Posted on Sep 25, 2017
What was your reason to serve your country? Did this reason change while serving?
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Unfortunately. Service to country has become a thing of the past. Think about it In WW2 over 12% of society served. Now it's less than 1 (.5%).
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I served because we were at war with communism and that battle was being fought in Vietnam at the time. I served because I could. I suspect that the percentages of those serving would be higher if they were needed, but today's battles are fought with fewer, better service members. All volunteers.
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SPC John Parmenter
In 1961, the U.S. & Soviet Union were locked in a Cold War which had the potential of destroying all mankind. In those days, every young American man worth is salt served in the Armed Forces. Someone needed to "whup the Rooskie Bear" so I joined the Army after high school to do my part. It was my good fortune to be assigned to a unit which traveled around the country & overseas. While still in school, I had served in the U.S.A.F.-trained Ground Observer Corps. No regrets.
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I was in a bad place in my life. I had no direction and no meaning to my life. I wanted to be a part of something that was bigger than myself. So I started over, went to the recruiters office, and my life has never been better.
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