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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Of course. More boats than the Navy, more aircraft than the Air Force, more Infantry than the Marine Corps...the Greatest Fighting Force the world has ever seen!
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Cpl Gabriel F.
Boats small, rubber, wood and pontoon. Aircraft rotor wing very state of the art, piper cub, old C-130 and all the fancy rides of the brass would make a air force. Yes, it is called a Corps because of having 3 divisions. U.S. Marine's the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen. Thank you for your service SFC. Weber.
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Every branch thinks they're superior in some way, shape, or form. And in some aspects they are. USAF in cyber and being stuck up, Army in fuck fuck games, Marine Corps in ground warfare and dicking around, and Navy in floating endless across the seas. (Sir).
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SFC Terry Fortune
Each service thinks they are the best. But when it time to roll, it is One Team and One Fight.
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Working in Veteran services at my college i would say yes there is. That being said we all respect the other services and know they have a different mission. But being in an office full of Army and Marines I do here them rag on my Air Force all the time. They do cut me some slack though since I was in AFSOC which meant my boss was still a 4 star Army general.
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It is a good fun rivalry between the services. When it comes to our beloved nation all services on the same page.
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There is always going to be a rivalry among the branches, especially among lower enlisted. As I served with the Marines in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, this became more apparent. I was able to get along with the officers within the Marines and they even let me play on their softball team during a stand down day. While, just about every time an Army Soldier had to interact with a Marine to provide logistical support there were words exchanged about the rival branch. One time it even came to blows.
I started out as a private in the Infantry and I can see why there is such a passionate and uneducated view of the other branches. We were indoctrinated in basic training to believe we were the baddest MoFos on the planet, and so are Marines, Navy, and even the Air Force (ok, maybe not the Air Force...just kidding). That 9-13 weeks of complete submersion in the propaganda is tough to get out of your head, but as we are exposed to more Joint Operations, it is easy to see (if we let our guard down) that all branches have some pretty amazing service members doing some pretty amazing things to protect this country.
Perspective is hard to change if you don't allow yourself to move to a different viewpoint.
I started out as a private in the Infantry and I can see why there is such a passionate and uneducated view of the other branches. We were indoctrinated in basic training to believe we were the baddest MoFos on the planet, and so are Marines, Navy, and even the Air Force (ok, maybe not the Air Force...just kidding). That 9-13 weeks of complete submersion in the propaganda is tough to get out of your head, but as we are exposed to more Joint Operations, it is easy to see (if we let our guard down) that all branches have some pretty amazing service members doing some pretty amazing things to protect this country.
Perspective is hard to change if you don't allow yourself to move to a different viewpoint.
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While each service likes to boast they're better than the others, the Marines are the only ones who actually believe it.
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Cpl Gabriel F.
As a expensively trained air plane driver Marines believe they can come and pull you out when you go down.
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PO2 Donald Walsh
Shhh...let them keep believing it. That's what motivates them to get such difficult missions done as if they are the only ones who can do them. Usually, missions none of the rest of us envy them doing. OOORAH!
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LCDR (Join to see)
I don't disagree, PO2 Donald Walsh. The more you think you can do, the more you're willing to put up with, the more actually gets done. They're definitely a tough bunch. If them believing they're better than us leads to them doing the jobs we'd rather not do, I'm fine with that.
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The Army does not feel any kind of way to the lesser branches. And when I say lesser I mean the other four. #shotsfired
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If you have pride you are always going to have a sense of inner service rivalry as much as there is one between Cavalry and Infantry units within the US Army. On the other hand, I think for those who have deployed to a war-zone and been in combat-it is less of a thing that matters to people. When it comes between the Army and Marines-the most gung-ho people tend to be the ones who never saw a combat deployment. At least this has been my experience and my perception.
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