Posted on Jan 12, 2016
Does one US military branch think it's superior?
157K
2.74K
1K
276
276
0
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!
Branch
Pride
Service
Discipline
Mission
Edited 7 y ago
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 458
1
1
0
Sir, I’ve been Stationed at and Air Force base, deployed forward twice operating in a joint environment or on a joint mission, the travel my MOS entails me to take from time to time to other services stations, it is in my experience that there is still a feeling of superiority in some sense to one another. I wish it weren’t like this, but a lot of times I have come across such instances. This being said, I have not come across anyone from another service who has denied me the right to “prove” myself an asset and represent my branch proudly. I feel there are stigmas and pride associated with everyone’s chosen path, but, as I mentioned, these do not outweigh teamwork, camaraderie, or friendship.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
If you don't think the branch of service you are in is the best branch for you, you are in the wrong branch of military service. That said, we all work together, often go to schools together and are a team for the same end.
I have been out for years and spend time with veterans from all branches yet we still have the jokes and punches. There is still a closeness between the Army and Marines that is due to being legs and knowing how to shoot. The Coasties are part of my group at the range, too. We just hang out like that. Love my friends who are Air Force and Navy, too. Many of them have totally different backgrounds and never had to walk a perimeter or do the things I had to do as general military skills. However, they got me good billeting at my military schools.
Today all branches of the military have changed from what many of us experienced it back in the day. The personnel often have different attitudes than we had. Things change. It was teamwork back then. It is teamwork now.
I have been out for years and spend time with veterans from all branches yet we still have the jokes and punches. There is still a closeness between the Army and Marines that is due to being legs and knowing how to shoot. The Coasties are part of my group at the range, too. We just hang out like that. Love my friends who are Air Force and Navy, too. Many of them have totally different backgrounds and never had to walk a perimeter or do the things I had to do as general military skills. However, they got me good billeting at my military schools.
Today all branches of the military have changed from what many of us experienced it back in the day. The personnel often have different attitudes than we had. Things change. It was teamwork back then. It is teamwork now.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
Personally, from experience, the Marines think their poop doesn't stink. While in actuallity they were born in a bar bathroom and left to the drunks to take care of.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
I will go one step further. When I was in 5th Special Forces Group, I was in C/2/5. When we metbsomeone from 1st or 3rd Bn, we would say to them, when did 5th Group get 1st or 3rd Bn? These guys would look at us funny. End of the day we would have a laugh.
V/r
Richard
V/r
Richard
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
I'll say this I was in the Air Force and by far most Air Force personnel thinks they are superior to the other services. I don't agree with that however. In my opinion each branch of the service has a different role and we need them all to work as a team in order to fight and defend. There is no "I" in team.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
I think each branch considers itself superior. That’s a good thing. It actually promotes a friendly competition among the branches. You don’t need to look any further than the Army/Navy game to see both pride and respect shared by those two branches.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
1
1
0
We all think we're better than the next one. 60 year old vets will talk some serious trash to each other when it comes to Army/Navy games, or who had it worse. But I don't know a Marine alive that wouldn't have given everything to save an army squad that was pinned down, or an AF bomber that would have pushed the fuel limits of his bomber was the only one that could get to out location.
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google