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May 20	comment	U.S. Marine Corps and Why does the Navy’s army need its own air force? +1 Thx, the historic part of the question is now settled, as far as I am concerned. Outside history (and therefore outside SE) I am sure there is much merit and value to the Marine's service, but IMO the situation must be judged in relation to cost, esp. with new developments such as special force ops (as mentioned by @RISwampYankee), drone warfare, etc. Tradition (Robert E. Lee served in the cavalry yet his reputation rests secure) and hints of possible violence are perhaps not sufficient reasons over the long run :) No disrespect at all to any former or serving personnel intended.
May 20	accepted	U.S. Marine Corps and Why does the Navy’s army need its own air force?
May 20	comment	U.S. Marine Corps and Why does the Navy’s army need its own air force? +1 Thx for this. Do you know whether it is then correct to assume that U.S. forces (initially) stationed e.g. in Iraq and Afghanistan were mainly from the Marine Corps (i.e. the U.S. expeditionary force) and not from the Army (and obviously not from the Air Force and Navy either)?
May 20	comment	U.S. Marine Corps and Why does the Navy’s army need its own air force? @MarkC.Wallace Thx, sounds like a good preliminary answer. BTW, lots of other countries presumably have had navy infantries at some time in the past as well, but have out-phased or downgraded them in favor of other service branches. It's not clear to me from browsing Wikipedia what the particular, overwhelming distinction of the U.S. Marines was/is (specifically in terms of their history).
May 20	comment	U.S. Marine Corps and Why does the Navy’s army need its own air force? The question appears in the last paragraph ("what historical events ..."). The remaining text is for setting up the question.
May 20	reviewed	Leave Open Eastern and Southern Europe in the medieval time period?
May 20	asked	U.S. Marine Corps and Why does the Navy’s army need its own air force?
May 20	comment	What uncertainties and questions surround the death of Attila? Thx, mystery solved now :)
May 20	comment	What uncertainties and questions surround the death of Attila? Mildly confused: how does adding the qualifier "possibly" constitute applying Occam's razor? BTW, in the Nibelungen saga (at least in Fritz Lang's 1924 movie version) Attila (aka King Etzel) marries Kriemhild of Burgundy (who is also Siegfried's widow), and he alone is going to survive her entire clan as tragedy unfolds ...
May 20	comment	Eastern and Southern Europe in the medieval time period? +1 & somewhat (geographically) related question here.
May 19	comment	Parable of the broken window and 1929 crisis Is this a homework assignment? It's the first time I hear of the parable of the broken window: could you please identify some source for it? Thx.
May 19	reviewed	Leave Closed Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual?
May 19	reviewed	Reviewed What was it like for a coastal village to experience a viking raid in around the tenth century?
May 19	answered	How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it?
May 19	comment	How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it? Start e.g. here ... :)
May 19	reviewed	Close Do Navy Seals die in training?
May 19	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Is there a commonly-accepted book or a site that explains the history-of-everything?
May 19	comment	Is there a commonly-accepted book or a site that explains the history-of-everything? Not strictly a history book, but you may enjoy Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel. I certainly did and it won e.g. the Pulitzer Prize.
May 18	revised	What other pairs of wars have had a ~25 year interval? added update
May 18	comment	How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it? On a partly related note, I had an interesting experience learning about the works of Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764). He is a near-contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) but FWIK far less known today (at least outside France). I've heard the argument that his close affiliation with the Ancien Régime put him on the wrong side of many potential audiences as the French revolution and its aftermaths unfolded. Personally, I like him even a bit better than Bach these days (perhaps partly so because of the newness factor) ...