically a second army.
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