- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The modern day United States Marine Corps is possibly the most useful of any of the branches. They are like, along with the Navy, pirates. The Navy is the sailing part of the pirates, and the marines are the boarding party/invasion part. Any foreign conflict directly threatening America: The Marines are there within 3 days. They are like America's Military 911. They are skilled in any element: Land, Sea and Air. When we invaded Iraq, first ones in were the Marines. The entire pacific campaign in WWII was Marines. They are one of, if not the most important branches of America's military.
Now, the Marines of Halo are in there simply because it is like the ocean. The space is the water, and planets are Islands. Would you want a land force (Army) if theres no large bodies of land? Of course not. And since this is a 3 dimensional ocean, there is no Air Force. So now you have ONI and the UNSC. ONI is CIA/FBI. UNSC is Navy/Marines. You know those annoying engineer guys in Halo:CE's second level? The guys with jumpsuits? Navy. The American modern Marine Corps, in my opinion, is even now better than Halo Marines. They are some of the roughest SOB's out there today. In fact, one could say the Halo Marines are Army Soldiers and ODST's the Marines, really. They should be much better in Halo then they are. At least to give Marines a good name. No Marine shouts "I'm a cowardly Fool!" in the middle of a firefight. They fight till the last man. I think Bungie should give the Marines the respect they deserve.