Does one US military branch think it's superior?

Having received four Joint Service Commendation medals (not bragging, but as a reference to
working with all services. multiple times) All of the services have talents that contribute toward intricate and complex projects and operations...Sort of a super crosstraining process and is a very interesting and fulfilling feeling when things work as planned...We need them all and knowing how they all mesh is beneficial towards maintaining our strength and viability.

Yes there are. But as we all know, there are things that one Branch does over another and that is by design. That is why we as a Military can reach out and touch our enemies by land, by air and by sea. We as a military my bitch, moan and grown about one another, but mission comes down the pipeline, we all know, that with to combined efforts that we use, we can be in any location on the planet, set up, operational ready to fight in 24 hours. All the while still bitching, moaning and groaning about each other. Just one big happy family. Keep in mind, I never said we were like the Brady Bunch. But when needed, we come together fast and ready for a fight.

Half Nickel of the Day.

All the branches are the same. We all know that we joke around with each other in different branches of the service like ours is better than there but that is just service members picking with one another. I know if they are in a bar and someone picks a fight with a service member every service member in there joins together and fights back. The joking among service member of which service is the best is just joking. We stand together and we fight together.

I have more respect for the other services. Not just because I like the aviation, ships and diversity of the other services. It is because I have worked with them. I had a navy O-5 as our PRT commander and he learned the army's warcraft and his diplomacy as a Destroyer Captain was a transferable skill he already had in him from going all over the world at sea.

In my officer/CGSOC studies, I have learned about the 3 MEFs of the USMC. The army is awesome but I have also have to give my respect and appreciation to the men and women that are in the 3 MEFs that often get dispatched worldwide in MEUs to hotspots awaiting orders or ready for a mission working with or without a the Navy carrier battle group. The future is bleak with so many rifts and so many people being affected by sequestration and the Rumsfeld affect of 'going with what you got' we have to get our egos put aside and learn we need to work together because we are going to be as small a force as we were, porportionally, prior to 1941. We can just get along. We need to work together. The jokes and such will always be there. Army stands for 'ain't ready to be Marine yet' LOL....but that does not mean I will not respect them. Same goes for all braches with their reserve components including the Coast Guard. Many of us still in have two or even over 6 deployments since 911. We are no longer 'nasty guard' that you heard of back in the 1970s. LOL...we are an operational force and the Reserve Component will be used again. It is not a matter of if..but when?

COL Mikel J. Burroughs - Of Course. Now, I have my own personal bias. I deeply respect those who believe their particular branch is the best. To this, I would be weary of an SM who doesn't believe their branch is superior. It's "buying in" to ones unit/mission/branch that creates the ethos of the American War-Fighter. We need that --both in garrison and on the battle field. Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine: You'd damned well better believe your branch is superior!

Every branch feels they are superior to the others. It's why we pick on each other. Most of the time, we are well aware of that fact. We should all be well aware that we would all have each other's backs if it came right down to it.

The Armed Forces of the United States, I was. Crew Chief on F-15s from C, D and E models in the U S Air Force we have have a missions to Fly, Fight and Win.. All braches have there mission to accomplish. Yes some services believe there better but all in all we are all playing on the same team. I am a Gulf War veteran and 25 years ago it was all about team work. Thank you all for your service.

I have an idea, let's have a football game to decide who's best. Oh, sorry, we already did that.

I guess this is not the thread upon which to note that 10 sailors just got captured by the Iranians.

Walt

Of course, the Navy exists to transport the Marine Corp. The Air Force is flying artillery for the Army. The Coast Guard, well...they 'guard the coast'......and as the junior service, the Air Force still has a debt it owes to the Army Air Corp :-).....