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rhb
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My old man was almost in a war* between the US marines and Royals.
* Maybe not a war, but a lot of US marines with big fucking guns against a smallish group of very drunk Royal Marines, after an inopportune comment about wine gums.
The US marines and Royal Marines are very different things though. One is the Navy's army branch, the other is a specialised land / sea force.
Royal also have berets, which is nice for them.
NotThamesWater
Fair enough. I'm not invested in it either (other than getting a kicking doing some training with the RMs about ten years ago). Just don't agree with the "ours are better than theirs" arguments or vice versa.