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

I joined because life before military was hard. Most people were getting killed or ending up in jail. I decided i wanted to get away and not look back.

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My uncle who is the only other person in my family to serve. He was an LT in the Army during Vietnam setting up forward operating bases.

My grandfather. Although he did not serve in the US military, he instilled sense of servitude to the Country, God, and Family.

First, it my honor to had severed our nation. My granddad was Army. My dad and his dad were Marines. I join the WING. granddad are past. My dad was living when I join. He was happy for me for doing the right thing. He was not mad that I join the .

Toby Keith. And family tradition. Atleast one served every generation.

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Every able bodied and of-age man in my direct line of ancestry has served in one capacity or another, going all the way back to WWI. And I've had family in the military since the Revolution. It's a family tradition for me. That being said, however, I am proud of my service, short as it was, and I wouldn't have traded it for the world.

I was influenced to join the military, by my oldest brother. Who served in the USAF.

Manuel Noriega killed my father. I joined the military as my personal thank you When they arrested him.