The Demise of the Marines?

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http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2...Last-Fight

Because of this lack of mission and ongoing budget pressures, the Marines are becoming an endangered branch. In the age of DOD austerity, they represent low-hanging fruit that could easily be picked from the Pentagon’s tree.

You have more of a Marine Corp than we have an army it total

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps

The U.S. Marine Corps has around 194,000 active duty members

on 1 December 2013, the British Army employed; 95,800 Regulars, 3,130 Gurkhas[55] and 26,500 Army Reservists[56] for a combined component strength of 125,430 personnel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army