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

Not a chance. Each service gives each other a hard time, its like siblings picking on each other. However we all pick on the Coast Guard (just kidding)

All depends on how they used the term and the manner how it was used.

I trained with Marines and we had Marines attached to my Battalion as Combat advisors. So I treat them with respect.

I'm not a Marine so the term "jarhead" which I've used with my nephews is not offensive. I served in the Army but not the infantry so "grunt" is inappropriate for me. I do say that I served in the oxymoron "Army Intelligence CIC".
There is one word that absolutely disgusts me and it's the "c" word for the covers which are worn. I'm not a prude. However, that word turns me off then and more so now.

Actually no. there is such a thing as military rivalry and in my days in the military it was taken very well. Weather you are a Marine, Air Force, Navy or Army you have a kinship type of respect for other Branches. While you always believe your Branch to be the best you know that in times of conflict your very happy to see the Marines, Navy and Air Force in the fight with you!

Nope I wear the term Jarhead, or Devil Dog proudly and will till the day I die, I earned that title.

Absolutely not! I'm in the American Legion and we have all branches and ages and not a single one hasn't joked about another's service. Airmen here but one of the older guys who was Navy (my son is also Navy) loves to pick on the ARMY which he says means {Ain't Really Marines Yet} :-). We are family, after all!

I am sure that it is no longer acceptable to run past the Navy barracks at zero dark thirty singing "Navy Navy don't be blue, Sinbad was a F@GG@T too. However, inter service rivalry is an excellent way to build Esprit de Corps.

I never took offense to it. To me it was a badge of honor.

Being in the Seabees and serving with them some times I'd refer to them as Uncle Sam's Misguided Children or what the definition of a Marine was......A Seabee on light Duty

Anything that anyone says at any given time is going to be offensive to someone somewhere.
The offense is in the intent behind the word. If you intend to hurt someone when you say "jarhead" or "flyboy" then you are an offensive person. If you have good intentions behind your words then you have good intentions.
Quit being so thin skinned and see these for what they are: terms of endearment spoken by our brothers and sisters in arms with the meaning to have fun.

Absolutely not, my dad was a marine I was Navy Corpsman we busted each other’s balls but with respect

Absolutely not

I agree, if it's a fellow vet or active duty, I'll just tease back. I have a pretty good collection of memes for that purpose. The only thing that even comes close to getting my goat is when someone displays willful ignorance in their comments or tries to make hurtful comments.

Okay hold on! I may be a bit late to this party, but we can no longer refer to Marines as ‘jar heads’. You see, it is offensive. Studies have been done (scientific ones) and we now realize that you can actually put things in jars!

It could come off that way but it shouldn't. Certain possibilities should be expected. A person considering joining the Marine Corps would hopefully be aware of the various nick-names. The same goes for the other services. If not before, shortly after joining the service, those nick-names will be made apparent. In my opinion, being offended, in any aspect of life, is a choice. It shows a lack of self-respect and gives power to that thing.

Depends on how much a moron they want to be. I have been called just about every name in the book. The Col. (My dad) told me not to sweat the small stuff. It is how a person acts when your life is on the line that counts. Been there done that

“Jarhead” never bothered me. I find it funny that even if someone calling you by that term thinks its offensive, we aren’t offended.

Semper Fi

Respect from those of us who were shot at with them. Others, not necessarily so, but maybe.

As long as the person using the term has served it doesn’t bother me at all. In my opinion it’s part of the brotherhood that you become a member of when you have served.