I have a few friends all serving in the RAF, Navy, Marines and Army and they're always at each other's throats- it's mostly friendly banter. But does it ever get more serious than this?
2007-06-17 22:14:39 · 12 answers · asked by Nelson 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A lot of it is pride and jockeying for position. It is common among services to place the one they are serving in as the highest rated and most honourable and talented.
It can only get serious when heavy drinking is involved or they forget the meaning of friendship.
Almost always, it is in good fun!!
2007-06-17 22:19:25 · answer #1 · answered by MissKittyInTheCity 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bootnecks are always good for a laugh... you can always get them going by asking why they invaded Spain. Little blunder during an exercise... missed the border with Gibraltar by quite a bit and landed on a Spanish beach.
Load of them were embarked on Ark Royal before the last Gulf War and one of the matelots, being a bit of smart @rse, did a nice little RM battle honours poster, added Spain to the bottom, and pinned it up above the entrance to the dining hall.
Most of the older, wiser booties had a wee chuckle at it went to get their food. But there's always a loose cannon waiting to fire, isn't there?
And fire he did, the nineteen year old bootie not long out of training.
Cue about eighty matelots taking the piss out of him, and roughly twenty booties groaning into their dinner. Eventually one of them decided he'd take the lad off for a quiet rebriefing on how to respond to p!sstaking matelots, and point out that his method (shouting for whichever w@nker had put the poster up to get here and get a kicking for it...) was not the correct method.
That's rivalry at the base level. It's nothing damaging and mostly it's friendly enough until everyone gets drunk....
Rivalry within the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that's a different story. There is constant bickering, simply because there's one big financial pot for the military and everyone has to get a 'fair' cut. Basically, this means the Army gets the most being the biggest, and the Navy and the RAF share what's left.
It is potentially highly damaging, and much of the time everyone is so busy fighting their own corner they seem to forget we're all on the same side.
2007-06-17 23:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by Beastie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 21:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by antonietti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact is in every branch pride runs deep but when in another country fighting for the same cause it is one team. its always been like this. marine airforce navy or army all poke at each other but when it comes to being serious all stand together and will die for one another because its understood we are on the same side. All one team and thats just the way it is.
2007-06-18 04:26:47 · answer #4 · answered by dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually, it's all in good spirit, however add alcohol to the mix and all bets are off. I've seen fights between Matelots and Squaddies, Squaddies and Bootnecks etc. It generally doesn't get too agressive though, any member of the services caught fighting is in deep trouble. In towns where the Military are prominent you usually get the MP's driving around late at night as well as the Civilian Police, they make a good deterrent!!
2007-06-17 22:24:05 · answer #5 · answered by lululaluau 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it can be serious,
as a fighting force the paras hate.
1 enemy
2 yanks
3 royal marines
4 civilians
5 guards
6 other infantry units
7 police
8 any one not in the above list.
usually in that order, they do not have any problems with the RAF. odd considering that they are the people who throw them out of perfectly serviceable aircraft
2007-06-17 23:10:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, it's friendly banter, but once alcohol becomes involved it can sometimes turn into something else. It also goes on between Regiments within the Army. After all, how can your Regiment be as good as mine!? lol. (It also exists within the confines of Regiments. i.e., inter-company. That's how inter-company sports thrive.)
2007-06-17 22:35:45 · answer #7 · answered by micksmixxx 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nah, it's all fun really. When it actually gets down to serious operations we all get on really well.
It can get out of hand at the Army-Navy annual rugby match though!!!!
2007-06-18 10:52:23 · answer #8 · answered by Mike T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bar the odd drunken brawl and occasional excessive raking in a ruck during a rugby game,its harmless.
2007-06-19 03:44:43 · answer #9 · answered by Vulture38 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell yea. army and marines dont mix ..its like catrs and dogs... and we all know marines are the cats cuz well ill leave that one up to you to figure out. it starts with a p and ends with a y
2007-06-18 00:35:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋