Talk:United States Marine Corps

mission
Again, why? 01:14, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No reason. Delete. P-Foster (talk) 01:17, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I cannot. I lack deletion rights. 01:18, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You'll have them soon enough. Meanwhile, Imma wait for a third vote and then I'll do the deed. P-Foster (talk) 01:21, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Very well. 01:24, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Here's vote three. 01:30, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * We're supposed to wait three days now, IIRC, so you can't just "do the deed". Besides, I oppose the deletion.  The USMC definitly fits in with our mission statements- it's a powerful factor in American politics and policy.  This article just does a poor job of explaining why.  I might work on it later if I get the time.  -- 01:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Shoot it. -  π    13:16, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

The Emperor makes a decent case, maybe. If we can work in the sexism implicit in its boy's club make-up/implication in violations of humanitarian/war crimes law, perhaps ?? P-Foster (talk) 01:44, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Advice?
I have a lot of information I could add to this article, but I would have a problem providing citations. Specifically the historical revisionism about previous wars that is taught to recruits in boot camp. Advice? FailDeadly (talk) 19:09, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, other than learning that historical revisionism is not an inherently bad thing, I'd say there's not much you can do without citations if the material is dubious. You might want to write an essay about it. 19:12, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Most of it involved downplaying or outright ignoring other branches contributions to major battles. Also they teach some minor historical inaccuracies as fact. And typically they completely ignore major atrocities committed by Marine forces throughout history. I will have to collect my thoughts on it, as this was quite a few years ago (2004). FailDeadly (talk) 12:46, 9 January 2012 (UTC)