For reasons unknown to me, all Army ranks are abbreviated in three digits. I'm sure someone out there knows why, but to be honest, I don't care enough to find out.
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For reasons unknown to me, all Army ranks are abbreviated in three digits. I'm sure someone out there knows why, but to be honest, I don't care enough to find out.
The Mods attack!
Is it wrong to correct someone when they refer to a Marine as a Soldier? I'm not seeing a difference here.
People outside of the military really don't understand the difference. All too often, I hear the term "soldier" used for service members of all branches.
Dude, I was just explaining how it is at VMI. I honestly don't have a preference one way or the other. Sorry if I pissed you off somehow.
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Lamp is ON and shining brightly.
Not at all, Soldiers hate being belittled. (....says the former Soldier - 11C heavy weapons Infantryman.....)
Not to go to far down this rabbit hole...
If someone is speaking generically about servicemen in general, then "soldier" is fine. If someone calls an individual Marine "soldier," then that person should be corrected.
I bet the 3-letter Army abbreviation thing just works better on forms, especially computerized ones. To each their own.
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Major Genegal Lejeune should be ashamed of himself.....as Commandant, he said his Marines were Soldiers in the last line of MARINE CORPS ORDERS No. 47 (Series 1921)..... :thumbup_1 :icon_zbee
phrogpilot73
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Nah, he shouldn't be ashamed. He didn't call them soldiers. He called them "Soldiers of the Sea", in quotes... There's a distinction...
"Soldiers of the Sea"... It's different.
Nope. I distinctly see the word "Soldiers" there. Who cares if "of the Sea" is added. It still says Soldiers.
After all, we used to call Marines "sea going bellhops" but they did the same job as bellhops on land.....
After all, we used to call Marines "sea going bellhops" but they did the same job as bellhops on land.....
Nope. I distinctly see the word "Soldiers" there. Who cares if "of the Sea" is added. It still says Soldiers.
After all, we used to call Marines "sea going bellhops" but they did the same job as bellhops on land.....
... You've never had the privilege of being called a Marine; I don't expect you to understand.
Though I may have been mistakenly called a Soldier, you will never be mistaken for a Marine. :icon_zbee
Cheers!
Aww yes...the old fall back....we're Marines so therefore we're better than you and you don't understand.......keep telling yourself that and maybe someday someone other than another Marine will believe you....
And while I've never been called a Marine I have called a Marine to serve me my drinks and hors dourves on the flight deck during receptions in foreign ports.
BTW, get your latest issue of Jorts Illustrated yet?
I really didn't want to have to side with Swanee in this, or any thread, but you just crossed a line, HJ:icon_wink
At least most Marines are in good enough shape to wear shorts without destroying their structural integrity, unlike 50% of the Navy for whom "elastic waistband" is a KPP for clothing purchases. The other 50% are too scrawny and pasty to expose their legs in public!
At least most Marines are in good enough shape to wear shorts without destroying their structural integrity, unlike 50% of the Navy for whom "elastic waistband" is a KPP for clothing purchases. The other 50% are too scrawny and pasty to expose their legs in public!