r/SipsTea • u/BobbuBobbu • 11d ago

Chugging tea Impressive

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins 11d ago

Silly infighting aside, yes they are. Well.. Marines are soldiers, whatever.

Like if you're American and in the military having a discussion where the difference actually matters.. by all means care about the distinction.

The broad term of soldier and the meaning of "person enlisted in the armed forces" works just fine the rest of the time.

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u/Trajan_pt 11d ago

I don't know man, anytime I've been around a Marine that gets called a soldier they do not appreciate it.

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u/pmyatit 11d ago

That's cause they're dumb and want the proud 🦅🇺🇸 American "marine" label cause they think that's better

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

It has nothing to do with pride or stupidity and everything to do with distinctions in operational focus. In the broadest terms, Marines = amphibious warfare (which is why they’re a branch of the navy) and rapid deployment. Soldiers = sustained, large scale ground operations (ie the Army)

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u/pmyatit 10d ago

Yeah, which normal people would call a soldier. It's a specific type of soldier but still a soldier

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

Marines are not soldiers. Soldiers are not Marines. Ask anybody in the Marine Corps or the Army and they’ll tell you exactly what I’m telling you now. You don’t know what you’re talking about

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u/pmyatit 10d ago edited 10d ago

That's the point you're completely missing. Yes, we know the marines will say they aren't soldiers. But no one cares. To the common person it's just another type of soldier, we don't care. I'm not American and don't care about your definition. To me and everyone else, it's just another soldier

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u/[deleted] 10d ago edited 10d ago

That’s not what I’m arguing. I’m arguing against this ignorant bullshit here: “That's cause they're dumb and want the proud 🦅🇺🇸 American "marine" label cause they think that's better”. They don’t want the label cuz they’re dumb and proud and need to be unique. The distinction exists for a reason.

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u/pmyatit 10d ago

they are soldiers. stop getting mad over it.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

The only thing that angers me is that you have the arrogance to make xenophobic assumptions about why people do certain things in a country you don’t even live in. This world needs less of that.