Posted on Jun 18, 2016
Do you consider the term jarhead and other names for the different branches of service offensive?
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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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Family is family crazy cousins and all. That's for us to say. But not some sheep dip off the street.
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It depends on what the circumstances are really. My brother was in the Navy at the same time I was in, when we came home on leave we would rag the shit out of each other. His favorite joke to me was haha the Marines are a department of the Navy, to which the correct response is yes it is a department of the Navy,.. the men's department.
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Not at all. In Artillery, the term Redleg is part of our heritage. A Redleg is who we aspired to be going through training and we are proud when terms like these are used in reference to ourselves.
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When I was a Marine from 68-74, one of our sarcastic and derisive names we referred to was calling our branch "the Crotch." But wouldn't tolerate any one else calling the Marine Corps "the Crotch" Oh well!!
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screw them? has the whole world lost their minds and the ability to laugh at themselves?
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At times s’body be having a butt-hurt day over s’thing and s’body uses the jarhead label and the person it was aimed at may be offended...
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To me being called a Jarhead was never a insult. I wore the title with pride!
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Inter service rivalry is as old as the services themselves...if you have never served you make snide comments at your own peril!
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