Posted on Dec 1, 2015
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I believe Infantry and Operators should be treated with a higher regard in the military.

Even officers and NCOs of all other military specialties should show respect to our nation's true warriors.

The general military is doing a good job of promoting everyone is a warrior but those non combat arms specialties do not train or destroy their bodies like true combatants. I would even say that infantry line medics and navy corpsman that are attached to the marines deserve the same regard.

This is not intended as a put down of other specialties but an awareness that some put in more than others in combat arms.
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I would love to see a Infantryman do his job with no pay, no food, no supplies, no medical, no intelligence, no fire support. Being infantry is not special or hard, I was an 11M for 5 years before I wised up and went 35 series. Some of the worst Soldiers I have encountered were brothers of the cord. Using the word POG is childish, and when a fellow Soldiers uses it; I automatically not only know his/hers maturity level, but their educational level as well; also that person has qualified their opinion into "Junk" status.
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I will just leave this here...
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CPT Quentin von Éfáns-Taráfdar
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There wouldn't be an army as we know it!
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CPT Quentin von Éfáns-Taráfdar
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I was commissioned as an infantry officer, saw my first combat as a cavalry officer and my second as an SF officer.

How would we go about creating a warrior class? Bow? (Females would be allowed to curtsy). Having others avert their eyes from the greatness that is us? - that would be a good start! No, just kidding! When I was in the service (during the VN war) there was a deference shown to combat troops, especially combat veterans, by others. It was nothing that you could actually put your hand on but it was there. Once I was wandering down the halls of Pentagon East in Saigon looking for Staff Section J-13 where I knew a friend of mine from Ft Benning days worked. I was getting a lot of looks and people moving out of my way as I was wearing dark sunglasses, a green beret and combat jungle uniform with my M16 rifle slung over one shoulder, all in contrast to the sharply pressed semi-dress khaki uniforms worn by all who worked there. I was clearly the only combat soldier they had ever seen.
I finally found Section J-13 and walked through the door. The SP4 who was the receptionist for the section nearly fell all over himself trying to get out from behind his desk and come to attention both at the same time. “How may I help you, sir?” he finally managed to blurt out.
Neither unaware of his good grammar nor of the stir I was causing among these pencil pushers with my field dress I boomed out, “I am Captain von Taráfdar and I am looking for Captain Neville Chatwick. Where is he?” I was escorted toward his office by the receptionist. After my visit I walked back down the hall to the receptionist just as a full colonel from the Air Force walked in. The receptionist barely looked up from his reading and asked the Col. what he could do for him.
BTW 70% of all battle casualties are born by the infantry and operators - that knowledge alone does and should set us apart.
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PO1 Rexford Dundon
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Before you start saying show respect for "true warriors" you go look up Taffy 3, specifically USS Johnston DD 557 and USS Samuel B. Roberts DE 413...
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isn't there a warrior class already? Like you said, it's Infantry, but also SF, Ranger, Airborne, DF, Marine Recon, Navy Seals, and I'm sure the Air Force has one also? Sorry AF, I don't know much about yall. Perhaps one yall could help me out here please? Anyways, I think the Armed forces each have a 'warrior' class.
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SPC John Wolff
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Way to stay humble asswipe. You don't deserve respect you don't even deserve to wear a uniform. Good luck finding a real job when you leave the military with that shitty attitude.
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Like everyone who decided to join, each one of us had the option to pick our job. A person that likes aviation prior to joining would be smart enough to take that job for the experience that he or she will need when they leave service and enter into the civilian work force for that line of work.
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Obvious Troll is Obvious. This post was better written than his entire profile. Look if you want to invoke a POG, Infantry fight then you did good, but please take your fake profile, and go somewhere else with it. Your unprofessionalism as someone who is suppose to be a Senior NCO is so lacking it's obvious you are not who you say you are. Especially for someone who is suppose to teach other NCO's and soldiers how to act. Not all infantrymen see combat and not all POGs are fobbets. Now before people start to attack me for "being a POG" I honestly don't care. This POG and Grunt shit has been going on since before either of us were alive. What I care about is someone who is my senior setting not only a bad example of professionalism for myself, but also for my peers and juniors. Maybe you need to go back basic to learn from a drill sergeant what professionalism is. Either way have a nice day.
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"im at nineteen years of service and have found new purpose of me staying at in longer. I would like to spread the word on trauma and the effects it can have on you or you service members. I have a story to tell its a tale of woo but I am the happy ending."
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Just what we need infantry to think even more highly of themselves
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Lt Col John Tringali
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I can't give this a higher thumbs up!
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