Comments by "Evan" (@MrEvanfriend) on "I Am Former Military - Here is the Full Story" video.

Naval personnel are sailors, not soldiers. And the word "corps" is pronounced as "core", the ps at the end is silent. That being said, having to wear your uniform while on liberty must suck. And a 10PM curfew also sounds horrid. In the US military, once you secure for the day, you can put on civilian attire and do basically whatever you want (within some basic limits) so long as you're back by formation the next morning.
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***** I can't speak for the Italian military, but the English word "soldier" does not apply to naval sailors.
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***** But since it doesn't work in English, use of the English word "soldier" is incorrect. I don't speak Italian and as such can't tell you what the Italian words are, but, if you're gonna speak English, the proper word to use for naval personnel is "sailor".
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***** It's incorrect. A soldier in a navy implies naval infantry, like the US/Royal Marines. Naval personnel are sailors.
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***** It does matter, and I would imagine that as a non-native English speaker, he would welcome the correction. When I say something wrong in my imperfect German or my horrendous Russian, I welcome corrections.
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***** As a former US Marine, I prefer the title that I earned, but I don't mind being referred to as a soldier when it comes down to it, as I was engaged in ground combat. I don't care what Thelonius has to say, or what the correct term in Italian is, the fact remains that in English, a sailor and a soldier are two different things, and to call a sailor a soldier is every bit as incorrect as calling a soldier a sailor.
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***** It is a fact. A navy is not an army. Naval personnel are sailors, army personnel are soldiers.
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***** I understand the origins of the word, however, the language has evolved to the point where soldier and sailor mean different things. You wouldn't call a soldier a sailor, and by the same token, you wouldn't call a sailor a soldier.
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