Should the military create a warrior class?

Robert that took BALLS, and yes you are right there are those that carry a heavier burden, but this is not limited, to the physical and the killing arts, there are those that play Russian Roulette and time after time go into enemy territory to make deals.

If the military did as you suggest, then you would not have anyone volunteering for the support roles. Everyone would want to be in a warrior class. Then you would have people assigned to the support roles because they still need to be filled.
In the Marines, everyone is a Basic Rifleman. If they need warm bodies on the front line any Marine can step up. An entire branch of the Armed Forces where the warrior is ingrained in each member.
I was a submarine hunter. My job was to hunt and kill up to five hundred people in one strike. I wasn't on the front line, but trained as a warrior nonetheless.
The United States Military has its warrior elite. SEAL, MARSOC, RANGER, SPECIAL FORCES, PARA RESCUE, COMBAT AIR CONTROLLERS, etc...

Infantry and "operators" already hold themselves to a higher regard than the rest of the military. I'm not going to stroke their ego.

I think this is the wrong way to look at this, when thinking of unit cohesion this is the splitting maul in the log. Don't get me wrong, I have a fierce respect those who serve on the front line. Several men in my family have sacrificed their bodies in the line of duty and I came close to a deployment in Afghanistan of my own back when I was an RP. But so many of the jobs that aren't on the front line are massively critical to the frontliners survival. These men and women deserve just as much respect in my book. Now what these men and women in harms way need is better recognition post battle for the mental and physical care they require to properly recover. That is the respect that aught to be showed to these most valiant of our brothers and sisters.

We all have a job to do. We should receive that respect equally. How you treat your soldier or the others in the military should decide what level of extra respect you receive. Just saying. Infantry lead The Way. Hooah?

This has to be the dumbest post I have ever seen. Good luck to all you grunts getting anything done without the help of your support personnel. This post is just plain ignorant and just shows that the Army promotion system is broken if they promoted you to SFC. A true operator is quiet professional and does not require nor want all this attention you so seek.

We already have warrior classes in each service. The battelfield soldiers wear their badges, tridents, tabs, CIB's/CAB's and berets that distiunish them from the average soldier.

No they should not. They get combat pay for their aches and pains. Depending on the AOR, I know many 'non-combat" types that have been in the fighting just like the infantry. The military is a true team effort, without the support guys, the "combat" guys couldn't even show up to fight. I subscribe to the notion that anyone who puts on the uniform (regardless of service) is a warrior. Especially in todays all volunteer military.

I agree with SFC Bradshaw. His knowledge that others in the Army are required so that the Infantry can do their jobs is spot on. However, it would have been a little more respectful in he had referred to them as Soldiers.

Never! You will understand once you are bleeding, hungry, thirsty, out of ammo, with broken equipment - and you are all alone, not counting other "warriors" in the same condition and situation. Real warriors are already respected and recognized.