Should former Marines who join another service give up the Title?

As a former enlisted Marine that enlisted in the Navy, I would say, absolutely not

Even though I joined a different branch, I'm still referred to as 'that Marine guy' or something along those lines, by people in my unit . So I couldn't get rid of the title even if I wanted to, which I don't

Coming from the Coast Guard perspective (a branch with A LOT of prior service members), individuals who leave a branch for another presumably have a reason for doing so, and a reason for choosing the new branch. That member should be proud of their new branch, learn the history and traditions of that new branch, and embrace it's culture. As an E-9, I'm certainly not going to put up with anyone putting down the Coast Guard after they chose to leave one branch for mine. If you used to be in the Marines and now you're in the Coast Guard, you are Coast Guardsman first, who used to be in the Marine.

It is an earned title. Should a gold metal winner in basketball give up that gold just because they run track also? Maybe not the best analogy in the world, but my point Master Sargent, just because a Marine changes branches does not mean they should lose the title.

The over-indulged elitist bullshit has no place in the ranks. Consider the motivations of the individual. Why would they leave their original branch? Being a "marine" only means anything IN the Marine Corps. Being a "soldier" only means anything in the Army... etc... etc.. etc...

I personally don't give a shit what branch you are or were. Do your job and do it correctly so we can all get to the bar at the end of this bullshit.

Of fracken course. You are in a another branch because you signed the dotted (even though the line is actually solid) line. If you wanted to stay you were, you would have stayed and not danced the electric slide over here.

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Absolutely not, you earned that title, just as a soldier earns theirs, it applies to the branch of service you are in. They will know, even if they check your service record book, or if they still use it, DA-201.All service periods are logged in them.

As a comparison - in the army when you deploy to a region with a unit you can place the combat patch on your right shoulder. If you deploy with another unit in the future you can place their patch on the right shoulder. The policy has been established that which combat patch you choose to wear is up to you and no one can tell you otherwise.

The same makes sense for branches. If you were a Soldier but are now a Marine, and you affiliate yourself with one or the other more, then you should feel free to call yourself whatever you would like and vice versa.

With that said, each branch of service has its own traditions. I would look at you funny if you tried to make people call you Gunny as an Army NCO. I would also find it inappropriate for someone to talk down to a prior Marine by saying "Hey Marine, come over here" when they are wearing the US Army uniform. Not because Marine is a derogatory term, but because the Soldier has a rank and a name, not a prior title and should be referred to appropriately. I would also find it inappropriate to say "Hey plumber, or truck driver" just because that person did that previously too.