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

If used by a dirt bag politician who's never served, by all means yes. When playing back and forth with my military brothers and sisters, feel free to call me anything you want to, except late for supper.

I agree with Lt Col Tisher! That's why we Squids can call the Air Force the 9-5 military. :) That is all in good fun. ALL vets wrote the check we hoped to never cash, though too many of our brothers and sisters did!

Give me a freaking break! I take pride in being called a dog face or a REMF or whatever. When the .mil becomes 100% PC we are all screwed. Stop being a bunch of snowflakes, you are supposed to be Soldiers and Marines. Your job is to blow up shit and kill people! Hope I get banned, We seem to have lost the warrior ethos. Good luck!

It depends on who's using it. I rarely hear any for any service by anyone who hasn't been in the service and we used them as much as the official names. Malicious use between servicemen , I attribute to a lack of self-confidence more than anything.

Like others have said, "Once you're 'in', you're 'in'." I sure don't have a problem with inter-Service ribbing, as long as there's that underlying sense of respect. It's when the respect is lost, and some idiot starts getting hot under the collar that trouble starts (and the old war-horses begin to fade into the background lest they be associated with a fool.)
But it ends there. I'm "resistant" to even family members using the appellations we're all talking about here - but there are a few exceptions, like that old gal who ran the little tar-paper shack dive outside of Camp Geiger in '88 - Her "ol' man" had been taken by Agent Orange, and "her Marines" was all she had... Probably took most of the 2nd Marine Division into her bed, but stayed up with even more when the demons showed up in the middle of the night. When the Air Alert Battalion was called out, she and her girls lit the candles and stood vigil until "her Marines" stood down. She was one of the "Pancho Barnes" of the Corps, and she could call us 'Jarheads' if she wanted, because she was 'Mom' to more than a few souls who were trying to find their anchors... I don't know if they broke the mold when she passed...
So, yeah, betwixt us Jarheads, Squids, Wing-Wipers, Puddle Pirate, and Doggies, I don't have a problem...
But if you ain't one of us, don't fart in the Halls of Valhalla...

I should have answered that before....NO, that's camaraderie anyway. Most of the public doesn't care about what we call each other anyway! I do have two son in laws who are Marines & I am very proud of their service. The USN/USMC is a tough team that I'd prefer to work with on ANY tasking!

I’d say if you “hurt” Marines feelings. Then they weren’t a true Marine. Probably a Air Force guy playing dress up

If there's one thing I can't stand it's a bunch of Leg, Jar Heard, Zoomie, Squid, Grunt, Coastie, Chair Borne, Swabbie, Cannon Cocker, Fly Boy, Puddle Jumper, Rotor Head, Cherry, Snake Eater, Squeal, Chair Force, POG, Weekend Warrior, Yard Dart, Dope on a Rope, FNGs that take offense.

Jarheads have feelings? I only thought they felt joy when they got a new box of crayons...

I have used the term "Jarhead" before. I meant it lovingly. I was a Corpsman in the Navy, and never met a Marine who didn't take good care of their "doc". And doc would always be ready to patch up a Marine, with plenty of Motrin.

There is a special bond between Corpsmen and Marines. I never got to go green side but I still treated many Marines that were on base. I even did a tour at Camp LeJeune. Talk about toughing it out and then. I was a single female Corpsman at Camp LeJeune in 1992. I never had to buy my own drink in or off base ever. Anyways I digress.

In spite if it all all services poke fun at each other. Maybe not in the kinder more sensitive environment service members are more offended. Not sure when I served.

My Daughter was dating an Airforce guy. I taught her the "Junior Birdman Song" Told her Airforce guys loved it. :)

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.

The term Jarhead has never offended me no matter who used it.

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.

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.

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".

NO

The more you rail against a nickname, the more likely you are to hear it.

Walt

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

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.