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No respect: Navy is the least prestigious military branch in the eyes of Americans
The Washington Times ^ | 05/23/2014 | S.A. Miller

Posted on 05/23/2014 9:15:37 AM PDT by Allah AtBar

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To: rjsimmon

In time of war, the USCG has been seconded to the DoD, but I don’t know how the DHS assimilation affects that.


41 posted on 05/23/2014 11:54:30 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

And...without the Navy, how could there be an Army-Navy Game?


42 posted on 05/23/2014 11:55:49 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: Allah AtBar

People probably think the SeALs are Army and Top Gun as he Air Force. And the CBs must be Halliburton.


43 posted on 05/23/2014 11:56:20 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: rjsimmon

In time of war, they move to the DOD.


44 posted on 05/23/2014 11:57:05 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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To: stylin19a

“The United States Marine Corps is part of the United States Department of the Navy........”

.......The MEN’s Department!

As a former gator sailor, I’ve heard them all.


45 posted on 05/23/2014 12:01:10 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: DPMD
In time of war, the USCG has been seconded to the DoD

Still not military. Not disparaging the work Coasties do, got a few friends still serving, but the original poll was military. USCG has got the record for longest length of unbroken service and they have put themselves in harms way numerous times.

46 posted on 05/23/2014 12:03:14 PM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: aomagrat
course, to the Navy, MARINE stands for: “My A$$ Rides In Navy Equipment”
47 posted on 05/23/2014 12:10:55 PM PDT by stylin19a (Obama ----> Fredo smart)
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To: rjsimmon
Still not military.

I need to correct myself. According to Title 10 & 14 they are considered part of the Uniformed Services. Mea culpa.

48 posted on 05/23/2014 12:15:07 PM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: stylin19a

True!


49 posted on 05/23/2014 12:16:02 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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To: SeaHawkFan

Ft. Lewis now Joint Base Lewis-McChord.


50 posted on 05/23/2014 12:21:34 PM PDT by QT3.14 (USA born 7.4.1776 fathered by geniuses, died 11.4.2008 (Suicide) by spawn of America-haters)
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To: QT3.14

I knew that. I was comparing Navy v. Army installations.


51 posted on 05/23/2014 12:32:52 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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Naval bases are generally located in much nicer places than Army bases. About the only state side Army base that is located in a beautiful part of the country is Ft. Lewis in Tacoma, WA.

Ft Campbell, Kentucky. Nice area to live & nice area to hunt.

52 posted on 05/23/2014 12:57:17 PM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: Allah AtBar

The Marines work at it, for instance look at the Windtalkers, the Indian radio men, to the public that is all about the Marine Corps, instead of the Army, or the “Devil Dogs” of WWI myth, the Marine Corps has always been heavy on promotion.


53 posted on 05/23/2014 1:33:04 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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To: Allah AtBar

I think there might be and exception made for bubbleheads. They’re generally considered something of a breed apart from regular sailors.


54 posted on 05/23/2014 1:42:38 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: Allah AtBar; All
Let's hope social engineering won't dumb-down our branches of the military:

More than half of female Marines in boot camp can't do three pullups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to delay the requirement, part of the process of equalizing physical standards to integrate women into combat jobs.

Here

55 posted on 05/23/2014 1:50:06 PM PDT by QT3.14 (USA born 7.4.1776 fathered by geniuses, died 11.4.2008 (Suicide) by spawn of America-haters)
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To: rjsimmon; RJS1950

“Coast Guard ain’t military.”

My point exactly, but they were included in the story as if they were. Which still makes S.A. Miller a moron because apparently HE thinks they are.


56 posted on 05/24/2014 9:21:46 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

They are and they aren’t. They are more like a wartime reserve component; a civilian force that is activated and switches roles from civil duties to military duties when activated during wartime. They have the same military ranks, privileges, etc as any of the regular military services. They are not part of the four active/reserve warfighting military services so the swabbies are still the least respected with the exception of their Navy Seals component.


57 posted on 05/24/2014 10:11:41 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: V_TWIN

Disagree. They pull some awfully serious missions which fall between the military and law enforcement. Anybody else want to operate in that grey area during the Obama administration? Two words: Mona Passage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Passage

USCG has earned my respect. Second only to USMC doing way more than their budget suggests. And I say that as an Army veteran. Kudos to USCG. They eat the crap sandwiches the careerist officers atop the four branches of the military throw overboard. Damn fine people. Hackworth would approve.


58 posted on 05/25/2014 7:25:35 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
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