Are/were your parents proud of what you have/had accomplished in the United States military?

SPC Margaret Higgins
My parents would have it no other way!
My Dad even threatened to kick me out if I didn't join the military, specifically the Navy (he was in the Navy also). I'm sure he was joking but I didn't want to test it, LOL!

SPC Margaret Higgins - Absolutely... My dad (42 years on active duty and retired as LTG/0-9) was very proud of my decision to make the Army a career. My mom was a war bride from Paris, France and always looked at the US Army as liberators and was proud that I carried on the family tradition of military service. I am also very proud of my son, who also carried on the tradition.

My dad (a retired SP7 in the Army) told me once how proud he was that I had deployed to war three times (at the time) - something he was embarrassed he never did during his service in the Vietnam era.
I told him how grateful I was that he was fortunate enough to not have to go to Vietnam. If he had, he would have never met my mother.
The mark all of those deployments made on my children are very visible in the things they draw and the things they say.

Both have passed on. Mute Point. They were both Lay Ministers in the Catholic Church and I think they would have preferred a more "Normal" Profession but I was good at what I did and Enjoyed the Crap out of it for 21 years. Navy took my Natural Inquisitiveness and understanding of Circuit Flow and Locks and put it to good use.

I'm the first one in my family to join and my parents voiced their concerns. I remember in college going to enlist in the NG and my mom wouldn't give me my birth certificate so I went to the county clerk for a new one! 5 years later I just took company command and I can tell you my folks are some of my biggest fans of anything I do. It took a while to intergrate them but leaving acronyms out of the dinner chatter and some regular updates has helped, they are also some of the best "dog sitters" there are when it comes to tdy trips and what not;)

Yes and no. My parents were not enthused by the idea of me joining because I never followed their rules. I always questioned them. So when I told them that I was enlisting into the Marine Corps, they both literally laughed in my face. To this day, I do not have a relationship with them because I will never be able to forgive them for what they put myself, or my siblings through going up. You can assume that they never thought I could make it past recruit training. So good news, I made it. I love what I do. I love how far I have come and how much I have accomplished. Quite frankly, I don't care if they are or are not proud of me because I am proud of me; complete strangers are proud and grateful of me. When it comes down to it, I have more of a family now, than I ever had in my life. For that, I am extremely grateful.

I had the best Mother and Father that a son could ask for. I remember how my Mother's eyes would light up when I came home from being deployed. And how she would have things put in the newspaper when I graduated Basic, AIT and so on. My Dad was an Army Vet, a Tanker and as tough as they come. I remember how things were a little different when I returned home from Basic Training. My Dad looked at me as a Man and a fellow soldier. These are things that I will fondly remember for the rest of my life!

My dad, a Colonel with 32 years under his belt and so many bombing missions over Europe, there was barely room on his flight jacket to show them all, cried when I was commissioned and he pinned on my butter bar, as I rose in the ranks and accepted command. Those were the only tears I ever saw outside the early death of a sibling at age 16 and the joyous occasions of becoming a grandfather. Mom was proud (a bit worried, but proud of my successful career) but I think she was happier after I finished my time and earned my BSN to join the female achievers in my family, herself an RN and my aunt a commissioned Naval Nurse in the Pacific who recently passed on but had earned her masters in Nursing and taught at Boston University and Vanderbuilt. (I was the closest to a daughter she had.)

My brother also was commissioned by the USAF, stayed 6 years and went on to great success. Yes, my parents were definitely proud of our military accomplishments.

If they were they never mentioned it. In fact they strongly objected to me even being in the Army so we never mentioned it. My grandparents objected even more strongly. I didn't really understand at the time since my Grandfather (army private in WWI), my father (pilot in WWII), my step-father (PO1 in WWII) and all of my uncles had served. My uncle Jack (Army WO) was killed in Europe. Even my mother had been an Army civilian employee. Years later they explained to me that they did not object to the military or to wars. They objected to sending Americans to die in wars that we were not even trying to win. I tend to agree. Thankfully there were no wars going on when their grandkids got old enough to join and they had passed away before Iraq and Afghanistan. Since they didn't like Korea and Vietnam they sure as hell wouldn't approve of this crap. I really don't either. If you are going to fight a war you should do whatever is necessary to WIN. If not you should stay out of it.

Yes. I made a difference in many ways