How far can you trace back your military roots?

I can only go two generations. My father, retired, and mother, resigned commission to marry dad, did the USMC and Navy thing. I am retired USA and a BIL is retired USAF, another BIL is USMC Viet vet. My dad went BALLISTIC when I not only went Army but also as a non-Catholic chaplain, and I nor he was/is Catholic.

On my father's side, I had a cousin in the Navy during WWII, a cousin in The Army, that was WW Ii, a cousin in the Marines in Korea. On my mother;s side, her Brother served in WW II.
I am Army Retired and serve in Vietnam along with my younger Brother, and my oldest brother in the Army in Germany (Peace-time) One son serve in Panama, one son in Desert Storm with his wife serving there, too. Two son-in-laws served in the Army.

Dad served in the navy during WWII.he was a Gunners Mate 1st Class.he shot down 5 Japanese Zero's.His father was a ''DOUGHBOY''(INFANTRY OF WWI) Before that I have no info.My older Brother served in Germany as a diesel mechanic along the boarder.I served in the 101st Airborne in the early to mid 80's.

All my uncles on both sides of my family served and my great-great grandfather was a Union Civil War veteran.

I had two WWI uncles . One was in the Army fought in France and suffered from mustard gas attacks the other uncle was a Marine and I know he served in Kentucky likely at an arsenal . Many cousins and some I called uncle served in WWII and My brother in law who got me to enlist served in Korea at Pusan and the Frozen Chosin in 1950 with the 1st Marine Division

We have been,a brat family.My dad,my four brothers,two uncles,one grandnephew,four first cousins,two second cousins.
Did I need more family to say ?

Ha, It would take me months to map that out. My Grandpa has our lineage traced back to Clan Cameron who fought for Robert the Bruce during the wars of Scottish Independence in the early 1300s. As far as American military, my family made it to the country a couple years before the Revolutionary war. Theres been someone whos served almost every Generation since. Two of my Great grandfathers were Army enlisted. One was Infantry in Germany during WW2, the other a Medic in the Korean war. Most of everyone else that I can think of was Navy; My father (still active duty) my grandpa, 3 uncles and my cousin. Though the last couple aren't direct roots.

Have traced all the way back to 1644. My family rode with Henry Lee (Gen. Lee's father) in the Revolutionary War and have continued to serve. I retired this year. Our military roots run deep.

Jacob Sims was in Washington's Army, when it crossed the Delaware River and attacked the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey, Christmas morning 1775.---- Charles Sims was the gunnery officer of the Virginia (Merrimack) He fired the first shot at the USS Monitor---The first shot fired between two iron ships.---- Lieutenant John V. Sims, 122 New York Infantry, was Killed at Cold Harbor.---Private George Sims was with the lost battalion in October 1918---Admiral William Sims was in charge of the US Navy in Europe in the First World War.---- Lieutenant William Sims was the co-pilot of bomber number 14 of Doolittle's Raiders.

As far as i know we have been serving in the U.S. Armed forces since my great grandfather came over on the boat before WWI. He served as a dough-boy in WWI my grandfather on my dad's side served as an Army engineer during the Korean Conflict. My father was in the Air Force during Vietnam. I served in the army from 91 to 01. On my mother's side all I know is that my grandfather was forced to fight for the Japanese Army in WWII and then was conscripted by the South Korean Government to fight with the U.S. in the Korean conflict.