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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The Airborne Ranger in the sky provides overwatch for a SEAL platoon incognito insertion.
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Evry Branch Believes they are the best for one reason or another but the trueth be told each branch should believe they are the best .... the rilvery between branches pushes each branch and individuale to push harder,farther,and better than everybody else it is this that gives America on the whole the best millitary in the wolrd. and I hope & pray that never changes
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Honest professional answer - of course everyone thinks and believes that the branch they serve in is superior - but the truth is, nothing can stop us if we all work together, each branch of service has certain areas of specialty, Navy is to project power in the seas, pinpoint targets to either knock out shore based defenses, or create "windows" in which their aircraft and Marines can be inserted. Marines are the best 72 hour regular force in the world (I am talking conventional - not special troops.like the Rangers, Force Recon etc etc) the Army excels at armored and mechanized warfare, with their own very capable 72 hour force, in their Airborne troops, and the airforce controls the skies so all of the forces can do their thing with out worrying about air attacks. Are all the Branches capable of doing this themselves, absolutely, but nothing can be as powerful when we all work in tandem and together.
Of course this is just a fast and loose description of the branches, but I am trying to point out how much stronger the forces are working together than working alone.
Of course this is just a fast and loose description of the branches, but I am trying to point out how much stronger the forces are working together than working alone.
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Lack of context. All of our branches are the best in the world. For me knowing I was a member of the most powerful navy ever to patrol the seas is a point of pride. I'm sure each of us feels the same about our branch.
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We all do. I used to work joint service in the first half of my career. Even when deployed to Iraq we were Army assigned to the Marines & the Navy. We'd always have to rub in the rivalry but we still worked well together. The worst issue I ever had was being TDY for 2 months to an all AF base in England. Not much US Army there & we weren't well received by some. They were the most gung-ho types on the base & they felt intimidated by us. The rest of the folks had no issue with us. Coasties tend to avoid all of the rest of us since so many of the other branches don't understand what they do. Hey, we all have our missions & our specialties. It's a team effort.
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In my personal opinion there will always be a rivalry between all the branches. You will always have the Marines that think they are the best and most hard core, you will have the Army that thinks they are hot S**t, you will have the Navy that thinks they own every domain, and you will have the Air Force that doesn't care because all the other branches are jealous that we were smart enough to join the air force and not the other branches and that we treat our people better then the other branches.
But in all actuality we all have our own purpose and picked the branch that we did, and one isn't any better than the other we all have positives and negatives.
But in all actuality we all have our own purpose and picked the branch that we did, and one isn't any better than the other we all have positives and negatives.
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I think that each branch feels that they're "the best", but when push comes to shove WE are the best. We will work together to kick anybodys butt who thinks otherwise.
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Although I was a member of the Army for 8 years, I always believed deeply in the Combined Arms Concept. I always wanted to be in my tank coming off a beach,assaulting a fortified position and having supporting 16" gun fire from an IOWA Class Battleship go whizzing over my head!hen, that would be followed by some carpet bombing from some B-52's!
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MCPO Roger Collins
How about Tomahawk missiles to take out the opposition with precision, when the dust clears the Army goes in and holds the ground. My preference is always the most lethal to the enemy while saving our troops lives. We have significant standoff capability to make all those types missions unnecessary.
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All branches think they are superior. If the didn't then there would be a bad moral issue in that branch
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Yes, there will always be this type of rivalry. What counts is you know we have each other's back when it hits the fan.
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