And away we go...
1. To the OP, RE: witty rhetoric.
I used to tease my Marine buddies by starting off the interservice rivalry (that's all it is, professionals teasing each other) with, "Hey, I tried to join the Marines, but I couldn't pass the physical. As soon as I took off my pants and they saw balls, they sent me to the Army." :dive:
Change branches around and that will shut him up!
2. Inerservice rivalry exists because we are ALL professional soldiers serving for the man next to us. Not mom or apple pie or the American dream. We serve for those who are also serving so that others don't have to serve. Period.
We tease each other because we have earned the right to. Real soldiers know that such talk is pedantic at best, a jovial friction between brothers and sisters in arms with our butts on the line. As an Infantry soldier, I was no better or worse or more or less important than the Coast Guard pencil pusher. Our roles differ, but my job depends on the jobs of others and their jobs depend on me doing mine.
3. To Koponkof:
Please stop embarrassing my Blue Rope and Discs. I too made all the nasty comments about POGs and FOBBITs and other such people who didn't share my time in a foxhole, but I would never publicly berate them for their choice of MOS.
What the hell are you fighting for if the freedom to choose we enjoy so much only results in your angst? Joking around and teasing is one thing. Being pompous is NOT the Infantry standard of professionalism and quite the other. How do you feel when others tell you that you were only Infantry because you are too stupid to do anything else? Because that is every bit the lie as the POG comments you've made here are.
I've been a member here since 2007, and I know the regulars. They are quality people. You have ZERO right or cause to judge them just because you Turned Blue. Without your friendly pencil pusher, what are you going to do when the wife and kids are hungry and homeless because your check doesn't get processed?
As your Infantry brother, I ask you, with all due and proper respect, to cease the nonsense and remember the phrase, "Quiet Professional."