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Politically Starship Troopers is problematic in many ways, but one thing I do like about it is that generals in the military had to qualify as an officer in both the army and the navy on the basis that it gives them the required insight into what's involved on both sides.

Canada tried merging the different branches and found that it didn't work too well.

Well of course if you shove it on them after the fact it won't go well. Everyone gets their egos ruffled. You would have to start from scratch.

I'm assuming you're talking about this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_of_the_Canadian_Ar...

Isn't the US Navy basically fulfilling all branches to some extent?

Redundancy is a feature. What happens if army brass go off the rails?