Posted on Jun 18, 2016
Do you consider the term jarhead and other names for the different branches of service offensive?
189K
3.31K
964
468
468
0
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?
Posted 9 y ago
Responses: 673
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
(0)
(0)
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.
(0)
(0)
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.
(0)
(0)
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!!!"
(0)
(0)
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.”
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.”
(0)
(0)
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!!!!
(0)
(0)
I am not offended by any of those terms when it comes from those who have served in any branch of the military.
(0)
(0)
Each branch of military have they own name. It not offensive for veteran to say it or any military personnel. But an civilian doesn't understand why. Each branch have a special name for other branches. The Marine earn the name leatherneck.
(0)
(0)
Not at all! We're all brothers & sisters. If you can't handle a little ribbing maybe the military is not for you!
(0)
(0)
I was Army. I only pick on marines I know personally. Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children deserve our respect
(0)
(0)
My oldest brother's a marine, I was an m. p. In the army. I call him jar head he calls me mop pusher
(0)
(0)
As a Leatherneck I don't take offense, because these terms are a sign of respect. The other shall we say branches wish they had cool monikers like Devil Dog and Jar Head.
(0)
(0)
I'm an old jar head myself, never took offense never will. It's a badge of honor, like Devil dog. No harm no foul.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next