Posted on Nov 20, 2014
MSgt Superintendent, Information Operations
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It's a pet peeve when people (military OR civilian) ask me how my troops are doing.
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SCPO Emergency Management Director
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MSgt (Join to see) I don't see a problem with it. If I am talking about a group of service members from multiple branches I will call them "Troops", I will also use it as a generic term to cover all service members.
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Col Squadron Commander
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Edited 10 y ago
Doesn't bother me at all. There are worse things to worry about. One team, one fight.
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Lt Col Aerospace Planner
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I kind of resorted to troops if the group I am talking about is mixed group. The term Airman for the service members I believe got its start in the common vernacular in the mid 90's. I think it was either Gen Micheal Ryan or Gen Ron Fogleman who coined the term big "A" Airmen to refer to the everyone in the Air Force. The problem is that obviously we have four grades of Airman. So I if I say I saw a group of Airmen downtown. Am I referring to a group of Air Force personnel or literally a group of personnel with the rank of Airman?
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Or a group of Navy personnel that work in the Aviation branch...?
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