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Family of military to include females serving from Korean War to Gulf War to SWA.
They all did,

My "Uncle". That would be Uncle Sam, as I was drafted in 1966. My brother-in-law forbade me to join the Marines, as he was a Korean War vet and wounded many times. I did take the "Oath" on my own to become Regular Army and have the opportunity to pick one of several schools. The primary one being OCS, so I took an additional Oath of Office to become an officer. Best thing I ever did. Wanted to show my Dad that I could "be more than he ever expected from me".

Nobody influenced me to join the Army. I was involved in the NJROTC program when I was in highschool. I enlisted in the Army roughly 7 months before graduating highschool.

My Great Grandpa Major W.S. LeFrancois U.S.M.C. and my Grandpa Captain C.B. Wright USN.
Their service and the example they set of God, Loyalty, Duty, Honor, Country and Commitment were the example and foundation that they set and laid which were the blue print and map given to me to follow I learned a lot from them and because of that I have been very successful when nobody else thought I could or would be successful.

I had been interested in joining the Air Force early on and had talked to a recruiter after high school. Took the tests and then decided to go on to school instead. After I got out of school i worked for a while until I got my draft notice. At that point I decided to go talk to the AF recruiter again. So, basically, it was Uncle Sam that influenced me.

I was in High school. A Army recruiter visited our school wearing the Army uniform. This recruiter was on point. The year was 1969. I just had to join and the rest is HISTORY.

I decided on my own that I wanted to join the military. The fact that my father and my uncles had all served certainly had some influence on the decision, but none of them ever actually brought up the subject. I wanted to get away from home, my parents couldn't afford college, and I was lazy enough in high school that my grades weren't going to get me any scholarships, so the military seemed the best option.

I was about to turn 17 , My Brother went in when he was 17 , I figured it would be a good place to start my life so 3 days after i turned 17 I reported for duty at MCRD , Where i learned the best lesson of my life . " work as a team but stand on your own two feet and don't expect others to do it for you "

My father, retired Air Force after 21 years.

The influence was watching Chuck Norris in all Missing in Action movies, Delta Force, The Green Berets, and The Dirty Dozen. In all actuality, I have wanted to go into the military for the longest. I wanted to do something with my life and get out of a small town. I didn't know what I wanted to do when I graduated and I knew that way before I even entered high school. I knew I didn't want to go to college (yet here I am now pursuing a Bachelors's, ugh). I said to myself, "if I like it, I'll stay in for a few more years, and if I didn't I'll get out." Well, after 20 years, I think I liked it. Did cool stuff and crappy stuff. Learned how to make the best out of a horrible situation and traveled. Also, it might have also been that majority of my family has been in the military since WWI and participated in all major conflicts. Heck, still have my great-grandfather's draft letter as well as my grandfather's WWII uniform.