Should the military create a warrior class?

SFC (Join to see) - Spoken by a person who has not experienced life in other branches/MOS's.

I have been in both the Infantry and Military Police and have commanded personnel from a wide variety of branches/MOS's/services. I have seen no significant differences in the training and "destruction of bodies" between the various specialties in the Army and, in many instances, in the other services, as well (depending on MOS/specialty).

All military personnel should be equally respected... There is no sense in treating some with higher regard. They are all "true warriors".

Ever read or heard of "Who Packed Your Parachute"? Hot shot navy fighter pilot got shot down in Vietnam . Eventually retired and started being a motivational speaker. After a speech a fellow walked up and ask if he were on a certain aircraft carrier during a certain time off the coast of Vietnam. The pilot said yes I was. The fellow told the pilot, I packed your parachute. The pilot realized how many people he never even thought about made what he did possible. If the fellow packing the chute had been a goof off etc. the pilot wouldn't have been there. When part of the teeth get shot up they (hopefully) are thankful there are skilled medical personnel to put them together, when the aircraft takes off for a parachute insertion I am sure the troopers are glad there is a qualified pilot, the aircraft was serviced by qualified personnel etc. It all works together. That being said I do hold combat arms a higher esteem than other MOS's.

I get what you are saying...but think it wouldn't end well.
We have enough genital measuring in the military as it is...I refer you to the question, on RP, "if you never deployed, are you really a veteran?"
you say that some put in more than others? I respect that some guys sit on a flight line for hours at a time, to jump out of the plane in the middle of the night....but I also respect the guy who sits in a windowless room and stares at imagery all day long to provide the TOC some valuable information about where to jump or who surfs the social media of the middle east trying to predict the next attack...

The military has a warrior class. Yeah, 11Bs are part of it, but you're not as special as the 75th, you're not as special as the 82nd, you're not as special as the SEAL teams, you're not as special as the USAF CCTs and PJs, you're not as special as a straight stick 0311 Marine, you're not as special as an SBT member, you're not as special as an EOD tech...

And none of those special "warrior class" people can do their jobs if my team doesn't do theirs.

I wrote a JSCM with Combat V for an ET2 once -- know what he did? He went up on a roof under fire and fixed a MK-19 for the Marines who couldn't fix it. He's a communications tech. After he did that, he worked with them to continue to suppress the enemy until they could all be flown out. Does he get to be part of the "warrior class"?

How about PFC Patrick Miller -- the transportation guy who saved Jessica Lynch' life, along with their whole team? Awarded a Silver Star for his actions as I recall, he's a farm kid from not far from my home town. Does he get to be part of the "warrior class" even though he's not an 11B? How about Staff Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester -- does she get to be a part of the "warrior class"? She's an MP in the national guard, women weren't even allowed to be in combat when she earned her Silver Star.

Get off your high horse. This isn't sparta. You're part of a team that should have a single mission focus and should get the job done without a bunch of attempts to divide and pontificate about how much better you are than everybody else.

I think the Army should take the same stance as the Marines - EVERYONE is a Rifleman first, they just have other jobs on the side. A comment like this above means they are starting to believing their on press stories. Its take a total force with all specialties to make a solid combined arms team.

This brings back recent memories from Afghanistan when the Infantry would refuse to leave the FOB's until the our Combat Engineers cleared the way. Just sayin.

when I first joined my grandfather (WW2 vet) gave me a bit of advice, he told me while as an infantry man I may be the tip of the spear there are four "men" you will always pay homage to, Your medic, your Cook, your Quartermaster, and your fueler. With out them your just sitting there cold hungry and bleeding. With that in mind I joined and while I was an infantryman I learned my grandfather was right about it but there is a lot more out there that make the mission go right. AS an infantryman you may be the tip of the spear but someone needs to hold that spear to make sure it goes true.

Not going to down-vote this, though it desperately deserves it. You lose the internet for the day. This is so obscenely off message from what the Army is about that I am at a loss for words. I respect everyone for doing their job and for who they are...until the prove otherwise...like you just did.

Ha! Do you realize what you have done! Lol.

Growing up and having chores that my brothers and I worked on at the same time we had an understanding that as long as the job gets done it does not matter who did more (one doesn't get more recognition than the other) I brought this mentality into the military with me. If I do less work and the job gets done fine. If I do more work and the job gets done fine. While I do agree that combat arms have the heavier job load we can't do that job without the support units. I didn't join to get medals or special recognition I don't care if you do more or less as long as the job gets done.