Do combat arms soldiers look down on fellow combat arms brethren if they have deployed and not been awarded a combat badge/medal/ribbon?

Good point, LT. Those badges really dont mean squat. You get one for almost anything. But what it does do is tell me you have knowledge and skills that maybe someone without one doesnt have.

I deeply respect all fellow veterans. I have special respect for those with combat decorations and even though I hold them in very high regard and envy, I am very very thankful that I do not have those same decorations. I will happily salute those brothers anytime!

All soldiers deserve recognition for the sacrifice and there service. But there is a difference between combat veterans and a your standard veterans that sat at a desk or behind enemy lines.

I think the CAB is the most useless award ever created. Many MOS' increase a soldier's chance of being in combat. Take mine for example: 68W. Regardless every single military person may not get into combat. So? If one is joining for awards, then he/she clearly has their priorities mixed up.
Earning them was never a part of my service. When I got the CMB, I didn't even know it existed. I have an Army cap that I wear often and do not wish to 'broadcast' my achievements. I have a shadow box that I had made up, but my MOS and accomplishments while I served are what I have pride in.
There is a big difference between being trained for combat, ex: any MOS labeled combat and having combat experience.

In from july of 01 to sep of 06 as a MP. Both units I was in deployed w/o me. The first bc their orders came down as I was out processing the unit and was not given the opportunity to stay. The second was an injury that took part of my vision during predeployment training. So now that you know my history, I can definitely tell you that I was looked at differently by almost all combat hardened soldiers. You get talked to differently and viewed almost as inferior for not having a badge or patch to show you were in combat. I've even had the luxury of being called for assistance only to have them tell me I don't understand their side of the story bc I've never been in combat. I get the sacrifice and hard work that is put into a deployment. I respect those whom have deployed bc of the sacrifices they make. But there is one thing I was always taught, and that is we are all human and therefore equals. In the Army I saw it the same way. You may have more bling on your uniform, you may be higher ranking, and you may have combat experience, but we all signed the dotted line with the same expectation of defending and protecting our country. I believe everyone should be looked at with the same respect as you would give that person who has deployed. I truly believe there is no need for the Petty "I'm better than stuff."

It's almost never a matter of personal choice. Those few I knew, back when I was in, that had seen combat, never seemed to lok down on those of us who had not. We all knew that, by volunteering, we might find ourselves in harms way. We also knew, without being told, that those men who had seen combat, would do everything in their power to make sure the rest of us would make it out. I have always thought that military personnel are not people but are assets to be used as necessary.

""NO"'''NONE Combat Veterans is ""JEALOUSLY"'for Combat Vets, When we come out the Field, Nasty, Stinking, go to the Mess Hall, The Non Combat Soldiers get up and leave, Some Makes Fun at us. ""So who looking down on "''WHO"''?????.

I thought everyone in the Army was special forces. That's what they all seem to tell me when we are arguing about how much water goes into a single bag of concrete. LOL! Army vet = knows everything about everything because of their combat history.

Seriously, I think some deserve a little more retirement than the rest of us.

I think we all judge each other a bit by the tin we see. Is that fair? Probably not, but we see what we see and make our assumptions. You see wings, or a combat/expert badge, or certain ribbons and you get an idea of what they've done.

Good evening SGT Joseph Gunderson. Excellent post. Thanks for sharing this Brother Joseph. I'm guilty of dping that a lot after I returned from deployment from Afghanistan in 2012. I saw a lot of NCO's with a deployment patch, but no CAB, CIB, or EIB. After a awhile I stopped being judgemental, because He or She will have the opportunity to earn it before their time is up with the Military.