Should the military create a warrior class?

Ok... So, after much thought, I feel that there is already a respect for the Infantry and Special Operations. I have been nothing but a grunt. I have, obviously, worked with those in support roles and with operators. There is a different kind of respect given to each. I love when I get hot chow. I love when I get MREs. I don't get them by walking to the factories that make them. And I don't cook the food myself. When it comes to combat, yes, everyone is trained to fight to a different level. I've talked to POGs that have pencil whipped their rifle quals for years. And I've seen MPs (sometimes to my amusement) practice battle drill 6. I will say that grunts are the experts at fighting (Operators included when I say grunts). In ground combat, no one else compares. Grunts see the majority of combat actions. More so than 19 series and 13 series for sure. We not only risk IEDs, but we come face to face with the enemy and often. It's our job. I remember hearing about the extra money you get a month to be airborne. I always thought grunts should get a bump like that as well. Just for saying I will face the enemy. Not saying I will, if it comes to that, but my main focus is my xxxxxxx job. I still think that would be great. But I've never thought to push the issue.

But, in being a grunt, you should learn to be a silent professional. Breaking a rule of mine in this post, I apologize. But the way we should all behave is in silence. Not braving or asking for more recognition. POGs work their assets off in their jobs. Some are turds, but so are some grunts. We've been given so much throughout our history though. Are you not proud of your CIB? (granted, I don't wear one on my ACUs). The blue chord? The blue discs? We have our recognition. And we shouldn't point it out. I've never seen an 82nd guy pull out his LES on me to brag about his pay. And apart from joking around, beret color and blue shit on our uniforms aren't thrown in people's faces. We are professional. This post is not.

That being said, POGs, don't feed into this. There is no quantifiable way to make what he wants possible. Nor would it happen. Power point classes saying love grunts sound like fun to anyone? Sound like they'd work? No. And it's stupid to act like they are needed. If we don't respect everyone in every job, what are we?

I'm sorry, SFC, but as a section leader, I am tactfully asking that you think hard on your statement. It does not represent the Infantry or special operations.

To everyone else, you should recognize a foolish idea when you see it and know that it is not representative of a whole organization.

Lastly, I want $150 a month for being a grunt. Why? Because I want $150 a month. Lol.

This is, by far, the most ridiculous thing I have read in these forums. Made even more so by the fact the poster who wants more acknowledgment for what he's done as an exceptional soldier yet his pic in uniform shows a clear violation of Army standards. Respect is given to those who deserve it, not to those who demand it. BE, KNOW, DO.

The CIB is exactly that distinction. Just advertise its significance outside the military.

Lord of the flys anyone?

Are you crazy!?!?

I'm a POG in the 173rd Airborne. I guess my body lands on pillows and beds of flowers whereas the grunts land on rusty nails and broken glass. So I guess I see the point in how our bodies don't take the same abuse?

You are an idiot.

Agreed!

As a retired Infantry senior noncommissioned officer with four deployment to Iraq. I would disagree, there's more to being a soldier. I've served with various MOS's, and can say that every person on the ground had a purpose. I had served with Artillery, Armor, scouts and even supply as my counterpart, and can tell you that everyones heart was there to win the fight. If your looking at a specific entitlement then look at the CIB. The military has worked so hard to bring its man, and women in service to work together. Man and women have lost their lives keeping this nation safe, and give so give credit to the ones who lost thier life. Patric coley U.S.A. Retired Infantry First Sergeant.

When growing up in the military, a rifle team leader once told me "there's a few people you don't mess with; 1-Doc 2 - supply 3- cooks 4 - finance." Kind of keeps you thinking that each Soldier is as important as the next. As a fellow Infantryman and a Non-Commissioned Officer, it saddens me to think that there are NCOs that don't understand the big picture. If you don't have support, you don't make it to the fight.
13b- prep your objective with indirect fires before you land on the objective
MP-KEEPS your family and Soldiers safe while in garrison
Supply-3 days into a mission, and you're almost black on water, you call your XO for a resupply, who does he/she task that to?
Finance-pay? No other words needed

I could go on and on with this, but you get the point. Every has their own piece of the puzzle, and we are more powerful together than separate.