If a U.S. Marine is a "grunt" what is the equivalent for the other branches of the U.S. armed forces?

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Also, is being a grunt just limited to enlisted/lower ranking personnel or is it based on whether or not you are in the infantry?

Answer 1

Every US Marine is a rifleman but not necessarily a GRUNT.

I wasn't an Infantryman (Grunt) but rather was an Air Winger. I have heard Marine Officers that were detailed to Infantry called Grunts as well.
Other services and civilians may think its an insult but to the o311 series, its an Honor.

After all, without GRUNTS there is no reason for Support services and other Combat arms. :)

No offense to the below listed services ( what's in a moniker?):
Leatherneck/ Devil Dog/ Jarhead - Marine
Air-dales - Naval Air wing
Swabbies/ Squids - All Naval personnel.
Blue Suiters/ Bus Divers - USAF
Coasties - USCG
Doggies/ Legs - Army

Semper Fi.

Answer 2

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If a U.S. Marine is a "grunt" what is the equivalent for the other branches of the U.S. armed forces?
Also, is being a grunt just limited to enlisted/lower ranking personnel or is it based on whether or not you are in the infantry?

Answer 3

RE:
If a U.S. Marine is a "grunt" what is the equivalent for the other branches of the U.S. armed forces?
Also, is being a grunt just limited to enlisted/lower ranking personnel or is it based on whether or not you are in the infantry?

Answer 4

ok first of all, Grunt is a term to describe a infantryman, or in another word, Jarhead. Second, Grunt is not limited to enlisted or lower ranking soldiers. Any personnel that choose their MOS as a Infantry is Grunt. what is the equivalenty for the other branches of the Armed Forces. Maybe Army Ranger.

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Grunt Definition

Answer 6

Grunts are used to decribe all infantry man. Regardless of Mos/rating or rank for all servicemen who main job is to walk around and soldier. Like recon, or seals or rangers. Delta force whatever. They walk around and look for enemy they are grunts. It isn't really an insult. Now if you call mew comers greenies or boot camp that's an insult meaning they don't know ****. I don't know about other pilots in the other branches but in the Navy they're called air dales or brown shoes and in the Marines they're calls flying leathernecks. Everyone else the terms of branches goes as follows uscg are coasties, marines are lethernecks, devildogs or jarheads. Usaf are called blue suits or pingers, which stands for Personel In Need of Good Experince or Recreation, meaning someone whos lacking in sex and the army may have more but I only know the term leggies. Lots of times the word grunts is also used for army personel.

Answer 7

A "grunt" is a generic term used to refer to infantry, enlisted or officer. The Army also calls their infanty grunts, and the Air Force also refers to them as "legs" since they usually walk to where they need to go. It's just a nickname for those in certain jobs. It is not service specific but usually when the term grunt is used, it is referring to a Marine infantryman. Just like you have flyboys, and gunbunnys and desk jockeys etc..

Answer 8

This article is about the military term. For other uses, see Grunt (disambiguation).
The term grunt is slang for an infantryman in the U.S. military and some of the other armed forces of the English speaking world, in both the Army and the Marines. The equipment laden soldiers were said to emit grunting sounds under the weight of modern combat equipment. Originally meant as a disparaging term, infantrymen now take pride in the label. It was coined during the Korean War: "They were called grunts. They were the infantrymen, the foot soldiers of the war" (Bernard Edelman).

GRUNT - "Term of affection used to denote that filthy, sweaty, dirt-encrusted, footsore, camouflage-painted, tired, sleepy beautiful little son of a ***** who has kept the wolf away from the door for over two hundred years." -H.G. Duncan Other languages have similarly unflattering slang terms for basic infantry, e.g. Frontschwein in German, bidasse in French or sardo in Spanish


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The term "poge" (pronounced with a long "o", like "rogue") is used in the military as a general descriptor for someone who's MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) is anything but Infantry. In the Marines an Infantry MOS is preceeded by "03" (i.e. "0311 - Basic Rifleman"). The term is synonomous with REMF ("Rear Echelon ************"). If your USMC MOS starts with "01" ("Administration&quo t;) you are considered a big 'ole poge.

A GRUNT is out front with CANNON COCKERS just to his rear. POGES are meant to keep them talking, eating gourmet cuisine, informed, armed and dangerous and wearing designer clothes.

SSG US Army Signal Corps 73-82 .

Answer 9

Grunt is usually only in reference to an infantry marine or soldier, although it is thrown around a lot. The term originally comes from vietnam when the draft was initialized what it meant back then was GRound Unit Not Trained. Mainly because most guys drafted were drafted as infantrymen and had only the most basic training.

Answer 10

Hon, a grunt is a grunt, they do all the grunting in any branch of the military. Example, pick up a bag of flour that weighs at least 20 pounds and do this several times over a very short period of time and see what sound you make after about the tenth lift. It means someone who does all the heavy work. In the Army all soldiers who are not officers or working in offices are called grunts.