Do you consider the term jarhead and other names for the different branches of service offensive?

At no point have I ever been offended by being called a jarhead. Why? Because why waste my time being offended by a nickname the Marines earned. Jarhead, devil dog, Tuefelhunden all nicknames that refer to our past as Marines. Even though now I wear a uniform that says U.S. Army on the name tape, once a Marine always a Marine... YAT YAS

My group of friends back home is made up of all different branches, and we knock on each other all the time. It’s all in good fun, and none of us get offended.

These types of comments about service rivalry can help people in general better understand military life. I feel sorry for those who have never worn the uniform.

Just like when a Sailor has to try to make her point of the Marine Corps being a Department of the Navy, yes, yes it is "THE MEN'S DEPARTMENT!!!"

I work in an Alzheimer’s/Dementia unit. One of the guys that lives there is a Korean War Vet that was transported there on a Navy ship. When he found out that I was in the Navy, he told me that he was on a navy ship and had to “chip and paint because we were to lazy to do it.”

My response...”Now Joe, you see these hands and face...I can’t get calleses on them, I have to look pretty for the ladies on Liberty.”

Joe just laughed and said “you funny SOB.”

I guess if your a pansy ass marine it might.

Devil Dogs forever. Semper Fi.

As a retired Army command sergeant major, I don’t take offense to certain names associated with me being in the military as long as the person saying it is a veteran. Names like grunt, ground pounder, gravel cruncher, jar head, swabbie, etc go with being in the military. I have always been kidded a lot and I have also kidded members of the other branches of the military. I love it all!!!!

Grunt all the way. Otherwise known as doc.

I am not offended by any of those terms when it comes from those who have served in any branch of the military.