LOL, Army elite training, such as when they teach you how to become park Rangers, doesn’t even rise to the level of Marine Corps basic. About the most you and your berrypicking comrades in the Army learned in your Army flip-flop camp was how to wake up just after sunrise, make your bed, eat a luxurious breakfast, and then read Army field manuals for the rest of the day. If you were a real man, you would have manned up and joined the USMC!
This old joke shows the attitudes perfectly:
An Army grunt stands in the rain with a 30 pound pack having marched 15 miles and says “This sucks.”
A Marine stands waist deep in the water with a 60 pound pack having marched 20 miles and says smiling “This sucks just fine!”
A Special Forces soldier lies in the mud with an 80 pound pack after running 20 miles through enemy territory and sloshing through 10 miles of swamp, and he laughs “This really sucks and I wish it could suck some more!”
An airman sits in his air-conditioned quarters and says “The cable’s out. This sucks!”
A seaman looks to the shore and says “It sure sucks over there.”
The rivalries are fine. The important thing to remember is that we’re on the same side.
GGG, my Grandfather was Master Sergeant in U.S. Army 36th Division, he saw action in 5 major campaigns.
North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, and was awarded a Bronze Star with five clusters.
What was your service record?
You don’t know much about the infantry, REMF.