Posted on Nov 3, 2014
Should we call our soldiers "Warriors" or "Soldiers"?
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I was recently asked if we are to start referencing Today's Service Members as "warriors instead of Soldiers"? I am still calling them Soldiers. Am I wrong and haven't been briefed of this change? I understand the transition the Army was going thru but did it also include this change?
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For us old guys, this issue has surfaced and resurfaced over the years and has been a topic of discussion over many a drink...
As I recall, the arguments against going from "soldier" to "warrior" is that warriors are typically individuals, not part of an organized group, who fight primarily for individual glory and honor, whereas as soldiers are disciplined individuals who are part of an organized unit that fights, not for individual glory and honor, but for a principled cause of a nation and its peoples.
It is OK for a soldier to have a "Warrior Ethos", but they need to remain soldiers, not warriors.
For us old guys, this issue has surfaced and resurfaced over the years and has been a topic of discussion over many a drink...
As I recall, the arguments against going from "soldier" to "warrior" is that warriors are typically individuals, not part of an organized group, who fight primarily for individual glory and honor, whereas as soldiers are disciplined individuals who are part of an organized unit that fights, not for individual glory and honor, but for a principled cause of a nation and its peoples.
It is OK for a soldier to have a "Warrior Ethos", but they need to remain soldiers, not warriors.
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Nope. Too far in, too old, to change up titles. Besides, my Battle buddies tend to come unhinged when I refer to them as "Warrior companions." Drama. Whatever.
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SGT Tom Middleton
"Warrior companions"?!?
Wow... that is hilarious!
I'm envisioning an entire platoon of tough-as-nails soldiers going silent before all clearing their throats, raising their eyebrows and taking one full step to the rear before making awkward attempts to change the subject fast.
Wow... that is hilarious!
I'm envisioning an entire platoon of tough-as-nails soldiers going silent before all clearing their throats, raising their eyebrows and taking one full step to the rear before making awkward attempts to change the subject fast.
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