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Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by yokoprime on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @04:37AM (#44234152)
And their training reflects this. I've served in the army, but not in the US. Some units did get crowd control training, but it was very unusual and specific for their deployments (they were going to Kosovo). Preparing these units for crowd control required weeks of training.

Crowd control is pretty much the opposite of modern warfare, with large number of troops marching shoulder to shoulder forming shield walls, even having supporting cavalry.

Re:Marines mobilized in response to LA protests by closewith on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @05:08AM (#44234367)
> I've served in the army, but not in the US.

Probably very specific, but I was in two non-US militaries and all combat corps were trained in Aid to the Civil Power, including public order, and were regularly refreshed.