Marines Vs. SEALs : What’s the difference?

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The difference between a SEAL and a Marine is sort of the difference between a knife and an ax.

SEALs are sailors who are double volunteers. After a roughly year-long training program, these sailors are uses for very special, surgical missions.

Marines are America's expeditionary force. They often operate in Marine Expeditionary Units or MEUs. These MEUs carry roughly 2,200 Marines along with integrated air support and naval gunnery. There are almost as many Marines in one MEU as there are active duty SEALs. These expeditionary units are very flexible formations which can do everything from evacuate embassies to provide humanitarian relief.

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The difference between a SEAL and a Marine is sort of the difference between a knife and an ax.

SEALs are sailors who are double volunteers. After a roughly year-long training program, these sailors are uses for very special, surgical missions.

Marines are America's expeditionary force. They often operate in Marine Expeditionary Units or MEUs. These MEUs carry roughly 2, 200 Marines along with integrated air support and naval gunnery. There are almost as many Marines in one MEU as there are active duty SEALs. These expeditionary units are very flexible formations which can do everything from evacuate embassies to provide humanitarian relief.

[poopsled]

Seals, the silent professionals.... until they get out and write like 6 books about their time in.

[theasslesschap]

Ah yes the Marines. Uncle Sam’s sharpest blunt instrument.

[pulsefel]

Army: cover land
Navy: cover water
Air force: cover air and space
Marines: prep enemy territory for other units
Seals: you'll never know

[AquaTeenHungerForce__Life]

It’s like comparing Crayons to a Montblanc pen, and then turning around to see the Marines have eaten all your crayons.

[TheArklyte]

Maybe an overused joke, but the difference is that media portrays SEALs as special and USMC as "special".

[Rob_FF]

How to ambush a Navy SEAL?

Bear trap baited with a book+movie deal.

[ggrant]

You just showed one of my friends giving out food in Haiti he was in my squad ...good Marine!!

[Smooveandpretty]

I did a deployment with marines on my ship 😭 they’re crazy irl but some of the funnest ppl I’ve ever met.

[ughettapbacon]

I can just see a squad of seals tiptoeing through a third world village's huts in the middle of the night placing MREs and first aid kits for the children to find in the morning like Santa Claus was there.

[njvikesfan]

Seals: Spec ops badasses who only show up on very specific circumstances
Marines: Yeah there’s a nation over there. I want it gone

[BearDude]

Seals: Appointment warriors
Marines: Speed dial warriors

[pootthatbak]

Seals come into navy bootcamp, at least they used to in san diego RTTC and ask " any volunteers" i stood there silently. MOM SAID BE SAFE, I LOVE YOU, i remembered that

[meegssan]

Marines: a lot of swearing and shouting
Seals: a lot of whispering and sign language

[bonemasterj]

This is my axe. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

[KKingPin]

When I ask my cat what she wants to eat she always says "meu". I never knew what she was talking about until now.

[spzaruba]

When absolutely everything in the area needs a hole in it, a lot of holes in it, send Marines. When 1 hole works, send SEALs.

[SnipeU]

You could send Seals to an embassy, but it would be a different ending. 😆

[DocRigel]

Accurate assessment. As someone who as been on two MEU's and got to do VBSS training with seals they are more than a knife, they are a scalpel.

[bobsides]

Being the sim of a Marine, nephew of Marines and a Marine myself, this is the best explanation I have seen. Well done.