CS Marine Corps

Melvin Loh · Oct 11, 2009

OK, how would any Confederate Marine Corps have developed during the ACW & after ? Would the CSMC have become as popular as the USMC among Southerners ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Marine_Corps

Alexius · Oct 12, 2009

Could the CSMC have been involved in any Confederate military adventures in the Caribbean/Central America?

lothaw · Oct 12, 2009

More than likely the South would have one. Popular? Not even sure about our own Marine Corps being popular, but elite, yes every military is going to have it's elite units.

As our own military was often enough involved in various episodes in Central America, it seems logical so would the South's Marines, as that would fall into their sphere of influence.

Kome · Oct 12, 2009

lothaw said:
Not even sure about our own Marine Corps being popular, but elite, yes every military is going to have it's elite units.

I dont think so, i mean even in rl the rl US marines arnt considered elite.

Anaxagoras · Oct 12, 2009

lothaw said:
More than likely the South would have one.

They did have one IOTL already.

tehShifty · Oct 12, 2009

hiiamthief said:
I dont think so, i mean even in rl the rl US marines arnt considered elite.

Don't tell them that.

Dathi THorfinnsson · Oct 12, 2009

hiiamthief said:
I dont think so, i mean even in rl the rl US marines arnt considered elite.

???they were an all volunteer force when the other 3 branches were conscript, no? While not 'Green Beret' elite, I think 'elite' is a perfectly good description of the Corps.

Kome · Oct 12, 2009

Dathi THorfinnsson said:
???they were an all volunteer force when the other 3 branches were conscript, no?

So that means the soviet military has always been made up of losers eh?

The Kiat · Oct 12, 2009

Would their main training camp be at Hilton Head Island, S.C.?

Kome · Oct 12, 2009

The Kiat said:
Would their main training camp be at Hilton Head Island, S.C.?

In rl their main training camps were in Virginia.

Trotsky · Oct 13, 2009

There already existed a Confederate States Marine Corps during the ACW. How their history would have turned out depends very greatly on how the history of the C.S.A. turned out, whether isolationist, interventionist, and or expansionist, though you hardly need the obvious explained here.

Georgepatton · Oct 13, 2009

hiiamthief said:
I dont think so, i mean even in rl the rl US marines arnt considered elite.

They're not bloody Delta Force, but they're probably of a higher standard than the Regular Army. The physical challenges are certainly more demanding, if I recall the statistics correctly. And don't ever tell a Marine they're not better than Army. It won't end well, trust me. And especially don't mention it to anyone who even might have been Force Recon.

tallwingedgoat · Oct 13, 2009

Georgepatton said:
They're not bloody Delta Force, but they're probably of a higher standard than the Regular Army. The physical challenges are certainly more demanding, if I recall the statistics correctly. And don't ever tell a Marine they're not better than Army. It won't end well, trust me. And especially don't mention it to anyone who even might have been Force Recon.

They have a history of being elite. Today there's no real difference between Army infantry and Marine infantry.

That said, the USMC gained much of its identity as an intervention force in Latin America during the American imperial period. If the CSA was formed, the USMC would have very different raison d'être.