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

The historical lineage of my family, on both sides had always served our nation in the armed forces. My dad, served 36 years in the Army, 82nd airborne, and was in Korea at the beginning of that conflict. I grew up, on bases, wearing a full uniform, doing the manual of arms with an M1, beginning at age 5, so it was a natural progression for me to volunteer.

I knew for a fact that I would serve when I took the Oath of Citizenship when I was twelve. So I suppose Uncke Sam did.

My draft board.

5 uncles in ww2,and John Kennedy who ask not what your country can do for you.rather what can you do for your country.nuff said.

One of my relatives.Uncle Sam contacted me in 1966.Really persuasive old man.

My Korea War Era uncle, and his oldest son (my cousin.) In 1977, the cousin came back for a family reunion wearing his "Zumwalt Era" Navy Blues. The girl cousins, and a friend of theirs (whom I fell in love with), all swooned over him. After taking the ASVAB my Senior year of high school, and being hoodwinked by the Navy Recruiter about the pros of Nuclear Power Training, I enlisted for six years (Delayed Entry Program) and entered basic in San Diego RTC, October of 1978. 9 years 3 months later, I separated and joined the Missouri Army National Guard. 7 years later, I entered the Air Force Reserve, where I remained until my retirement in 2011. 33 years of active and reserve time combined. Loved my uncle, he showed me the value of squaring off my dixie cup, and of using a roll of dimes to roll up the kerchief of my Cracker Jack uniform (served as an emergency fund for the phone if you were lost, back when we had pay phones), and as a last ditch weapon, similar to a bolo. His boy, heh, not so much. :)

I wanted a job and the experince,I got both and then some

My father served in the Army in WWII, and also my uncle was second wave on Omaha beach

Family history of military service.

My Dad, who was a WWll veteran.