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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bakersgma, post: 4601126, member: 59&quot;]&quot;Although both the Navy and the Marine Corps are regarded as separate branches of the military, <b><a href="https://www.uso.org/stories/2910-what-separates-the-marines-from-the-other-branches#:%7E:text=The%20Marine%20Corps%20is%20the,separate%20entity%20from%20the%20Navy." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.uso.org/stories/2910-what-separates-the-marines-from-the-other-branches#:%7E:text=The%20Marine%20Corps%20is%20the,separate%20entity%20from%20the%20Navy." rel="nofollow">the Marine Corps is technically a part of the U.S. Navy</a></b>, ever since Congress placed the Marines under the Navy <a href="https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/story/Article/1763150/why-are-marines-part-of-the-navy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/story/Article/1763150/why-are-marines-part-of-the-navy/" rel="nofollow">in 1834</a>. That means that <a href="https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/hrom/New-Employees/About-the-Marine-Corps/Organization/CMC/#:%7E:text=The%20Commandant%20of%20the%20Marine%20Corps%20(CMC)%20is%20normally%20the,the%20Joint%20Chiefs%20of%20Staff." target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/hrom/New-Employees/About-the-Marine-Corps/Organization/CMC/#:%7E:text=The%20Commandant%20of%20the%20Marine%20Corps%20(CMC)%20is%20normally%20the,the%20Joint%20Chiefs%20of%20Staff." rel="nofollow">while the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps</a> reports to the secretary of the Navy, the Navy is its own entity, so the secretary of the Navy reports directly up the chain to the secretary of defense.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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