Who Influenced You To Take The Oath And Join The Military? - Login & Share to Win!

I did. I always wanted to be a Green Beret.

I looked around at the town I grew up in and saw it was a dead end. I worked with WW II vet who told me a couple stories about England during the war. There was no way I was staying there and the Marine Corps gave me a chance to do what I wanted to do: helicopter maintenance.

I had a Drafting Teacher in High School, Mr. Cosgrove, who had retired from the USAF as an aircraft load-master. I built models of military aircraft since I was a kid and listening to my teacher's Air Force career stories was the clincher for me.
I signed up under the delayed enlistment program, because I was 16 years old at the time, needed a GED and be 17 years old to be guaranteed a job as an aircraft mechanic.
I was the only kid in school with a GED, and still attended classes in my Junior year until my entry date in May.
I liked that! To me it was a different form of patriotism.

My family's teaching me of Patriotism and love of country.

It was basically myself.
Nobody really convinced me to join, it’s was something I always wanted to do and when I met the requirements decided to take the plunge.

I was the first person in my family to join the military in 30 years. That person had passed, so I was my own main influence. Best decision!

My Dad. At the time, he was a three-war veteran and a MSgt in the USAF.

If you would have asked me 40 years ago, I wouldn't really know. Now, I do know. I joined up to get on a better path in life, rather than stay in the run down town I grew up in. Simple as that. I hated what my boring home town offered, and took leave of it. Thank God/Jesus I did.

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President Johnson sent his "Greetings".