Amalgamating ranks with what passes for a Navy - I don't think so ! Upon reading this twaddle I almost regurgitated my pink gin. Apart from a desirable amphibious capability, the Bootnecks were constituted as a ship borne force c. 1664 to prevent the lower deck from fastening their claws around the throats of the upper deck.
During these times, living conditions on the lower deck fostered discontent which went hand in hand with incitement to mutiny which augered not at all well for the health of the upper deck eg. the ships officers. As a former member of No. 40 Commando, we should be looking at ways to distance the Marines from the influence of our current 'snowflake' Navy. What exactly is the gain from this proposal? Do we want an erosion of identity of our best military formation ?