I always wondered why people think Marines are so good, when in the 70's and 80's they sent Marine officers and senior EMs to go through the same schools I was going through at Ft Benning. Wasn't anyone in the USMC smart enough to run their own schools?

I know most Marines will get their feathers ruffled and state "it was to show an Army school what excellence is". Nada. None of the Marines were anywhere near the top of any class I went through. I made a lot of friends over the years with Marines that I went through courses with and served with, and respect them a lot, and as a whole I would rather have a Marine infantryman in front of me, than an Army infantryman.