A question arises... does the Commandant USMC report to SECNAV, or directly to SECDEF?Besides, "Department of the Navy and Marine C0rps" is such a mouthful.
The article says: “When a young Marine dies, the family receives a letter from the Secretary of the Navy with the Navy flag,” [REP Walter] Jones [R-N.C.] said. “The Marine Corps has earned the right to be seen as an equal in name, and that’s what this is all about.”
I wanna know more about that NAVY flag that gets presented. Doesn't the family get that red, white and blue thingie with the stripes and stuff?
Would the family's grief and loss be somehow mitigated by different letterhead stationery?
I think he is refering to the flag of the Secretary of the Navy which I assume at the top of the the formal letters that he mails:
Shouldn't Congress being doing more important stuff like stopping the entire DoD from being shut down on march 1st?
A question arises... does the Commandant USMC report to SECNAV, or directly to SECDEF?
BzB
Might a better answer be "It depends"?SECNAV, just like the CNO.
Which begs the question, would a service chief rate a P? He can't really go any higher... Or is he still competing for the #1 EP?...maybe he writes the FITREP...
Probably not, but SECNAV would have to become SECNAVMC.So, would the CNO be renamed to the CNMCO?
Since the post of CNO only dates to 1915, while there have been Commandants of the Marine Corps since the late 1700s, maybe the CMC would become CN&MC...So, would the CNO be renamed to the CNMCO?