When I was an 18E I hated being referred to as an RTO. 
Operator is an apples/oranges conversational piece these days. Its gained some traction the last few yrs, where you will hear some refer to SF as SF Operators when delineating between force structure on a given operation. Also commonly used is Team Guys, but that is usually used to differentiate between the green and red hat guys within our organization. Most guys will not refer to themselves as operators.
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Last edited by LongWire; 04-02-2010 at 17:59.
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