how do you people deal with people calling you with military slang? for example: army-grunt; marine - jar head or devil dog; af - flyboy; navy - squid.
where i work there's an army reservist that i work beside and me and him constantly call each other out. (i'm depping for the navy) but when someone (i.e. civilian) calls me a sqid, i cringe a little. i was wondering if it was just me?
my marine boyfriend and his buddies are the same way, but their marines... i've learned to live with their headstrong ways.
2007-02-19 14:55:18 · 7 answers · asked by LuvingMBLAQ 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well, you kind of mixed general terms with some that are derogatory in Nature, as a retired Navy man I always took squid as a derogatory term. Swabby or Swabjockey was not so bad, Same for Jarhead, kind of deragotory. A lot goes into who you are talking to and the context of the situation. some of my friends call me squid and I just fire back at them, but someone who does not know me, then I'm going to let them now where I stand.
2007-02-19 16:07:29 · answer #1 · answered by WOLFMAN 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a brand new US Army Reservist (DEP - I ship for BCT in about 6 months), and I'm fine with being called a Grunt.
It's worse - I'm in the Aviation branch (or will be! 15U!)....
But I'm good with it. Usually it's people who are trying to be friendly or show support. I've never had anyone call me a 'grunt' trying to be mean.
Orion
2007-02-19 15:07:52 · answer #2 · answered by Orion 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you do in public will be repeated. You should take yourself out of the situation all together. Additionally, you're not a member of the military until you sign into MEPS and sign your contract to ship...so dont take it so serious cause that is lame...
2007-02-19 15:00:27 · answer #3 · answered by vapeaceout 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i just ignore the slang all the time. it's just something that makes you stand out from the other person. you have to understand that it's a reputation thing for your branch of service
2007-02-19 15:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by basic324 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm kind of with vapeaceout. It's one thing for family to make fun of each other, something else entirely for others to do it.
2007-02-19 15:07:28 · answer #5 · answered by mattzcoz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It never bothered me. In fact I was proud to be titled by those names.
2007-02-19 15:04:13 · answer #6 · answered by John in AZ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it does not bother me at all. i am proud to be called a "fly boy". all it is is a broad generalization based on what your chosen branch is knowen for.
2007-02-19 15:32:38 · answer #7 · answered by afalapo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋