Should the military create a warrior class?

Back in My day, We ALL had to learn and perform Infantry tasks...

How many of the high value targets were infantryman? Make no mistake about it, we prepare to defeat the enemies infantry to get to those key center of gravity we need to defeat the enemy. We do it by destroying their aviation, signal, intelligence, information, etc. assets. It takes the entire team and we need exceptional support all areas.

First of all everyone regardless of MOS or title is first and foremost a infantryman the wars in iraq and afganistan proved that . I personally know a parts clerk that i would chose him as my gunner over any grunt. As far as respect, that is earned not automatically given just cause you wear the crossed rifles.

I remember all the effort put into making no class distinction between us. And now we're saying we should create division, just to satisfy someone's need for recognition or feelings of superiority. I think it goes against the core of things.

That's rediculous and best summarized by the complaints I heard as an IG with Task Force 134 in Iraq. The soldiers were frustrated because a Colonel weighed close to 300lbs if he weighed an pound. He had been serving over 30-years and was the only neurosurgeon in theater. Lets face it, I am proud of my combat arms soldiers but when I need brain surgery they are simply no substitute. Everyone has a role and a gift, to accentuate and over another demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of how we fight wars.

"we need a guy who knows radios... you... come here..."

"Go meet up with SFC Snuffy, he will square you away.."

"Hey POG, you're the one who knows radios.. good, carry this, keep up.. oh whats that? you have to carry an RT1523E, 3 whips, a kik and spare batteries? ...yes I still want you to cross load, heres some 50 ammo."


...yea because being the POG is always easier right?

I'm hoping you wrote this just to get a rise out of people.........

This must be the dumbest, trolling post I've seen on here in quite awhile...

You realize how helpless we are as Light Infantry? We need those support guys. Didn't how much they did when I was a PL, but now at the BN level it's obvious. Those SMs in the FSC work their asses off.

This is really a stupid ass question. First of all, everybody trains to be infantry, the reverse isn't true. In the past 13 years of wars many MOSs have had to fill the Infantry role. In one of my deployments one of my Soldiers received 2 purple hearts without leaving the wire due to rocket fire. In fact his platoon lost 2 men inside the camp from enemy fire. Why should they get less respect than you? Do you lift 100lbs artillery rounds multiple times per fire mission? Or have to carry those rounds across the firing point several times a day for resupply or cross-loading? We've had mechanics and cooks doing combat patrols.

Just which infantry should get this "higher regard"? All of them? So an 11B PFC working in the brigade or division TOC gets a higher regard than I do, after 24 years, multiple combat tours, multiple Airborne assignments? Should the infantry in the supporting effort brigades get more respect than the combat support or combat service support MOSs in the Cav Regiments and Squadrons in the front? I assure you, you don't do more than everybody else. We all work or asses off and you, and the "Operators" can't exist without everyone else.