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What this country needs is catchall term for those in military uniform: Any ideas?
STLtoday.com ^ | 12-27-03 | Harry Levins

Posted on 12/27/2003 10:03:37 AM PST by FairWitness

Edited on 05/11/2004 5:35:24 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Each year, Time magazine picks the "Person of the Year" (formerly known, in less sensitive times, as the "Man of the Year"). This year, that person is "the American soldier," and the magazine's cover shows three of them, all from the Army's 1st Armored Division.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airforce; airman; anamericansoldier; army; manoftheyear; marine; marines; military; navy; sailor; soldier; timemag
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Warrior? Protector? Defender? Champion? Hero? Combatant? Fighter? Shield?

Whatever we call them, God Bless them for their service and sacrifice.

1 posted on 12/27/2003 10:03:39 AM PST by FairWitness
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To: FairWitness
Soldiers, sailors and airman.
2 posted on 12/27/2003 10:04:40 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: FairWitness
Call them all Sub Sailors, that way we won't be downgrading any of them.
3 posted on 12/27/2003 10:05:58 AM PST by Az Joe
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To: FairWitness
They are sometimes called "servicemen and women"
4 posted on 12/27/2003 10:06:57 AM PST by John Beresford Tipton
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To: FairWitness
"The Armed Forces" may work......
5 posted on 12/27/2003 10:07:34 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: Az Joe
Our Military.
6 posted on 12/27/2003 10:07:52 AM PST by DJtex
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To: FairWitness
When a DemonRat is in the Whitehouse they think of them all as "CannonFodder", or as "Household Servants".

So9

8 posted on 12/27/2003 10:08:10 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Screwing the Inscrutable: or is that Scruting the Inscrewable?)
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To: FairWitness
Awesome
9 posted on 12/27/2003 10:12:27 AM PST by al baby (Ice cream does not have bones)
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To: Az Joe
Bubbleheads are bottom feeders.
10 posted on 12/27/2003 10:14:32 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham
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To: FairWitness
Warrior? Protector? Defender? Champion? Hero? Combatant? Fighter? Shield?

Works for me.

11 posted on 12/27/2003 10:19:39 AM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Dimension Zero)
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They are sometimes called "servicemen and women"

Accurate, and sounds O.K. too. I gather what the author is looking for is a term that is not too "wordy" - something that fits in a headline without taking up all the space, for example.

12 posted on 12/27/2003 10:21:32 AM PST by FairWitness
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1. So the word "troops" has morphed into meaning all military. So what? Works for me, unless you're addressing a specific branch.

2. Why can't Time ever get it right? While I appreciate them acknowledging our military for a change, why did they only show soldiers and use that name in the title. Guess no one pointed out to them that the WOT involved all branches, including CIA combat operatives. Could they not fit 5 or 6 people in their respective uniforms on the cover?

13 posted on 12/27/2003 10:22:00 AM PST by A Navy Vet (Happy Holidays to America's Armed Services!)
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To: FairWitness
American Patriots.
14 posted on 12/27/2003 10:23:24 AM PST by CWOJackson
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- - Defender? - - -

Works for me.

Defender is a good word, though you could argue that that term also applies to firemen and policemen.

15 posted on 12/27/2003 10:24:54 AM PST by FairWitness
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To: A Navy Vet
Could they not fit 5 or 6 people in their respective uniforms on the cover?

It was probably too confusing to the poor folks at Time to decide on the right racial and gender mix if they expanded the number of people in the photo. < /sarcasm>

16 posted on 12/27/2003 10:27:41 AM PST by FairWitness
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Defender is a good word, though you could argue that that term also applies to firemen and policemen.

Indeed true. I of course would include firefighters and police officers within that rubric.

17 posted on 12/27/2003 10:28:08 AM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Dimension Zero)
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Why are we even engaging in this politically correct nonsense?????

Is this FreeRepublic or DU?

There is nothing wrong with servicemen.

"...all men are created equal..." applies to both genders.

18 posted on 12/27/2003 10:29:44 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
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To: FairWitness
Ass Kickers

Semper Fi
19 posted on 12/27/2003 10:29:51 AM PST by river rat
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Military Members.
20 posted on 12/27/2003 10:29:52 AM PST by Redwood71
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