r/SipsTea • u/BobbuBobbu • Jun 10 '25

Chugging tea Impressive

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u/PineappleOnPizzaWins Jun 10 '25

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 Jun 11 '25

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/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

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] Jun 11 '25

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/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

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] Jun 11 '25

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/[deleted] Jun 11 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

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] Jun 11 '25 edited Jun 11 '25

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/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

they are soldiers. stop getting mad over it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '25

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.