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Technically, Marine Corps Officers are Naval Officers. In the US, the Marine Corps is one of five branches of the uniformed armed forces. The Marine Corps is under the Department of the Navy for operational control.

The Navy uses the more or less traditional naval officer ranks. The Marine Corps uses a ranking structure similar to the Army (and Air Force).

With a few exceptions, Naval Officers are trained in vessel operations and are groomed for command of vessels.

Marine officers are trained as small-unit amphibious operations. All Marines hold a primary MOS or rating as a riflemen, This is due to the Marine Corps' belief that every Marine is a rifleman first, specialty second. They are Naval bourne Infantry.

Marine officers for command of Marine units, Navy officers command naval units. Marines stationed on naval vessels answer to their Marine Commanding Officer (Marine CO), who answers to the vessel's commanding officer ("Ship's Captain") through the Chain of Command.

Pay scale for all branches is the same.

Table of comparative ranks (some not in place):

  • O-1, Gold Bar: 2nd Lieutenant (Marine) --- Ensign (Navy)
  • O-2, Silver Bar: 1st Lieutenant (Marine) --- Lieutenant, Junior Grade (Navy)
  • O-3, Silver Double-Bar: Captain (Marine) --- Lieutenant (Navy)
  • O-4, Gold Oak-leaf: Major (Marine) --- Lieutenant Commander (Navy)
  • O-5, Silver Oak-leaf: Lieutenant Colonel (Marine) --- Commander (Navy)
  • O-6, Silver Eagle: Colonel (Marine) --- Captain (Navy)
  • O-7, Silver One-Star: Brigadier General (Marine) --- Rear Admiral (Navy) or Commodore (Navy)
  • O-8, Silver Two-star: Major General (Navy) --- Rear Admiral, Upper Half (Navy)
  • O-9, Silver Three-star: Lieutenant General (Marine) --- Vice Admiral (Navy)
  • O-10, Silver four-star: General (Navy) --- Admiral (Navy)
  • O-10*, Silver'five'-star: Fleet admiral (Navy)

* Is not currently used, replaced with the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Commandant of the Marine Corp (Marine) and Chief of Naval Operations (Navy) are not ranks but job positions. They are generally filled by an officer in the rank of O-10 for their respective branches.

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Army Commissioned Officers are members of a unique fellowship that has spanned the history of our nation since the Army's inception June 14, 1775 as the first branch of the American military services. From General George Washington and General Ulysses Grant to General Dwight Eisenhower and General David Petraeus, Army Commissioned Officers strive to complete every mission with dedication and excellence. They are entrusted with serving as a model of the Army values as they perform their leadership duties. They serve our nation with dignity and devotion.

Marine Officers also serve our nation with dignity and devotion but under a different set of leaders and with a different mission. One minor difference is that Marine Officers can also be Naval Aviators flying Fighters and Attack aircraft from their three Marine Air Wings while the Army is dependent on the Air Force for fixed wing support.

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The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy, but there are alot of differences.

One for example is the ranks. Our ranks go from Pvt.-Sgt Maj. Theirs is Seaman- Cheif Petty officer. Also their officer ranks are different, OUr captain rank is their Lt. rank, our Col. rank is their Cpatain rank.

Another difference is the Navy is mainly sea and somethimes air, and the Marine Corps can do things in the air, on land and sea.

Also the Marine Corps is known for their first to fight. The Navy doesn't do that.

The Marine Corps is also the Few, the Proud, the Marines.

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Everyone in the Corps is a Marine. A Marine Officer is someone who has at least 4 years of college with a degree. They goto a special boot camp. They are the leaders of the Corps

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Navy fights at sea, and the Marines fight on land.

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