[HighSierra5]

My son said that the Infantry is the Army. The rest are supply pukes.

[manc]

As someone who was in the infantry I agree with your son.

[KrisKrinkle]

“...supply pukes.”

Without whom the Infantry would be ineffective. They couldn’t even get to the Forward Edge of the Battle Area; they’d have to wait for it to come to them.

[oh8eleven]

My son said that the Infantry is the Army. The rest are supply pukes.
Actually, the rest aren't supply, they're support. I was USMC arty and I sure don't want to be lumped in with supply.

[elcid1970]

“My son said that the Infantry is the Army. The rest are supply pukes.”

My Dad was Infantry in WWII, saw D-Day, Huertgen Forest, The Bulge and more.

Dad said it more generously that all other services, branches, and specialties ultimately support the Infantry.

When it was time to serve in Vietnam I chose Army aviation. Carried lots of `grunts’ around. My hat was off to them; we flew the guys in the field ice cream in mermite cans whenever we could.

As for being thanked, I don’t mind it a bit, or saying “welcome home bro” to a fellow vet (GEEZ! We all look like WWI vets now!!).

I didn’t buy a Vietnam cap until I was 65. Went into the most liberal place I could think of, Earthfare, looking for some aging ponytail of either sex to call me a babykiller (I still hate Jane Fonda).

All I got was “thank you for your service” and “this includes your 10% vet’s discount” at the checkout.

;^)

[fr_freak]

My son said that the Infantry is the Army. The rest are supply pukes.

Well...I would amend that to say that combat arms are the Army, and the rest are supply pukes (I was a grunt myself). I'd hate to march in to a full-on war without arty at my back, for example. And, I can say from experience that nothing brings greater joy to a grunt's heart than the sight of several squadrons of Apaches flying over your head and toward the enemy. But yeah, when the average person thinks of a soldier and the life he leads, he's thinking of a grunt.