Eloquently put young Steve!
The Royal Navy, the Senior Service, is extremely proud of the Royal Marines and rightly so. The Army, for many years, has sought to bring the Royal Marines under the direct authority of the Army as they hold so much respect internationally, and still they try.
The Royal Marines continue to be the best at what they do.
The Army recently had a recruiting poster showing a desert scene with a heavily armed & fully manned open-top Land Rover in the foreground & a Chinook hovering behind with the phrase "Be the Best" emblazoned across it.
The amusing issue was the occupants in the Land Rover all had Royal Marines Commando shoulder flashes & the helicopter was manned by the RAF. The phrase "Ooops" springs to mind