Posted on Jun 18, 2016
PFC Justin Gkuspie
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I have a couple of friends who are Marines (They are both out but I know 'Once a Marine always a Marine') and I've jokingly called them jarheads and they've made fun of the Army. I'd never call someone I just met a jarhead unless they absolutely knew I was joking. I guess what I'm getting at is, do you think interservice rivalry can sometimes come off as 'offensive'' even if it's meant jokingly?
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SSG Darrell Peters
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My Daughter was dating an Airforce guy. I taught her the "Junior Birdman Song" Told her Airforce guys loved it. :)
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SSG Darrell Peters
SSG Darrell Peters
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"Up in the Air Junior Birdmen, Flying High Up in the Air, Is it a Bird, Plan or Superman. Heck no it's Junior Birdmen." You to can be a Junior Birdman if you send your Box Tops in. " :)
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SSG Darrell Peters
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Gotta admire the Sea Going Bell Hops. :) My father served 21 years in the Army he had a Nephew in the Marines. I think I must have learned every Marine Insult in the book, but, again it wasn't an Insult just good natured inner service rivalry.
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LCpl Darrell J. Farley Jr.
LCpl Darrell J. Farley Jr.
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My reply to Sea Going Bell Hop was,
The only Belle I everHopped was your sister!!!
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Sgt John Garrett
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The term Jarhead has never offended me no matter who used it.
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MSgt Chandos Clapper
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No offense taken by this fly boy, wing nut, or chair force vet! I call Marines devil dogs and jar heads, Seaman rust pickers and squids, Coast Guard puddle jumpers and. Army grunts. It's a brother hood that only us vets understand.
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SPC Rob Lewis
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Having a brother who was a Army paratrooper, national guardsmen and then a US Marine (Myself a former US Army MP and paratrooper). I use the term with love.
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Sgt George Lawrence
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I can never remember any of my fellow Marines referring to any other Marine as a "jarhead". It was either simply his last name, or rank and last name, or things such as "the Colonel", "Gunny", "Top", etc., and of course the frequent use of "A*s H*le", or "Sh*t-he*d" and even the occasional "Sh*t-B*rd".
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PO2 Lewis Brockman
PO2 Lewis Brockman
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For just a little bit more you could have been a real sailor. LOL
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Cpl Rene Hernandez
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NO
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Capt Walter Miller
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The more you rail against a nickname, the more likely you are to hear it.

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Sgt Frank Jackson
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I take as a term of respect and endearment when a fellow Marine or vet (regardless of branch) calls me one. Now of course they should in turn look for one to come back, just as respectful and endearing. LOL
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SPC Tanya Cummings Boozer
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No, of course not. Those are nicknames that have been around for many years and are not offensive at all. If someone in the military thinks those names are offensive, they probably do not know their history and should not be in the military. Just my 2 cents.
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