Every one of the Air Force security forces personnel that arrived at my base at the same time as I did have already deployed to the Sand Box. My MTL in tech school had deployed twice, and we were short of instructors because many of them had as well. There’s a plaque up at Goodfellow AFB, for one of my fellow Airmen, who was the first female Airmen killed in Iraq. She died from an IED, and was barely 21 years old. How’s that for eating steak with a two hour work load? People on here disgust me.
From my experience, service hatred is akin to racism. The guy who says he hates all black people, but never really gets to know any. The Air Force guy who says Army grunts and Marines are stupid but has never been friends with one. The Army and Marines grunts who think that the Air Force and Navy live on golf courses drinking martinis. Everyone picking on the Navy for being gay. It’s one thing when we sing jodies in basic. It’s another thing to demean and insult another force that is fighting for the country’s survival.
I am lucky enough to have been chosen to work in a joint environment. My NCOIC is a navy Chief, and the Commander is a Naval Captain. My Honor Guard commander is a Marine, of course. You would NEVER hear them say any of these things about the Air Force. The same I would NEVER say anything bad about their service branch.
I consider myself lucky, as well, for my friends. My best friend in college, whom I still talk to to this day, is a commissioned infantry officer. A weight lifting buddy from high school is a Marine SSgt. Again, you would NEVER hear these things from their mouth.
But then again, I consider these people as my “Band of Brothers”. Unlike the ignorant pigs on this site.