Posted on Aug 10, 2014
When you were growing up did you have people in your life that influenced your decision to join the military?
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I am curious about who were the influences in your personal life that made you want to join the Military. The decision for me to join the USAF was based on 2 things: My Grandfather was a Air force mechanic and worked on the B-52's and P-38's. My DAD was active duty in the Marine Corps and Army reserves. My other 2 brothers served also. One joined the USAF and stayed at the same base for 4 years. My little brother joined the Army and was part of the Honor Guard that has duty assigned to the tomb of the unknown soldier in DC!
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SPC Richard White
Lets see the man I lived with when I was little was in the Army and in Armor, my Dad was in the Army so was my Grandfather, both of my Uncles went in the military and I was always surrounded by military men
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My Grandfather and Grandma raised me. I looked up too my Grandfather. He was in the Air Force in WW II and retired in the late 1960's from the Pentagon. To me
he embodied everything the military stood for - brotherhood, integrity, family, doing the hard right ....
he embodied everything the military stood for - brotherhood, integrity, family, doing the hard right ....
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My father is a Korean War Veteran and joining was my plan B, I was neck and neck in running for a full scholarship to Spelman College with a friend from High School. She placed #1 and I placed #3 in a class of 200+ I just thank God that I had a plan B which followed my participation as a JROTC member and SSG Perdue one of the instructors that kept it real about what his military life provide him an opportunity to be somebody.
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