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I decided to join the military for many reasons. One is because of my family. My dad used to be in the Navy and my uncle was in the army as well as my boyfriend. The main reason I decided to join was because I want to help people. I feel a sense of pride being able to serve my country. Even if not everybody knows what I will have done, I will, and thats good enough for me. So why did you join?
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I had a lot of reasons, not the least of which was to honor my father's service in Vietnam. When he was killed by a drunk driver in 1992, that reason became paramount. I enlisted four days after his funeral.
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PVT (Join to see) - Thank you. It had been an ongoing process by then. All I had left to do was raise my right hand and swear my life away.
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Wow, No one in my family was in the military, although past generations were military.They never could understand me and always thought of the military as an interruption in my life rather than what I wanted to do.
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Awh dang. My family supports me. My mom even started crying when I was taking my oath. She said to me, "I'm so proud you're doing something with your life."
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1LT William Clardy
"Sentencing will be this afternoon. The recruiters' office is across the street", SSG Edward Tilton?
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SSG Edward Tilton
Yes but I wound up with the best job in the Army (for me). I always remembered that when during my recruiting tour. There are people who want to be soldiers. They want to blow stuff up and jump out of airplanes. Sitting them behind a desk is still a desk even if they are wearing ACUs. Dress you up, give you a gun and tell you to kill something, it sells.
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A lot of my family served in the military—the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, WWII, Korea. Quite frankly, though, it’s because during my senior year in high school my dad, a retired Colonel (Infantry), asked me where I was going to live, how was I going to pay rent, could I afford to buy a car, how was I going to pay tuition, etc etc etc. I got the message. All of that plus the draft was still on and a friend of mine joined the Marines via the delayed entry program, so I joined with him.
However, I STAYED because, as I matured a little bit, I found I enjoyed it, was good at it, I appreciated my country more, and my family heritage started to mean something.
However, I STAYED because, as I matured a little bit, I found I enjoyed it, was good at it, I appreciated my country more, and my family heritage started to mean something.
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