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The USMC is an integrated armed force with organic air power. That air power is determined by the needs of the USMC in the pursuit of their mission. The United States Navy has a different mission, part of that is to move the USMC and USA around, part of that is to provide naval support to Army and USMC operations on land, thus there is some overlap with marine and even army aviation. However, the USN has other missions which neither the USMC nor USA can carry out.
The USMC does provide rotor wing medium lift, fixed wing medium transport, rotor wing close air support, fixed wing light attack, medium attack at both the tactical and even strategic levels and offensive electronic warfare at all levels. The USN provides fixed wing fleet and even national air defense, airborne early warning and control, light and medium attack, medium transport, maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare, light and medium lift and strategic strikes. As you can see there is some overlap in the light and medium attack missions and in the light and medium airlift.
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