ARMY INFANTRY VS. MARINE INFANTRY

u.s army infantry u.s marine infantry two of the most skilled and equipped infantries in the entire world what sets them apart what do they have in common what can they do let's take a dive into what you need to know about army infantry and marine infantry we'll start off the video with a brief introduction on both of these entities let's kick it off with the army infantry the army infantry is the ground force and backbone of the army from airborne to rangers to pathfinders to air assault this infantry is not only diverse but very big as well the army is more than twice the size of the marine corps and this shows they have state-of-the-art equipment ranging from tanks armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles and a whole lot of funding the marine infantry is the department of the navy's fighting ground force but not only do they attack by ground they also attack by air and sea highly trained and professional they do more with less it is known that the marine corps is small and their funding isn't the best yet the marine infantry maintains its proficiency in battle from scout snipers to recon marines the marine infantry is also diverse and a force to be reckoned with alright you just got a brief introduction on both of these elite infantries let's dig a little deeper and go over their capabilities missions and opportunities all right let's go over the capabilities missions and opportunities for both of these infantries as we just said the army infantry has a lot of soldiers equipment and funding it is much bigger than the marine infantry so while there will be a lot of overlap on how things are done there will be some key differences here for starters you'll have a lot more responsibility at a lower rank in the marine infantry as compared to the army infantry due to the marine corps culture and size marines typically take on bigger roles and positions at a lower rank as compared to their army counterparts the army infantry is better equipped for long-term engagements due to it being more of an occupational force while the marine infantry is a striking assault force the army is better equipped for sustained combat we'll put it to you like this the marine infantry can attack an enemy's base and get them to fall back and the us army infantry would take over and occupy that same base while the marine infantry moves on to the next area to take over there's a lot more complexities involved in that scenario but we try to keep it simple stupid here at general discharge we're sure some of you are very familiar with that concept the army has tanks whereas the marine infantry is getting rid of theirs there's a lot of restructuring going on in the marine corps currently and the marine infantry is being affected known as force design 2030 there are tons of changes headed their way for the marine corps by looking at what's going on a way of looking at the two different entities is that marine infantry is more of a light infantry force whereas the army infantry is more of a heavy infantry force another key difference between the army and marine infantry is the fact that the marines have amphibious capabilities whereas the army infantry does not remember the marines are in the department of the navy so they will have many operations that are closely integrated with naval ships and amphibious assault vehicles amphibious warfare is the name of the game for the marine corps and speaking of the navy the navy is closer to the marine infantry than you think unlike the army which has its own organic combat medics also referred to as 68 who are attached to them the marines do not have their own medical assets they pull from the navy with the majority of them being corpsmen if you want to learn more about corman stick with us until the end ok so you get the gist of what these infantries are what are their career fields like as well as their opportunities well in the army if you're an infantryman you're either an 11 alpha 11 bravo or an 11 charlie and 11 alpha is an infantry officer and 11 bravo is your standard infantryman and 11 charlie is an indirect fire infantryman otherwise known as a mortarman this means that you get to serve in the army infantry as either enlisted or an officer in the marines you're an o3 there's a lot of other mls's you can get further in your infantry career but we'll focus on the core ones the core enlisted marine infantry mosses are o311 o331 o341 o351 and o352 then there's 0301 which is your basic infantry officer so this also means you can service both enlisted or officer in the marine infantry as far as follow-on training there's a lot of opportunities for both of these career fields in the army infantry you can go airborne did you know general discharge has an instagram we actively post memes video updates and whatever else we feel like join the team and follow us at general.discharge links in the description now back to the video air assault ranger pathfinder go to sniper school and much more it just depends on your units in the marines you can become a scout sniper recon marine in rare circumstances go to jump school and in even rarer circumstances ranger school again right place and right time on some of these schools by default the army has much more opportunities for training and the like due to its size and funding whereas the marines do not while there's a lot of differences between the army and marine infantry they're still both infantry there's tons of overlap with how they do things as well as culture with that out of the way you now know some key similarities and differences between them we're now going to go over the structure of both of these infantries as well as go over where you can be stationed after that we will go over the training pipelines and requirements for both of them [Music] let's start off with the structure of the us army infantry just keep in mind the army is a much bigger branch than the marine corps and its makeup is more complex we'll keep things simple for you here the us army employs three different types of infantry light infantry striker infantry and mechanized infantry light infantry has airborne infantry air assault infantry and ranger infantry you can think of striker infantry as medium infantry and mechanized infantry as heavy or armor infantry to understand the breakdown of the us army infantry we're just going to give you the breakdown of the army as a whole this will give you a basic understanding of it all alright the structure of the us army is as follows at the top there's armies armies consist of cores and each core has divisions divisions have brigades or regiments brigades or regiments typically have three to five battalions these battalions have four to six companies and the companies have three to four platoons each platoon has two to three squads and these squads have two fire teams an army fire team consists of four soldiers which are a team leader an automatic rifleman a grenadier and a rifleman there you go you now have a basic understanding of how the us army is organized let's move on to the structure of the us marine infantry since it's a much smaller entity it is a bit easier to be specific the marine infantry is the largest component of the ground combat element or gce of anything within the marine corps whether it's a meth a meb a mu or a magtf there will always be a gce element within the marine infantry there are four divisions first marine division second marine division third marine division and fourth marine division first and second martiv have three marine regiments and third and fourth mardiv have two within these regiments are battalions first and second have nine battalions third has six and fourth has eight so if you hear that someone was in one three that means that they were in first battalion third marine regiment the more you know okay so now we're on to the battalion level a marine infantry battalion consists of three rifle companies a weapons company and a headquarters and service company a rifle company will contain three rifle platoons a weapons platoon and a company headquarters a platoon will have three rifle squads and a headquarters element these rifle squads are made up of three fire teams and these fire teams are made up of four marines the fire team is the most basic element of the gce it contains a team leader a rifleman an automatic rifleman and assistant automatic rifleman so there you go now you know the basic breakdown of the marine infantry alright now you know the structure of both the army infantry and marine infantry we're now going to go over where you can be stationed in both of these communities we'll start off with the army infantry and then move on to the marine infantry if you find yourself in the u.s army infantry some of the places you can be stationed at are fort riley kansas fort lewis washington fort stewart georgia fort carson colorado fort bliss texas fort hood texas fort drum new york fort polk louisiana fort wainwright alaska fort richardson alaska schofield barracks hawaii fort bragg north carolina and fort campbell kentucky okay now on to the marine infantry if you find yourself in the marine infantry you will be mainly stationed at camp pendleton california 29 palms california and campbell june north carolina not much of a selection compared to your army counterparts that's for sure all right now you know where you might be stationed if you get into the army or marine infantry now you're probably wondering what kind of training is required for both of these let's get into it [Music] we're going to start off with the training required to become a marine infantryman first then go over the armies to get in the marine infantry you'll have to go to boot camp which is 13 weeks long and then get through itb which is eight weeks long itp stands for infantry training battalion which is conducted at the school of infantry west which is in camp pendleton california and school of infantry east which is at camp geiger north carolina itb trains develops and certifies marines as riflemen machine gunners mortarmen infantry assaultmen and anti-tank missilemen in order to provide basically qualified infantrymen for service in the operating forces marines will receive training in marksmanship grenades land navigation patrolling and much more there's also mcmap which stands for marine corps martial arts program and we're sure you saw this coming there's a lot of pt conditioning and hikes and a quick fun fact for you starting in 2021 which is when this video came out the marine corps is testing out a different infantry training curriculum that will be a longer course of instruction for infantry marines this is part of the restructuring of the marine corps we mentioned to you earlier there's even talks of consolidating all of the mosses into one only time will tell if that happens for sure or not though and if you want to become a marine infantry officer you'll have to go through ocs then tbs and then ioc which stands for infantry officer course if you want to know more about ocs and tps stick with us until the end of the video where we'll point you in the right direction let's move on to the training you'd go through if you wanted to join the army infantry it all happens at one place oh sat osa stands for one station unit training posted puts you through boot camp as well as your ait with the same instructors infantry oset is 22 weeks long and is located at fort benning georgia during your time in infantry school you will learn these skills pause the screen to take a longer look if you want to become an infantry officer after you commission you'll go to the infantry basic officer leader course so yeah it's pretty cut and dry for both of these communities now you know what schools you'll be expected to attend if you decide to embark on either of these journeys but do you even qualify to give it a shot let's see this section is going to be pretty quick to qualify to be a marine or army infantryman you'll pretty much just have to fit the basic service requirements for the branches and if you want to become an officer in either of these fields you'll need a bachelor's degree and literally anything even underwater basket weaving if that's your style these are very large and broad career fields which means their requirements won't be as stringent as soft communities are but that by no means says that they are any less important or admirable it's just the way it is alright we're about to wrap up this video but don't go just yet we're going to go over some other videos that you should definitely go check out during this video you'll learn that the army infantry and marine infantry are quite similar yet very different they're both highly trained in combat but both have different specialties and purposes that they execute the army is more land-based whereas the marines are more amphibious the army infantry is much bigger than the marine infantry and gets much more funding than the marines too but at the end of the day they're both crucial to the success of our military operations and work in concert with each other to keep us safe that leads us to our question for you if you made it this far with us which do you prefer army infantry or marine inventory leave us a comment on what you think now on to the videos we got for you first one up is our video on corman the enlisted medical asset for the navy and marine corps you definitely have to watch that we've also done videos on marine ocs as well as tbs if you want to know how marine officer is made you definitely gotta check them out we've also done other videos on various entities in the army on screen are all the ones we've done so far all these links will be in the description below lastly if you like the versus video format we've done other videos like this the thumbnails on screen are the verses videos we've done so far the playlist to these will be in the description below well that is the down and dirty of the us army infantry in u.s marine infantry if you learned something from this video make sure to give us a like and subscribe to our channel as always thank you for watching do you even want to be here a big shout out to all of our patrons over at our patreon thank you all so much for taking the extra step in supporting our channel it is much appreciated if you'd like to be featured on a general discharge video go give our patreon a look and join the team here's nick naja all your friends are subscribing to general discharge and you don't even want to be here [Music] you

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Length: 14min 59sec (899 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 22 2021