Which Branch Would You Join?

[xjarhead1999]

Couple things I'd like to chime in about.
They Marines aren't under the Navy. They are a department of the Navy but are considered their own branch. That's why they have their own leadership and side of the Pentagon.
Each Marine battalion has its own doctor and group of corpsmen. They wear Marine uniforms and train right beside Marines. It doesn't matter if they are the battalion surgeon or a corpsman we call them doc. The docs that are attached to Marine Units are the closest people to be a Marine without actually joining the Marine Corps.

And that's why I said "In this instance" and had "branch" in quotes, because in the instance of becoming a doc, you can only do that in the Navy.  Yes, the Marines is it's own branch of the military, but in some instances, it's "under" the navy.  If you go to ROTC, you go for the 1st 2 years as Navy, and then you have to choose the "Marine option" to switch.  If you go the NAVAL Academy (there is no Marines Academy), you can choose the Marine option after 2 years there as well.

I wasn't saying it wasn't it's own branch, I was saying that there may be some cases where the Marines don't have their own thing, and at that point, it's through the Navy.  Which I thought was pretty clear by what I wrote.  But I guess not to everyone.

Hey, slow down a bit here please. I wasn't trying to attack you or anything of the sort. I was just trying to share my experience and knowledge. I apologise if my post came off as anything other than sharing information.