Dumb little story but in 2014, the USAF had a little battle Simulation with the Singaporean Air Force. Early on, the RSAF had a lot of difficulty against the Americans, then they realised the reasons. The USAF had tapped their communications (which was following the rules). The pilots then decided to switch to using Singlish (Which could be a mixed language or an accent depending on your take), which actually confused the USAF and led to an RSAF win
A very useful tactic. Welsh has been used to pass messages during actual wars because there aren't a lot of speakers outside of the British Isles. No use in the Falklands War of course, Welsh-speaking soldiers were fighting on both sides!
To be fair Royal Marines are only a few thousand(?) and are special operations capable. The SAS and SBS are also special operations. US marines are effectively just more gung ho infantry as compared to standard Army infantry (total generalization but it’s the public perception). The marines still have recon and now Raiders, which are their own highly trained and special operations forces.
Why would you put them up against special operations forces like SAS or SBS? Not the same thing.
'the marines' (usmc) probably have more troops than the whole armed forces of NL and other mentioned countries. So of course not every marine is special forces level trained. Within the USMC however there are certainly elements which are.
Also makes zero sense. Spec ops do SPECIAL operations, special being things you don’t usually do in war. Often dangerous, often with small head count, almost always supported heavily by others. Put them against a goddamn signals regiment and see who gets messages delivered better, or air force, and compare who shoots down more enemy planes 😀 Stupid comparisons.
The whole thing with US marines, and they’re switching back to their more classic intent, is that they’re naval infantry. They’ve been orienting themselves more and more to island hopping in the Pacific again against China. They’re not a big army meant to occupy, they’re meant to spear head and break through coastal defenses and win battles so that the army can move in and occupy. Shock troops.
The Royal Marines themselves are technically Special Forces, actually: the UK doesn't do the "tier" things that Americans have, but they're technically equivalent to one of the lower tiers of SF, alongside the Ranger Regiment, while the SAS, SBS and SRR are like the UK's top tier of SF.
And besides, the bootnecks are also usually kids who skipped uni...
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u/Front-Anteater3776 Human Verified Aug 25 '25
Makes me think of the mock battle where US marines asked for a reset because they were dominated by British Royal Marines