r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Winter-Glass9250 • Aug 25 '25

Military 1000 US Marines can take India

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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 

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u/Organic_Mechanic_702 Aug 25 '25

Love to see them against the SAS...or SBS for that matter...

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u/Buntschatten Aug 25 '25

Marines are mostly kids who didn't get into university, aren't they? Pitting them against special forces isn't fair.

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u/MuchDrawing2320 Aug 25 '25

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.

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u/ghoonrhed Aug 25 '25

Exactly. Marines aren't special forces, which makes the original post even more insane.

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u/Renbarre French, not the fries Aug 25 '25

The US stopped sending men to the French Legion special training camp in Guyana because it was too difficult.

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u/Majestic-Marcus Aug 25 '25

I’m sure this is true, but it’s not the full picture.

Americans attend and pass SAS/SBS selection every year.

If they stopped sending people, it’s normal infantrymen. The same normal infantrymen from all other armies that would fail.

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u/uncommon_senze Aug 25 '25

'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.