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I decided to join the military for many reasons. One is because of my family. My dad used to be in the Navy and my uncle was in the army as well as my boyfriend. The main reason I decided to join was because I want to help people. I feel a sense of pride being able to serve my country. Even if not everybody knows what I will have done, I will, and thats good enough for me. So why did you join?
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I had a lot of reasons, not the least of which was to honor my father's service in Vietnam. When he was killed by a drunk driver in 1992, that reason became paramount. I enlisted four days after his funeral.
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PVT (Join to see) - Thank you. It had been an ongoing process by then. All I had left to do was raise my right hand and swear my life away.
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Wow, No one in my family was in the military, although past generations were military.They never could understand me and always thought of the military as an interruption in my life rather than what I wanted to do.
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Awh dang. My family supports me. My mom even started crying when I was taking my oath. She said to me, "I'm so proud you're doing something with your life."
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"Sentencing will be this afternoon. The recruiters' office is across the street", SSG Edward Tilton?
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Yes but I wound up with the best job in the Army (for me). I always remembered that when during my recruiting tour. There are people who want to be soldiers. They want to blow stuff up and jump out of airplanes. Sitting them behind a desk is still a desk even if they are wearing ACUs. Dress you up, give you a gun and tell you to kill something, it sells.
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A lot of my family served in the military—the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, WWII, Korea. Quite frankly, though, it’s because during my senior year in high school my dad, a retired Colonel (Infantry), asked me where I was going to live, how was I going to pay rent, could I afford to buy a car, how was I going to pay tuition, etc etc etc. I got the message. All of that plus the draft was still on and a friend of mine joined the Marines via the delayed entry program, so I joined with him.
However, I STAYED because, as I matured a little bit, I found I enjoyed it, was good at it, I appreciated my country more, and my family heritage started to mean something.
However, I STAYED because, as I matured a little bit, I found I enjoyed it, was good at it, I appreciated my country more, and my family heritage started to mean something.
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Financial aide for college was not available. So I gave up a $.75 per hour job to join the military and not be a burden to my parents.
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It was a dare. I was a young dumb hippy asswipe with long hair. We were at the mall and one of my friends said "I dare you to go into the recruiters office and say you want to join, I bet they won't even take you." Little did I know...lol
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I was fresh out of High School, and had just been fired from my first job. When I was an adolescent, the TV Series, Victory at Sea, was hugely popular, and I was a big fan. My home town didn't have much to offer in the late 50's, so with the Victory at Sea theme song playing in my head, I joined the Navy. It turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made, because I had done my active duty and reserve time, and had been discharged by the time Nam became an issue.
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I joined for the money for college. Sure other factors played a lesser role, but I initially joined to pay for college. The reason I stayed and made the Army a career was because of all the other things the Army offers and because I found out that getting your degree means you paid a lot for a piece of paper.
I joined for the money for college. Sure other factors played a lesser role, but I initially joined to pay for college. The reason I stayed and made the Army a career was because of all the other things the Army offers and because I found out that getting your degree means you paid a lot for a piece of paper.
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My father was a disabled WWII vet, 1, uncle Active Naval officer, lost 3 distant cousins in SVN in 68. But I always wanted to be a soldier all my life. Spent 3 college years in ROTC, till scholarships were cut in 72, worked full time and went to school, then said to hell with it and enlisted fall 73
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To join? To serve...to do a small part to protect our freedoms.
To go infantry? To give as much as I could with no regrets.
To go airborne? To jump out of planes!
Airborne!
To go infantry? To give as much as I could with no regrets.
To go airborne? To jump out of planes!
Airborne!
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