Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Call a Sailor (Marine, Coastie, Airman) a Soldier & see what happens..

I've been holding this in for a LONG time now but the more people I see calling all branches of the military 'soldiers' the more pissed off about it I get. And the sad thing is.. most of those people are military wives/brats/mom.. whatever. My Sailor is NOT & I repeat NOT a fucking soldier. I have NOTHING against any branch of the service & I look at them all equally but if my husband or any other military member in another branch besides Army was called a Soldier.. I think there would be problems.


Do you see people calling Soldiers 'Sailors' or even 'Coasties'? No, I didn't think so. Regardless if it's in 'insult' or not.. it's not politically correct. Someone on my Facebook tried to correct me & tell me 'anyone serving (or fighting.. don't remember) in the military is a soldier.' Not quite. A Troop maybe? Definitely not a Soldier. I know countless Sailors, Marines, Airmen, etc over in the sand box right now but that does NOT make them Soldiers. It makes them troops.


Do you guys see the yellow ribbon magnets that say "Support our Soldiers".. I sure as hell don't. I see "Support our TROOPS." I'm exactly sure why this is such a hot topic to me but it is. If my husband wanted to be called a Soldier he would have joined the Army. & before you say they all do the same thing or they were all trained the same way.. take your bullshit on to the next page looking for pity because this isn't the time or place for it. My husband wasn't trained like Soldiers. Soldiers aren't trained like Marines & so on. They all go to boot camp/basic & they all do conditioning but it's ALL on a different level of intensity and the goal of all their training is different.


If you want to tell me that your Marine is better than my Sailor or even that my Sailor is better than the next.. you're wrong. They're all human, make mistakes but most importantly they're fighting and working for the SAME goal.


I try to not bitch or vent much on here but this REALLY pissed me off. I'm not in the best of moods to start with then I saw yet another person say "Thank you Military Wives for standing behind your Soldiers." I didn't comment on it but I just kept reading down my news feed as if I didn't see it. I posted something on MY facebook page where I have the right to & someone tries to correct me. I can stand to be corrected when I'm wrong. & I gladly take advice but when someone wants to pull a definition from the dictionary of a Soldier & tell me it fits all branches.. you seriously have lost your mind.


Educate yourself!



"Don't like standing behind our Troops? Feel free to stand behind them!"




10 comments:

  1. That's one of my pet peeves too! I actually got into an argument with another Navy wife once who was adamant that her husband was *not* a Sailor. Ummm... yeah, except he is. And my husband is definitely not a Soldier (even if we are at an Army post).

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  2. Another Navy wife was trying to tell me that our Sailors are indeed Soldiers. I'm like.. wait, what?! You just contradicted yourself. Hubby was at NATTC Pensacola for schooling which has Marines, Airmen & Sailors.. maybe even Soldiers but I never saw any. That doesn't make him an Airmen or a Marine.. ugh!

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  3. I think most civilians believe anyone in the military is a soldier (I admit, my husband had to correct me on that point), but I don't understand how military folks can make that mistake.

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  4. I agree with you 100% Kim. And I went to dictionary.com and looked up her definition. A Soldier is someone serving in an Army. She must not have very good reading comprehension, since the Navy is NOT the Army, they are 2 completely different branches. Same with the Marines, Air Force, and the Coast Guard. I just didn't want to truly cause drama on your page by calling her out on her lack of comprehension 8)

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  5. Amen Sister. You couldn't have said it any better, I can't STAND it when people call Wil a solider. He's a MARINE. This is why I adore you, Kimberly. Oh goodness gracious! I knew we connected some how. But on a couple other things; 1. Don't say sorry for ranting and raving, you gotta do it some where! And it's your opinion! I high five you for that. 2. Delete that moron of your Facebook. That's just plain ignorance. 3. Being a Marine "spouse/finace girlfriend"/ whatever the hell you wanna call me, I don't even agree with people when they say MARINES are the best. I hear it often, and I disagree. ALL our men and women are over their risking their lives, it doesn't matter what branch! They all still work AS hard as each other!

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  6. Bravo!!! I am married to a Marine. I call him as such. It does irritate me when people group everyone into the soldier category, but mostly, it seems to be those that don't know. I think that they average person doesn't know the difference in the branches or what they all do. They can't tell them apart based on the camo alone. My husband on the other hand, gets livid if someone calls a Marine or Sailor a Soldier. He will correct anyone who calls him a Soldier. I just think people don't know.

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  7. Preach on!! Know your branches and know what they're called. I had never thought about it but your spot on that you don't hear people calling a soldier a sailor but they call sailors soldiers all the time. I'm proud of my Sailor! But I respect all branches and what they do. They all make sacrifices.

    Funny story though...when my husband and I were first dating I had a soldier who told me I should date a real man. I should date a soldier...I grinned and said I date a real man...I date a sailor!! He rolled his eyes and walked away. Made my husband (boyfriend) grin.

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  8. Yes I am glad I am not the only one. This is a huge pet peeve of mine as well. There are different branches for different reasons and should be called that respectively. On a side note it also irritates me not to capitalize Soldier, Marine etc.

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  9. LOL! I feel the same way. I married a Marine. NOT a soldier. Take the time to get it right. Each branch has it's own distinction and thus each member of each branch has earned the title of Airman, Sailor, Coastie, Marine, Soldier.

    The least you can do is be aware of that and respectful of it. I get so tired of correcting people. My husband is a Marine, as is evident by the "Marine Corps Wife" License plate holder on car. :) Get it right!

    PS. My husband, being a Marine (and you all know how full of themselves they are HAHA) gets so irritated when people call him a solider! He does not hesitate to correct them.

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  10. I'm married to a sailor and a sailor he will always be. Don't confuse him with my brother, who is in fact, a soldier in the U.S. Army. They have had an ongoing rivalry on which branch is better since I started dating him. My brother begged and pleaded for me to stay away from that Navy boy. ;)

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