Posted on Jan 12, 2016
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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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!
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LCpl Troy Gwyn
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Even the Marine Hymn gives the Army and Navy a light poke. The Air Farce and Coast Guard don't even rate a mention.
'Nuf said!
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PFC Robert Rice
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There is always going to be an inner service rivalry between the different branches. Each branch thinks they are superior to the other. Each have a job to do and that is how I look at it.
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SSG Robert White
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Oh Christ yes, The Air Force.
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SGT J M Porters
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Of course we are Superior. And if you do not think so you are in the wrong branch!
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SN Brian Riter
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I don’t how to explain it to people because they don’t seem to grasp it but the navy is the best branch of the armed forces plain and simple.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
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LOL! Of course! The Army is best at large missions and holding ground! The Marines are best at storming the beach and being the tip of the spear! The Navy are best at taking the Marines wherever they need to go! The Air Force is best at flying B-52's, and Coasties are best at pretty much everything else! Hooah! Ooh-Rah! Hoo-Yah!
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SFC Keith Sollazzo
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Each branch would love to hold that honor however without the other we become less effective as a cohesive unit. We love to bash each other but we know it's just a game. If a P.J dropped down to rescue, a Army, Marine, Navy, or AF; it's not the name plate but an American. Civilians never understand us & after 20 yrs we don't understand them.
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PO2 Roy Powers
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I know some Marines think they are superior to the Navy. One Marine told this sailor he was in the men's department of the Navy. I informed him that he was just a sea-going bellhop. the SEALs are the men's department. But regardless of the uniform, we all fought the same country. I salute all my brothers and sisters in any U.S. uniform.
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Sgt David Hiersekorn
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I think this joke is necessary for this thread...

If you tell a soldier to "secure" a building, he will set up a perimeter wire and establish patrols to keep bad guys out.

If you tell a sailor to "secure" a building, he will turn off the lights, lock the doors and go home.

If you tell a Marine to "secure" a building, he will bust through the door and kill everyone inside.

If you tell an airman to "secure" a building, he will take out a two-year lease with an option to buy.

;-)
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SSG Michael Scott
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The Navy Seals are the bomb
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