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Do y'all see the term 'soldier'
*silly question alert*
as describing someone in the Army?
I always thought of it as a term for someone in the Army. But I live on an Air Force base (but my husband is Army) and a lot of girls here use the term for their husbands, like on cheesy jewelry "I love my soldier". Or saying things like "I really miss my soldier today." I though they would say Airman, but what do I know.
So it got me thinking and I'm wondering if I have just been wrong about this.
What say you MN?
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Re: Do y'all see the term 'soldier'
Soldier is army; airman is air force. It's really not that hard.
They don't say I am an American airman for nothing, you know?
I don't know if this will really make sense, but I grew up in an area without a big military presence. Most of the people I knew that joined the military were Army National Guard and only did the minimum contract. Or maybe I just don't know that many people. Or maybe all the AD and long-term Guard people moved and just didn't really have an impact.
Anyway, I didn't have anyone to tell me, 'Hey stupid, members of the Air Force aren't soldiers, they're Airmen.' I saw something about it on here when I first started hanging out on this board and realized how stupid I sounded.
I tend to stick to service member now.
I didn't grow up with any military knowledge other than my grandpa talking about being in the merchant marines. Still, it seems nearly every political speech refers to soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, coast guardsmen. It doesn't take a genius to match it up with the branch.
And by the time I married H, I'd been to enough events reciting the airman's creed, so it's kind of hard to miss how they identify. I'm thinking these spouses are just complete morAns.
Soldier just seemed like a catch-all term for members of the military, like service member.
I see soldier for Army and Airmen for Air Force, so on and so forth.
I agree!
I changed my name
LOL We don't have Airwomen. Same creed as the men, "I am an American Airman."
Plenty of people who are far removed from the military use 'soldier' as a generic term for "random person who wears a military uniform," and I don't have a problem with that. When I was still in BDUs and doing RAP, lots of kids would call me a soldier. When I was in blues, people would ask if I was in the Navy. That's the south side of Chicago, not too far from a large Navy base. Some people just don't know.
A person who's married to a service member though? They're dumb. How are they supposed to pick out which "Toughest Job in the ___" if they can't read the branch on their spouse's blouse?
This is how I see it. I think that a spouse not knowing what their husband is to be called is a little silly/dumb in my opinion. However, that is just my thoughts.
I was this person until I dated T.
Lol, and I would put money on the fact that they have some article of clothing that says that.
Thanks ladies, I've always used the specific Soldier, Marine, Airman as well. I can see someone outside of the military just using soldier as a catch all but it just was weird to me since it was several spouses.
Kind of unrelated and it probably makes me look like an idiot, but when I found out in 11th grade American history that "troop" refers to just one person, it blew my mind.
I always thought of a "troop" and a group of people. Then we were studying World War II and our textbook listed so many thousands of troops that had died and I asked how many people were in a troop. My teacher actually laughed at me.
Oh, I totally get that the average person thinks that soldier is a catchall. I probably thought that, too. I honestly don't remember that far back since I met H 12 years ago.
But, if you're married to someone, how do you not absorb the information? You hear the damn creed. You hear many speeches about airmen. Just... how do you not get?
ETA I do think we're more culturally aware of army terminology. When H first became a flight commander, it was the first I'd heard that term. He explained that it was like a platoon, and then I understood it. At this point, I know far more about AF terms, but initially I had no clue.
Oh, did my ignorance just show through? I honestly have no clue which shout belongs to which branch. Things are things I couldn't care less about. I also never paid attention to stan's marriage, so I have no idea which branch it was to.
I really can't stand the cheerleading at any event I've been to. It reminds me of summer camp, yet it's for adults, apparently professionals, and they're trying to shout each other down.
LOL! It's true. It was, however, someone in his family, and they're from an Army town, so it's what they know!
Just throwing this out there. K just hit his four year mark and we've been together since before he joined. I've only heard him say the creed once and that was at graduation for Basic.
I made this mistake, but was not kindly corrected lol...I got a "brief" about it!!
My husband is also a Marine, and after marrying into the Corps, I learned that "solider" is associated with the Army