how come there are a ton of more us army casualties than marines?

[snowboard4evaaaaaa]

I was recently looking at a website displaying all the casualties in the iraq/afghanistan war and the army takes way more casualties than the marines. I thought the marines are the first one to go into combat? Is it because the marines are more trained? thanks

 

[A K]

There are 550,000 active duty Army soldiers and 200,000 USMC soldiers. They are supplemented by 558,000 Army reserve/guard and 50,000 USMC reserve soldiers.

When you outnumber someone 3:1 in combat, you will generally take 3 times more casualties.

Better trained? You'd have to ask someone who had been through both USMC and Army training to get an objective answer.

 

[sandlandfan]

marines are only used for super important missions and are also better trained

 

[Buddy]

What a dumb question... Their is almost a 5 to 1 ratio.