https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:10:03 -0500 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> SPC Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:10:03 -0500 2014-11-15T14:10:03-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329040&urlhash=329040 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I will share a few I've come across:<br />Navy is gay<br />Marines are proud and dumb<br />Air Force is not the real military<br />Army thinks they're the best at everything SGT Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 00:26:25 -0500 2014-11-16T00:26:25-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329205&urlhash=329205 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I always encounter people who think that because I'm in uniform that I'm politically a far-right conservative. MAJ Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 06:56:01 -0500 2014-11-16T06:56:01-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329271&urlhash=329271 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'm not sure you want to open Pandora's box on this question. SGT Edward Thomas Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:13:51 -0500 2014-11-16T09:13:51-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329347&urlhash=329347 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That we all enjoy getting up early in the morning? That we are all have ADD when it comes to cleanliness and neatness?<br /><br />I have had some of my own too, I thought we all were somehow trained to do a combat arms job? Talking with other service members...other than posers...we are not? MSG Brad Sand Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:46:55 -0500 2014-11-16T10:46:55-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329597&urlhash=329597 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We all want war. And in today&#39;s environment how are we going to handle ISIS and Russia. And that we are all right wing conservatives.<br /><br />Wait I am a Tea Bag carrying Conservative, so they got that right. Lol! MSgt Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:37:57 -0500 2014-11-16T13:37:57-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329629&urlhash=329629 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would say that the infantry is not the smartest in the Army. I would contend that we are much smarter than many perceive us to be. CPT Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:01:23 -0500 2014-11-16T14:01:23-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329676&urlhash=329676 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I recently had an encounter with one of my collegues where it came out that she was gay. She was up working with me on a project and I invited her out to dinner with my wife and she responded that her "spouse" traveled with her on the trip and she didn't want to impose. My initial instinct and response was, that's silly - my wife and I would love to take you and your husband to dinner.... After a funny and somewhat embarrassing conversation she admitted that she had withheld the information from me because of knowing that I was previously in the military - she thought that I would hold it against her or judge her differently! We had a great evening together - the four of us!<br /><br />Stereotype - All military people hate gay people......furthest from the truth! SFC Dave Joslin Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:34:09 -0500 2014-11-16T14:34:09-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329821&urlhash=329821 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I currently live in the Alaska Interior where it is pretty rustic and going out is pretty limited. My 2 girlfriends picked me up last minute yesterday to grab a drink and catch up at a bar 2 blocks from my house. All we wanted to do was to have a catch up sesh and head home. A few moments later these guys walk in and are loud, disruptive, keep coming up to us offering us shots, asking our names, and purposely throwing themselves at our table trying to catch our attention, to the point where one soldier knocks my friend over and off her chair. He physically hurt her and was laughing about it, feeling like a hero that he caught our attention as his group was playing beer pong. So are these dudes complete idiots or do Army dudes like feeding into the stereotype of being rowdy, obnoxious, pushy and inconsiderate in a public space? Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:43:31 -0500 2014-11-16T16:43:31-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329832&urlhash=329832 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How about we are murderers before war and heroes after the war... PFC Zanie Young Sun, 16 Nov 2014 16:54:38 -0500 2014-11-16T16:54:38-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=329935&urlhash=329935 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All I do on drill weekends is practice shooting and marching around and maybe driving trucks and tanks.<br /><br />at least that is what my coworkers thought 1SG Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:21:31 -0500 2014-11-16T18:21:31-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=330055&urlhash=330055 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That Military Personnel that work in the office isn't as important as combat jobs PV2 Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:31:01 -0500 2014-11-16T20:31:01-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=330073&urlhash=330073 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That all women in the Navy are "Boat Whores/Ho's".....I can't speak for others but I know I'm no Jezebel/Ho/Loose Woman/Harlot/etc so that general blanket sterotype shouldn't exit. But alas, it does. PO2 Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:44:00 -0500 2014-11-16T20:44:00-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=330284&urlhash=330284 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Another one that I recall hearing is that the Infantry is full of the minorities so they get killed first. I recall telling a guy it is not like that and it is pretty much the other way around. He was convinced he was right. CPT Private RallyPoint Member Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:43:51 -0500 2014-11-16T23:43:51-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=330302&urlhash=330302 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That females get pregnant to get out of deploying. I had finally gotten pregnant after years of trying and my pregnancy was shamed by males and other females because I "got out of deployment." SPC(P) Samantha Moore Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:49:38 -0500 2014-11-16T23:49:38-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=330430&urlhash=330430 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We join because we aren't smart &amp; won't amount to much. Oh, I had someone tell me that all military people are brainwashed &amp; we don't know what is going on in our country or in the world. SFC Private RallyPoint Member Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:30:21 -0500 2014-11-17T02:30:21-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=332369&urlhash=332369 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That absolutely every second of our lives is controlled. They don't understand that, at least in garrison, our lives and jobs aren't that irregular. Also, most of my colleagues (I'm a reservist) think that we are automata who march and/or run everywhere, and that we only communicate by yelling. LTC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:48:27 -0500 2014-11-18T12:48:27-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=335553&urlhash=335553 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think that the general public thinks that the mission of the Coast Guard is to protect the lakes and rivers of the United States. I have been thanked for that sort of service. Further, I have often heard reference to the "four branches" of the armed forces, even on RallyPoint. Huh?<br /><br />I recently had a SeeBee reservist refer to me as a "puddle pirate" and while I can laugh at the those sorts of remarks, a large proportion of the Navy vets in my AMVETS post have never done sea duty. <br /><br />In my four years of active duty, there was salt water running under my keel for 38 months including two cruises to Antarctica and one the the Arctic. I crossed the equator four times and I've lost track of how many times I've crossed the Antarctic Circle, the International Dateline, the Arctic Circle, or transited the Panama Canal. When I enlisted more than fifty years ago, I expected a career patrolling the Detroit River and the Great Lakes. I held a common stereotype about the Coast Guard. PO2 David Wagner Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:08:46 -0500 2014-11-20T15:08:46-05:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/what-are-some-of-the-stereotypes-that-the-military-all-branches-receive-have?n=3661174&urlhash=3661174 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Military is OK if you can’t get a Job! I was told that from a Civilian... many believe that! Cpl Charles Turnbull Fri, 25 May 2018 20:12:56 -0400 2018-05-25T20:12:56-04:00 2014-11-15T14:10:03-05:00