Sir... they were called Sir.Soccerdad1995 wrote:
Well if you go back far enough, you would have the Army Air Corps instead of the Air Force. Not sure what Army Air Corps members were called.

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Sir... they were called Sir.Soccerdad1995 wrote:
Well if you go back far enough, you would have the Army Air Corps instead of the Air Force. Not sure what Army Air Corps members were called.
Bruin98 wrote:I've got about 6 Marine buddies/acquaintances.
I used the term "former Marine" one time.
Just once.
The Annoyed Man wrote:Bruin98 wrote:I've got about 6 Marine buddies/acquaintances.
I used the term "former Marine" one time.
Just once.![]()
Yeah..... My dad was a WW2 Marine, and as some of you may remember from previous posts of mine, a WIA decorated combat vet (Iwo Jima). He was a liberal democrat and professor of comparative and medieval English literature almost all of his postwar life, but he never lost sight of who he was as a marine, and he was (justifiably) darn proud of his service. I never once heard him belittle soldiers, sailors, or airmen. He was enlightened enough to know that tens of thousands of men in other branches of the services had it just as tough as he did, and performed just as well or better than he did. He also had at least one story I remember of another marine under his command who performed poorly, abandoning my dad and 5 other men - all badly wounded - to their fates instead of getting them the medical help they needed and guiding rescuers back to where the wounded were holed up waiting for help. The man was so relieved to be back behind the safety of marine lines that he completely forgot about the men he was supposed to be getting help for. There were plenty of soldiers, sailors, and airmen killed at Iwo Jima too, and my dad never forgot that. It was a navy corpsman who gave him first aid after he’d been shot, and that corpsman was hit three times while working on my dad - the third hit tothe head, killing him.
The King of Battle always gives due deference to the Queen. Y'all are ever my favorite customers.TreyHouston wrote:I wore my Army infantry blue cord with pride. I challenge any of y’all to talk about the blue cord.
Most probably were, but I'm sure there were at least a few who actually worked for a living.cyphertext wrote:Sir... they were called Sir.Soccerdad1995 wrote:
Well if you go back far enough, you would have the Army Air Corps instead of the Air Force. Not sure what Army Air Corps members were called.
That I fully believe.Bruin98 wrote:I've got about 6 Marine buddies/acquaintances.
I used the term "former Marine" one time.
Just once.
The name Xerox comes to mind as an everyday analogy that mirrors this. I've never actually had a Xerox brand copier in any of the offices I worked in.cyphertext wrote: Civilians will call any service member a soldier as a generic term, but there is a difference.
Bruin98 wrote:I've got about 6 Marine buddies/acquaintances.
I used the term "former Marine" one time.
Just once.