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It simply means that marines, sailors, etc get bent out of shape when you call them "soldiers." In their lingo, soldiers are in the Army. In common parlance,
by speedybird 5y ago
It simply means that marines, sailors, etc get bent out of shape when you call them "soldiers." In their lingo, soldiers are in the Army.
In common parlance, a 'soldier' is anybody who is part of a military and an 'army' is any and all military. But I would not expect the Pentagon to be so casual with their use of terms relating directly to their affairs.
- EdwardDiego 5y agoHuh, in my country, we just say "personnel". Covers all genders, all branches, and territorials (our version of the National Guard, I guess) as well as the regular force.
- pageandrew 5y agoThe common parlance is just wrong. Soldiers do not serve on ships
- margalabargala 5y agoLanguage and vernacular are fluid and things can become new things. The people who serve on ships can become soldiers by consensus.
- laurencerowe 5y agoBut Navy personnel were deployed to Iraq and landlocked Afghanistan so clearly the DoD doesn’t see the clear delineation.