A person from the Marines.
Gao Yang extended his hand, shook hands with Jesse Lee again, and smiled, "Marines, I like the Marines. I have a very, very good brother who is in the Marines. Well, actually, he's not from the Marines, but from the Navy. However, he's a medic who got assigned to the Marines from the day he started his service, so he can actually be considered a part of the Marines."
Gao Yang didn't mention his own name, skillfully avoiding giving out his identity.
Jesse Lee nodded and smiled, "A Navy guy, then his situation should be better. First-class, you know. The Pentagon is always polite to the Navy, unlike us. The Marines are like the stepchildren."
In the American military, there's a saying: first-class Navy, second-class Air Force, third-class Army, fourth-class Marines, whose status is just slightly stronger than the National Guard, but only slightly.
