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No.

Marines are soldiers. They are a specific type of soldiers: that is, infantrymen attached to Naval units. You guys are acting as if it's some sort of black-and-white divide; it isn't. Anybody who falls within the infantry forces of any armed forces can be called a soldier.

That's why Faellschirmjaegers are soldiers, not airmen.