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

My Uncle, he was a Marine.

No one. It was my decision alone.

My three Uncles fought in WWII and I felt obligated to carry on the tradition my son followed in my footsteps and retired as a Colonel.

the judge! go to jail or join army.

I was following my family all my uncles were in the service and 2 of my brothers.

My great uncle wad Army Air Corp and my dad was Air Force.

I consider my family a military family. When I enlisted we had 15 family members serving, so I would say my cousins was the greatest influence.

My dad (a WWII U.S. Army veteran) influenced me to join the military.

They had a buddy system recruiting drive. My friend James told me about all the neat things we could do together in the Navy. They told us we'd go to boot camp together, A-school, and there was a good chance we could get on the same sub. None of that happened, and neither of us understood the only thing guaranteed in our contracts was the A-school we'd attend. We didn't even get the same boot camp. James finished his A-school and then they sent him to another A-school. They told him the MOS he wanted had no needs but this second A-school was for a critical MOS. I learned from that experience it's always a good idea to have a lawyer look over contracts and explain to you if what you thought it says, is actually how it should work. James was able to do his 20 years and retire. I fell on duty and broke a disc in my back and was discharged early. So we never got to serve a single day together.

My ex-brother-in-law, Tom Strand. He was always a "big" brother to me and I looked up to him and since he was in the Air Force, I decided to join the Air Force too. We remained friends even after he and my sister divorced. He's been a "great" brother!