Posted on Feb 19, 2016
What is your favorite aspect about your military branch?
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Regardless of branch, what does yours have that the others don't?
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240 years of kicking ass, taking, names and continents. No matter what you call it, we're all a part of the Borg which is known as the military. You mess with one, you mess with all, and we WILL come knocking at your door. Anything that makes us different pales in comparison with what makes us the same (the Coast Guard are the red headed stepchildren). If anyone has ANY doubts, I dare you to go to flag call and not salute this.
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SSG Warren Swan
TSgt Melissa Post - It's all good. As long as you believe it, that's better than any likes it could get...not to mention we're not done kicking ass yet.
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Comradery in the Army was my favorite aspect TSgt Melissa Post.
While the Army has many long-established traditions, my favorite aspect about my military branch - the US Army - is the relationships I have built over 34 years in uniform with superiors, peer and subordinates. SPC (Join to see) SP6 Clifford Ward LTC Stephen C. SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"
While the Army has many long-established traditions, my favorite aspect about my military branch - the US Army - is the relationships I have built over 34 years in uniform with superiors, peer and subordinates. SPC (Join to see) SP6 Clifford Ward LTC Stephen C. SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"
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TSgt Melissa Post
Too true. I still talk to many of my former leaders about all different types of things
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TSgt Melissa Post The traditions, some of which stretch back for millennium. The brotherhood (used generically, includes the ladies too!). The travel. The FIREPOWER.
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Espirit de Corps that transcends generations. I meet veterans every day. Most of 'em say "Yeah, I was in the service." What? The Food Service? The Secret Service? Marines tend to self-identify early. It's cool to bump into a fraternal brother/sister, exchange the secret handshake, and have an instant bond. It's is fraternal character is apparent in the other branches... just not as prevalent.
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TSgt Melissa Post
True. I don't think I have ever heard a marine claim to be in "the service". He or she is a marine point blank. And never in the past tense. Once a marine always a marine...or so I hear
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Some people call it propaganda, but it is so true. The sense of family that Marines have for each other. Even though I am in Thailand, when ever I run into a former Marine or Active Duty Marine, it is a family reunion.
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TSgt Melissa Post
I think each branch has that same commeraderi (spelling is probably wrong), but I will say this you Marines have it much stronger and for that I am epically jealous lol.
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I was just memorized by so many who served in WWII & Korea when I served in the Marine Corps. And how very few talked about their experiences except to say " It was tough" and then they would stare off onto something in the distance.
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TSgt Melissa Post
True true....
I doubt not even half of our newcomers will ever experience their definition of "tough".
I doubt not even half of our newcomers will ever experience their definition of "tough".
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Travel, Travel, Travel. WESTPACs are Awesome. How Many Ports can you visit in 6 Months? First on Scene a lot for Natural Disasters Overseas is the US Navy. Bragging Rights, Golden Shellback, Mt Pinatubo Survivor. I got to Handle some of the Most Important Messages in History. Executive Order for Operation El Dorado Canyon and all the Messages leading up to it. Achile Lauro Hijacking the Hijackers. Direct Circuit with the SEALS at their Primary Overseas Training Facility while I was there. No one has to tell me about Iran-Contra, I handled the Messages. Started as an Off-Line Encryption Operator at CINCPACFLT Handling Admiral to Admiral Messages and Messages for the Fast Attack Submarines conducting Surveillance against the Soviets. Oh Yeah! To Quote LCDR Montel Williams "You think 007 is Cool? I am 007" LOL!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Office Surrounded by 15,000 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Protestors) Great Street Party Actually. Office surrounded by 15,000 pissed off British Muslims calling us Baby Killers after the Bombing of Libya in 86. Surrounded by Several Hundred Pissed off Hasidic Jews at the Capitol protesting the Prime Minister of Israel's speech to congress when I was stationed in DC in 88. I had a Front Row Seat for History for 21 years, what is not to like!
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The travel opportunities. Visiting exotic places, meeting exotic people, drinking exotic beer, getting outstanding $USD exchange rates (usually). 30+ countries...loved it!
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TSgt Melissa Post
I can say that I have met different types of people I never would have met, tried different types of food never would have tried, and gone places I never would have gone even just here in the usa. U now feel liberated like if I wanted to just go somewhere there wasn't an invisible boundary keeping me from doing it.
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TSgt Melissa Post
I would definitely agree but the education aspect of the Air Force have been told that we are the only branch that actually has their own Community College can you get a degree that goes along with your job
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TSgt Melissa Post - Hey, I see you are at Minot. I was at Malmstrom. Traded my Minot orders to another guy. Minuteman III.
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TSgt Melissa Post
Oh cool. Yeah I'm on the other "side of the house". I see you are from Katy. I'm from a small town near waco.
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TSgt Melissa Post - Don't know if you follow football, but my oldest son was on the 2008 State Championship football team and my youngest son was on the 2012 State Championship team. My daughter-in-law went to Baylor.
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