I know that the Marines use the same ranks as the Army and the Air Force, but they are still technically part of the Navy, right? If so, is the highest ranking Marine a four-star General? And does he report to an Admiral or someone else? (secdef?)
The Commandant of the Marine Corps is a member of the[url="http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/almanac/almanac/organization/JCS.html Joint Chiefs of Staff all of whom are responsible to the Chairman. The Chairman reports directly to the Secretary of Defense.
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The Commandant of the Marine Corps and the Chief of Naval Operations are each co-equal joint chiefs: the Commandant is a four-star general, and the Chief is a four-star admiral. But both the Marine Corps and the Navy are uniformed services within the Department of the Navy, and their chiefs report to the Secretary of the Navy:
Ah, interesting. I didn’t realize each service had its own department within the DoD.
So is it correct to say, then, that the Marine Corps is in the Department of the Navy, but not in The Navy?
Correct. Within the Department of Defense, which is an executive department, there are three subordinate military departments: the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Force, each with its own subcabinet-level secretary.
Not quite, at least among the enlisted ranks. Here.
And on preview I see that brianmelendez already said everything else I was going to say. All that typing I did for naught.
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