Okay I will give you that........
But as far as law and Ability to respond the Marine Corps is an Expeditionary package that the President can deploy at a moments notice and than go to congress.
The beauty was they had ships, fixed wing, rotary, tanks , arty, infantry. No other service has that.
Now the Marines don't.
The thought is that Turkey has el Imitated the ability of the tank with their drones.
These are near peers.
When the US needs to respond to warlords the Marines should not be relying on the Army for tanks and arty.