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Why does it say Navy on the side if it’s USMC?
Marines are under the command of the Navy, if I understand correctly.
Wikipedia is your friend.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps
The US Navy is sundowning the platform, and like most assets deemed too old for the Navy, is likely now being transferred to the Marine Corp. The command gaining the asset hasn’t had the time to repaint it yet or the don’t have the paint because Marines have an issue with eating art supplies.
USMC is part of the Navy.
https://www.ntv.co.jp/englishnews/articles/20217pzoyg6lod3s1ik9.html
The post is not captioned correctly. It is a US Navy aircraft. US Marine aviation typically sticks to Iwakuni and Okinawa, this post occured near Tokyo.