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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I think there are inner service rivalries that are good for morale. The Navy and Marine Corps have a special relationship where name calling is affectionate and fun. I do not believe one service is better than the other. I believe each has a unique mission that coordinates as one unit making America the strongest military force on earth. We wear different uniforms but stand shoulder to shoulder in the face of adversity. I believe the only thing that makes a service superior is the men and women who serve. Thankfully, that superiority flows equally between all of our services.
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My experience goes back to Nam. Air Force/Army on same base, a few joint missions. It worked out fine.
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I think in spite of Congress and President Obama that we have a strong military that can go toe toe with anyone. Give us a little time to get our fleet of warbirds and ships backing in shape and we will see.
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SGT David Lacks
The answer is no one branch can sit out, nor is more "important" than another. Boastful pride in a specific branch fine. It is even good for morale. In the end, however, everyone in Arlington wears the same color; stone white.
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SN Greg Wright
Hey there. The USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) called. She wants to know how it is you think that she supports infantry. She also wanted me to point out that she can level continents in the time it takes infantry to march across the base, but I thought that that might be too incindiary.
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CPT W Brown
Ha, ha. I love it, Greg. So good.
Where is the USS Wyoming at the moment?
And where is the infantry ... still kicking. Ask the folks in Mosul these days.
Kidding aside, every unit and branch, soldier, airman, and sailor, and the government civilian support are critical. Otherwise we should not and would not have them.
At the end of the day, if battleships are effective, or aircraft or any of the alternatives can get the job done, especially diplomacy, without committing infantry, then it is a very good thing. But when all else fails, the grunts must go in.
Which reminds me, didn't MacArthur use a battleship as the platform from which to accept the Japanese surrender to WW2? Now, he didn't start out a grunt, being commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, but he became more than just another smart guy when he started working in the infantry.
Where is the USS Wyoming at the moment?
And where is the infantry ... still kicking. Ask the folks in Mosul these days.
Kidding aside, every unit and branch, soldier, airman, and sailor, and the government civilian support are critical. Otherwise we should not and would not have them.
At the end of the day, if battleships are effective, or aircraft or any of the alternatives can get the job done, especially diplomacy, without committing infantry, then it is a very good thing. But when all else fails, the grunts must go in.
Which reminds me, didn't MacArthur use a battleship as the platform from which to accept the Japanese surrender to WW2? Now, he didn't start out a grunt, being commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, but he became more than just another smart guy when he started working in the infantry.
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SN Greg Wright
CPT W Brown - Your points are valid, and I take nothing from the infantry -- give me a 100 year storm over a firefight, any day of the week -- but the only reason there's even a world wherein we NEED infantry is because of the Wyoming and her sisters wielding their very big 'don't f'n step on me' sticks.
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CPT W Brown
The MOAB drop and the 90+ rockets rained in on a Syrian airport not too long ago were not about the Taliban or Assad. To your point, they were a message to the punk trying to run North Korea.
And probably to Putin who asked Assad to see what Trump would do if Assad gassed again.
Yep; use the big guns first, thank you.
And probably to Putin who asked Assad to see what Trump would do if Assad gassed again.
Yep; use the big guns first, thank you.
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Well lets see--Delta thinks it's best--SF thinks it's best--We Rangers know we are the best--Force Recon feels the same--Guess thats what gives Pride to which ever unit you belong to.
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I worked on several JTF's in my career. I had a marine Lt Col that called me "Gunny." He knew I was army artillery and an E-7, he said it was a sign of respect. I had told a Marine joke , and he said that only a Gunney would have the balls to tell that joke to a field grade Marine. We all make fun of the Air Force, but when it boils down to it, if a non-military cracks a joke about any branch, we will have each other's back. I tell them, if they haven't served then shut up! The Air Force, cafeterias and dormitories? Really!
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The Pledge of Allegiance absolutely needs brought back. Many Americans thru generations now can't even recite it. That's a shame and embarrassment.
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Nobody thinks there outfit is better. It takes a little of everything to make a good stew. Assign her to the mess hall, for trying to incite argumentative conjecture.
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