Annapolis’ Marines go to war

Townhall.com ^ | January 23, 2006 | W. Thomas Smith, Jr.

[VirginiaMil]

But sentry duty at Annapolis has been a 155-year tradition for Marines. Naval tradition is the lifeblood of the Corps, and I believed – until my former Marine Corps commandant disabused me of that belief – that to remove Marines from the guard posts at Annapolis would somehow lessen the potency of that lifeblood. Other Marines I’ve spoken to have felt similarly.

[Cold Heart]

There was a post here several months ago about the Navy forming a Naval Infantry in response to the Marines being deployed away from the Navy.

[GAB-1955]

However, in the Navy Times, it was made clear the new Naval security units would not be "naval infantry" and would not replace the Marines.

[A.A. Cunningham]

After 155 years, Marine sentries removed from Naval Academy to be sent to war