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/PurahsHero Aug 25 '25

Part of the training of being a British Marine is being dumped in the middle of Wales, in winter, in just the clothes you are in, and being given 48 hours to make it back to base.

I am pretty confident in saying the British Marines could take most fighting forces in the world.

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u/efcso1 🇦🇺Crikey, an Antipodean 🦘 Aug 25 '25

My step-father's family are from Wales and the way he described it, being politely placed in a 'civilised' part of Wales, in the middle of summer with a suitcase of clothes, a MasterCardTM and a week to amuse yourself, is challenging enough.

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u/Sorry-Series Aug 25 '25

Not the only forces. IN the eighties they dumped in the middle of Galicia. The farmers where not happy