How many brothers, sisters or parents have you had in your immediate family?
I am sure most of us have family in the service and between our cousins and myself, we have had about 7 that served during my era. I have seen pride soar in the last past two decades and happy for that.
But how many are military in your direct family?
For me I have a big family history for military service. On my father's side of the family, it goes back 5 generations from my father on back for grandfather's etc, he also had 3 brothers that served and some cousins. My mother's side had my grandfather and great-grandfather, along with an uncle and 2 cousins.
My own family, my wife's father served, and I have 1 daughter and 1 son currently serving besides my 27 years myself.
I never pushed either one of my children, but I supported their choices and decisions, I just made sure they got what was the best for them before they signed the dotted line.