Comments on: Top United States Army Special Operations Conflicts

By: Jim Byrd

Jim Byrd — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:31:36 +0000

ah the good ol BEAR program, I went that route too, it’s an odd journey

By: Jim Byrd

Jim Byrd — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:29:22 +0000

Knight, well you know the truth about us Scouts anyway (me too)

By: Jim Byrd

Jim Byrd — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:26:35 +0000

Why do we still have this posturing today? We are all a team, we all have our jobs. If someone does not feel “special” enough, there are certainly ways to get “more special”

By: Jim Byrd

Jim Byrd — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:24:45 +0000

Ok I have known many Marines from many walks of life. I know “Force Recon” Marines,and other MARSOC types (i am in the tier one reconnaissance community myself) Intel, Flight Ops, Infantry, AND cooks (several) and they all do their jobs VERY well. I am gonna call “not true” considering a Marine Cook on par with an Army Infantryman. I even polled 2 current Marine cooks and they both pretty much snickered at the comment.

By: bob green

bob green — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:27:54 +0000

get off it you guys and stop whining like a bunch of babies…everyone thought their units were the best… and its good… its called pride,

By: James irvin

James irvin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:06:23 +0000

Doesn’t matter who you are or what you do in the military, everyone is vital and no one is better than the other. It really depends on how well that individual allows themselves to be trained, and ultimately how they train themselves. Marines are still people, and people are not perfect. Anybody can do what the Marines think only they can do, doesn’t matter what branch you serve. It really doesn’t matter.

By: James irvin

James irvin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:50:58 +0000

Hear here, Andrew. Competition between the branches is really a juvenile, unnecessary thing since we all have a common goal and interest. I was with the Rangers for a few years and I do not exalt myself to be better than anyone else. I also have had the chance to work jointly with SPECOPS in other branches, and were, for the most part, very professional with eachother.
Well, now we know why some Marines such as McLaughlin are known as Jarheads. I also admire you for doing all of the things you did when you served. God bless.

By: the rock

the rock — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:23:22 +0000

Iwas a ranger from 87 to93 when i then went through the bear program. I was stationed with the 7thSF and the 3RD. i worked with the britts speacial forces yhe korianrocks and almost every group in ths USA,but i would still rather have good old ranger on my side when shit hits the fan.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:02:26 +0000

1st Ranger Bn. Oct 1983 – Grenada – Operation Urgent Fury

Rangers Lead The Way!

By: JJ - 19K

JJ - 19K — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:47:04 +0000

@ 1SG Bowers. You said it top, this is an article on Army, not other branches. We’re all soldiers who serve a role in this large and very diverse war machine. Marines are taught that they are better than any Army grunt, because it’s just part of the mindset you need to have to be a Marine. In this case, “I think, therefore I am” isn’t necessarily accurate though. I’ve met some great Soldiers and some great Marines. All the same, we’re just gears in a big ass cogwheel.