You can only get sexually excited when people are being snobby about their booksmarts?

I've heard of some kinks in my time, but WoW!

:mad:I don't want your judgment. Everybody is different

I'm sure some staffer in the joint chiefs' officer has a power point of all the domestic violence cases compared across the different services.


And we all know the marines want to lead the way in everything.

:icon17: it's "too stupid to fly"

i also think it's all situational.. depends on what each of them had to go through, whether or not they had a good support system before/during/after service, and their state of mind

:koolaidwall:

It also has to do with what type of person is attracted to each service.

You can go to a high school and put all the graduates planning on enlisting into the military and separate out those who want to be a marine. They are the ones who believe the hype and want to emulate the stereo type of what it is to be a marine. Marine basic only brainwashes and stresses these "kids" even more

i say we start a bidding war for Lemars' car so he can get the mustang. we bid, he wins! i'll start the bidding at $25 :ugh2:

This is now the "Military Branch Stereotyping Thread".

Shall we move the target from the Marines to the Army?

Because I'm in favor of not bashing any of those who are currently serving, but what do I know?

Just like you can't bash a race unless you are part of that race. You can't bash the military unless you are in the military. ;)

Even then it's completely tasteless.

And I have worked with several service men and women from each branch. I know marines who are better family men than you can imagine.

yea my dad and i were discussing nascar (truly, the whipping boy of the auto racing industry) and while i agree, there are some more simple aspects to it (left hand turns only, carb'd N/A small blocks, etc), it takes a massive, massive amount of talent to be good at that kind of racing. i forget who the driver was but dad was talking about an interview he had heard where the person giving the interview to the driver asked "what do you have to say about the people who criticize the sport?" he replied "just think to yourself how uptight you get in bumper to bumper traffic in a large city where you've got 5 lanes moving 70mph or more. now imagine almost tripling the speed, riding 10x closer behind the person in front of you with another right behind you and doing it all day long. now imagine that every time you turn you are basically drifting towards the center line and hoping that the guy in front or behind you doesn't screw up. after you've done that, you can judge my athleticism and driving ability". that wasn't the exact words but that was the gist. i've always had a massive respect for anyone who is a professional racing drive in any field of cars or bikes. any "nascar haters" out there have probably never experienced anything close to what those guys go through. yes FIA, ALMS, LMS, etc series races takes it that one step farther by adding more turns in both directions and doing it for longer but that doesn't mean that nascar is easy by any stretch of the imagination.

by the same token, i have respect for anyone in the military. army, marines, air force, navy and even the coast guard. nothing like that is easy, tho i might like to joke about it from time to time. their service allows me to do the things i do freely (well, at least somewhat) and i thank every person who serves.

just like product loyalty there is a sort of branch loyalty. Even for those who have nevered served. When I joined I actually went to 2 different recruiters (Army and AF). The AF got me in faster. I served 7 yrs in the AF. When they started to reduce my career field I switched to the Army. There are some cultural differences, but more the most part as different as individuals want to believe each service is they are very similar. I kid marines but they usually bring it upon themselves. I don't take offense when the AF slams the Army. I just tell them I have a point of view from both services and I know which is better and why.

But what I've been told by a couple of Soldiers how use to be marines was that they had to have a 1 yr break in service to join any other service after the marines. They seem to think it was to give time to resocialize after leaving the marines.

It is what it is. I've lost respect for you.

BLUF: military personnel are very loyal to their unit their service and the country. We will always "put down" other services while highlighting our own. It's like when brothers argue, just don't get in the middle or you will face off against us all.

That's coming from someone who doesn't know what's going on or what military leaders are trying to do about it. Why these stats have gone up in all services. You see me and isamu going back and forth all the time about army and AF. Our feelings don't get hurt it's part of military life just like rivals of sports teams. In the end we are all brothers in the service and will work to raise up those who need it follow those who lead and remove those who can't adjust to the military lifestyle.