Does one US military branch think it's superior?

Well of course. Armor, Queen of battle, Artillary king of battle, Engineers, esssayons. It is a healthy competition that drives branches to do their best in the most difficult circumstances.

And yet again I Digress! Lol.
Ok.... Coasties you guys are rocking it.

One branch thinking it is superior over another goes back to the very begging of our military history.

To me that feeling is from the PRIDE that the military member feels about their chosen branch, their successes within that branch, the history of that branch, the training endured, the over all accomplishments of the branch they belong to and finally the opinions of the civilians about the branch they are in.

I feel that the participation trophies has all but destroyed true success and true competition to the point that people no longer desire to out compete anyone or anything that is above them, they instead stand content.

I was on a Combat Rifle Team for over 10 years and in order to stay on the team, one had to constantly out shoot anyone new competitor who wanted to join the team and constantly out shoot any of the OLD shooters so you would not be considered to be replaced. That created a Team that was unbeatable and we competed against other branches and other units and in the Internationals against other countries military. You better believe we thought we were better and we proved it.

The branches of service are the same, I feel if you feel you are better than the Air Force or Navy or whatever, you perform to be better and you present yourself in your appearance and actions to be better. That to me is Excellent and makes for true Professionals and Esprit De Corps.

I remember one time, myself and few other Marines were in a Shaky's Pizza near Pearl Harbor and there was this self playing Honky Tonk piano that played many songs, including all the Military songs of the different branches and would project the lyrics on a wall with a bouncing ball that would bounce on the word in the lyrics as it was to be sung. At the time the Marines and Navy were paid twice a month and the Army and Air Force were paid once per month. Well the first of month, usually the bars and other joints were packed with hungry and thirsty military personnel. Someone would put a quarter in the piano and play their branch of service song and stand up with their mugs of beer and sing at the top of their lungs with the piano and not to be outdone by that branch, the very next song would be from another branch and all of the members of that branch would do the same and so on. We all tried to out do the other branches with our singing and the show of our pride within our branch. Once in awhile trouble would break out and today, I do not see anything wrong with that either.

The military has some tough jobs to do and they can not get those jobs or missions accomplished without a heavy dose of PRIDE and Esprit De Corps. Even within the branch one unit will feel superior over another and that drives them to push to be better. An example would be artillery versus mortars.

Hold your heads up and be PROUD of what and who you are, before you even start to boast about your unit or your branch, you are already much less than 1percent of the total U.S. Population, just being in the military.

Semper Fi

No one branch of our military is superior over the others. We all come from different walks of American life, but we bind together when we serve in the military. Sure inter-service rivalry puts us at odds, but it's good to know we can rub each others noses in friendship and still have the respect of each other. No matter the mess we get ourselves into (or not), we will still pull ourselves up together as military members. It those people who don't serve that think one service branch is superior or inferior to the other. We have our faults and graces, and we know them ourselves.

I believe so and I am a proud US ARMY retiree who know's that we're the oldest force going back to the Continental Army.

YES all of them

The Reserve components and national guard deploy just has much has active duty in today's time.With that said in a deployment you have to communicate with all branches because they are all on the frontlines.So no not one branch or soldier is superior to another they all count on each other to survive.

I have always believed there was a friendly rivalry between the services. Similar to the rivalry you may see on any playing field. Granted, I was Army and my allegiance will always be to the Army, but as far as superiority goes, I believe each service serves a purpose. It is not so much a case of one is better than the other, but each of us have a purpose and we all fulfill that purpose whether it be land war/defense, air war/defense, or sea war/defense. The point is, all services are necessary for the overall defense of this nation. Is one better than the other? Does it really matter? (except on the football field....sorry, had to say it.) Do we all work together to get the job done? I certainly hope so, because that is what is truly important.

It doesn't matter to me what service an individual serves in, I still consider them my brother or sister in uniform.

Each branch is special and unique to certain things and we couldn't be as awesome of a force if it wasn't for everyone and every branch!!

Silly question for sure, EVERYONE KNOWS that the ARMY is superior.