Identify a subculture that you are part of.
Military.
1)What language, jargon, slang, or specialized terms are attached to your group?
“Military Speak” AKA “English FUBAR”:
eg. A dirt-sailor fobbit, in full battle rattle, used a Ma Deuce to stop the jingle truck outside the wire. [IKR, it’s contrived—I’ve used all of the expressions, but never in a sentence such as this example—LOL]
2)What common values does the group hold?
Why re-invent the wheel. The Army Values are: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage. See explanation
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http://www.history.army.mil/LC/The%2...rmy_values.htm
3)What common experiences are shared that nonmembers do not experience?
The single most common experience shared by all military personnel is Basic Training. Basic Training is a great leveler; it makes one aware that, as Spock would say, “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Less common, but without question more binding, is combat experience. Both experiences, different in degree, test one’s character and resolve to a degree unrivaled in the civilian world.
4)How does this group identity affect your individual identity?
Military training and regimen makes one more socially aware. Not only does military training and regimen reinforce one’s sense of self-reliance, but it also teaches the individual the value of true teamwork. The close-quarter, shared training and mission and/or combat experiences afford each individual the opportunity to meet men and women with different cultural, racial and socio-economic backgrounds. This knowledge gives one the bridge one needs to cross over those divides that often keep the rest of American society divided.
5)What do people (and you) get out of belonging to this subculture group?
Those who have served know they have nobly contributed to the continuing legacy that is the United States of America.
