What has motivated you to stay in the the Military?
Selfless Service
Generation
My motivation to stay in was my Family, the brother hood and
the love of my Country. I was hooked from day one. I loved what I was doing, believed
in the cause and still do!!!! ATW!!!
1SG Cottrell:
I concur, every generation in my family has served. I believe in paying forward and downloading into the next generation!
1SG Haro:
When you look back into our military history, the bond of brotherhood strengthened the selfless service, and many combat veterans signed up for another tour.
There is no greater honor than serving! Thank you for sharing!
My motivation for staying in uniform (I should NEVER have came off active duty in 1988) is that I enjoy military life and the common bond we share wearing the uniforms of our country. There is a kinship, a sense of integrity to do what is right as well as duty and honor amongst us. I never saw this in the civilian world.
I was very fortunate to be able to transition to a Mil-Tech position with the Department of the Army in 2009 after returning home from Iraq and I work with a great bunch of AGR and M-Day personnel.
SPC Edmond:
I commend you for your service, and motivation, education, and relationships are the three key ingredients for success in the military.
You are our future and you are very important. Stay motivated, stay focused, and remember, too much is given much is required!
SPC Edmond:
I concur with 1SG(P) Blount, education, motivation, and exceeding expectations by plowing the ground and planting the seed, and pulling the weeds, and pushing forward. Stay motivated make your haters your motivators. Maintain Military bearing and make it better than you received it.
SFC Thomas:
I commend you on your transparency and your patriotism to protect and defend our great nation.
One of the greatest reasons I have stayed in, is because this job allows me the opportunity to do amazing things.
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast. I was a young SrA (E-4) and my transportation unit was tasked with supporting the influx of over 10,000 evacuees from NOLA to San Antonio.
As these people disembarked the plane, they looked to someone for answers. The Red Cross led the relief efforts with heavy support from the San Antonio Police and Fire Departments. The evacuees didn't know that. They just knew that their lives had been turned upside down and they looked to the people they thought could help them the most.
The people they looked to were the ones in camo. They bypassed the Red Cross reps, the police, and the firemen, to ask the military on scene what they should do, where the should, and what would happen with them. Although we were nearly a supporting role in that relief effort, the American public didn't know that. They saw an American military uniform and they immediately gravitated towards us because they knew what we represented.
I got to see this same effect six years later after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Although our primary mission may be to deter and destroy America’s enemies, we still represent the most powerful global force for both defense and humanitarian support. People around the world recognize the men and women of the DoD as both. And when the shit hits the fan, from human aggression, or mother nature, there is no better friend to have than the United States of America.
TSGT Dietrich:
I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart my family was impacted by hurricane Katrina.
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