Military guy gets a little mushy on us:
For the record:
I was a heavy force soldier most of my career, and only saw the air force truck drivers early on when I was still falling from airplanes under bedsheets. And we can’t forget the Tac Air teams that hump their rucks with dogface soldiers as well, or Navy Corpsmen who ruck up with the jarheads. We’re all in it together (though North of Afghanistan guy should recognize payback when he sees it in terms of billeting!).
The real bottom line is, I love all of my warrior brethren, and wish I had five lifetimes so that I could spend one in each service (including the Coast Guard here, they’re warriors too).
Whatever I say about airedales, squids, swabs, and jarheads – I’ll get pugnacious with any never-served Soldier-of-Fortune wannabe who picks on ‘em. All y’all can have your opinions, and can command the forces in the terms of civilian control of the military and have opinions on our competence, utility, et. al. – but if you ain’t walked the walk, I ain’t interested in your disrespectin’ talk, that’s for me and my homeys, the Musicians of Mars. I’ll sooner listen to a soldier of the great war who only served loading ships in the US than I will some snot-nosed punk dweeb who finds the notions embodied in the term “Band of Brothers” a
ridiculous conceit.
To the forces in the field: Good Luck, Godspeed, Good Hunting – All y’all!