“No Navy admiral (or Air Force general) should ever be made head of the JCS. That responsibility should be left to the Army or the Marines. Or barring that, to the Coast Guard.”
Except that the Marines are a Department of the Navy. There are whack jobs in all branches. Clearly this Admiral has no clue what it’s like to be a an enlisted on a combatant vessel. I do.
Except that the Marines are a Department of the Navy.
The Marines are older than the Navy, think in the spirit of Hope and Change that we can the Dept of Navy and replace it with the Dept of the Marine Corps.
A bumper sticker for sale at a local gun show reads:
The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy. The men's department.
It amused me, but I didn't bring it home. My dad retired as a Commander in the Navy. My son served in the USMC.