The RN are at their best in water, the Army are at their best on the ground and the RAF are at their best in the air
Seems a bit a variance with the old stickers which read "Fly Navy", "Sail Army", and "Eat Crab"!
Only kidding .....
Jack
PS (for Zoom) Nice try on "more superior", but any of the 4* masters I had would definitely have substituted "absorbed" for "subsumed" in the case at issue