Posted on Jan 12, 2016
Does one US military branch think it's superior?
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Do you feel there is still an "inner service rivalry" between the Service Branches or that any one branch thinks they are Superior?
RP Members what do you think - be honest and professional in your responses please! Thank you
With all the deployments and joint operations that we have been involved in over the last 15 plus years of war and prior to that as well, aren't we all part of something a little bigger than our own service branches? We represent the United States of America in so many ways! We represent the freedom that all of the American citizens enjoy, to include ourselves!
For myself, I think is great to that we have the Navy/Army/Air Force rivalry on the football field and other sports, but I think it is important to realize the importance of joint operations and synchronization among the service branches.
I don't think that anyone branch is better than the other. That is my personal feeling.
They all have their specific missions, training philosophies, challenges, and characteristics that make them unique and special, but does that make them inferior or superior to the other service branches?
I'm sorry if I didn't tag some of the specific service branches!
RP Members what do you think - be honest and professional in your responses please! Thank you
With all the deployments and joint operations that we have been involved in over the last 15 plus years of war and prior to that as well, aren't we all part of something a little bigger than our own service branches? We represent the United States of America in so many ways! We represent the freedom that all of the American citizens enjoy, to include ourselves!
For myself, I think is great to that we have the Navy/Army/Air Force rivalry on the football field and other sports, but I think it is important to realize the importance of joint operations and synchronization among the service branches.
I don't think that anyone branch is better than the other. That is my personal feeling.
They all have their specific missions, training philosophies, challenges, and characteristics that make them unique and special, but does that make them inferior or superior to the other service branches?
I'm sorry if I didn't tag some of the specific service branches!
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We all make jokes about "the other guys" in different uniforms. In fact you will hear rivalry within each service branch on which unit is better than the other. However, my own experience in Vietnam clearly showed how each branch working together made all the difference in the world on mission accomplishment, interdiction success, and basic survivability during active confrontation with the enemy. I was both with the patrols on the ground near Dai Loc and Hoi An, and later with a ship providing fire support off the Mekong Delta. Marine and Army air support saved our butts many a time, and our fire support aided ground units inland.
It's OK to joke around, but never forget that we ALL depend on each other. /Bob Barquist, Hospital Corpsman, Fleet Marine Forces, Vietnam 1970-71
It's OK to joke around, but never forget that we ALL depend on each other. /Bob Barquist, Hospital Corpsman, Fleet Marine Forces, Vietnam 1970-71
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Cpl Gabriel F.
Thank you for your service "Doc" Corpsmen assigned to a rifle platoon gained respect from Marine grunts every where in country.
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Always, but competition helps to build esprit de corps within each branch, and ultimately makes the entire team stronger. Besides everyone knows that we have each other's back when it really gets down to nut-cuttin' time, regardless of branch.
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Col Burroughs:
I agree with in for the most part. However, I think the AF would be better served if airmen went to basic training with either the Army or Marines. The AF basic is more like a summer camp. Based on what I have observed at the bases where my sons are stationed there is a real lack of military bearing within the AF. I understand that their (AF) jobs are often very technical in nature, but that doesn't mean that can't or won't be involved in combat actions. Many of the Army and Marine jobs are technical as well. But in those services "everyone" is a riflemen first. I just think a little tougher basic training will weed out some of the mal-contents that joined the AF for some other reason than to serve.
I agree with in for the most part. However, I think the AF would be better served if airmen went to basic training with either the Army or Marines. The AF basic is more like a summer camp. Based on what I have observed at the bases where my sons are stationed there is a real lack of military bearing within the AF. I understand that their (AF) jobs are often very technical in nature, but that doesn't mean that can't or won't be involved in combat actions. Many of the Army and Marine jobs are technical as well. But in those services "everyone" is a riflemen first. I just think a little tougher basic training will weed out some of the mal-contents that joined the AF for some other reason than to serve.
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MSgt Carl Stokes
Well I had to chime in on this, You may be correct but dont forget the AF has its own Army ANd Marine force in the SFS ranks. The largest portion of the nco ranks in the SFS wher x Army and Marine, You want to talk about rilvary, holy crap we were brutal on each other, but back to the point - Doolittle quotes "the airforce is designed to fight from the neck up" I personally would not want everyone getting in the way playing infranty when SFS is in a Air base defence posture.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
Along those same lines, a lot of AF personnel like my friend's son are seeing combat now and sharing a foxhole with Soldiers and Marines and one of the things they are most angry at is that the AF knows that they can possibly be sent to combat, but yet rudimentary combat skills are not taught in AF boot camp. It was to the point where our friend's son in Iraq had to demand a transfer as he was a liability to both himself and the other service members. A transfering contractor took pity on him and over a long week of R&R, gave him some basics to keep him alive.
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MSgt Eric Roseberry
Disagree; AF junior enlisted require vastly less supervision and are professionals beginning with E-1, yes they will question authority in a way a Marine would find unthinkable... But it's an advantage where the tempo is measured in hours instead of seconds.
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SrA (Join to see)
I 100% agree!!! if we got half the weapons training the army got or even the same corpsman training navy got?@ omg! I was just talking about how navy has to go through corpsman (medical) training first before they take on a specialty like lab or x-ray where as we do them as separate afscs like 4Ns and 4Cs. I think doing it the navy way would make us more available especially as far as deployment goes and just being generally marketable even within the military. however in the aspect of being a soldier or seaman or airman first as far as combat training ive learned that many time because of that reason they get deployed as such. does that mean that all this training the gov has paid for goes out the window because im deployed? In the air force I find that we get deployed as our job more often than not, which is what weve been trained for in the first place which ensures high performance when we do get deployed. Don't they say practice like you play? why would I practice as one position and then play as another?
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MCPO Roger Collins
Uh Uh. I got that recommendations and followed up on it one fine evening at the Marine Enlisted Club, along with a buddy. Turned out rather badly. We were expelled forcibly shortly after the beat down stopped.
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No one is better than the other, generally speaking. However, there are some training regimes that are better than others for specific missions. personally I think we should just collapse the 4 into one and save on the 'overhead'.
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I definitely believe there is a rivalry but I see it as all in good fun. Especially, though during football. Go Navy!
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SFC Mark Klaers
Must not have watched last years game. And if it wasn't for a last minute,
LUCKY break, Navy would've lost in 2015, too.
LUCKY break, Navy would've lost in 2015, too.
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Yes some folks have a myopic view that their beloved branch is better than others despite the fact we all bleed red.
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I will use WWII as an example. All the branches suffered enormous losses. No one branch was better than the others.
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Short Answer. Yes and I like the idea of Pride of Unit and Pride in service. If done properly a good boxing match can teach one humility as well. 8-)
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SSG Steven Chirco
Yes, obviously the Marines do as we all know. But the truth be told it is the Army lololol
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