Posted on Nov 19, 2014

Are there soldiers that are offended by being referred to as "Joes" as in " Round up your Joes for a police call around the building"?

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I seen a post that asked about soldiers being offended by being called Privates, which is funny because that's what they are officially. Since "Joe" isn't a title or rank I was curious if that term offended anyone?

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Does anyone get offended by being called a "Joe"

I recently posted a question about lower enlisted soldiers being offended by being called a "Joe". There was a question about soldiers being offended from being called a "Private" which is an official term. Who's offended by being called an unofficial term such as "Joe"?

Are there soldiers that are offended by being referred to as "Joes" as in " Round up your Joes for a police call around the building"?

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