SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 696199 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The article points out that more and more that members joining the military have a family history of service. Is this something that you are seeing? I know that my family has a long history of service. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/014/683/qrc/congress-troops-600.jpg?1443043025"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/05/25/us-military-and-civilians-are-increasingly-divided.html">US Military and Civilians Are Increasingly Divided</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Jovano Graves&#39; parents begged him not to join the Army right out of high school in 2003, when U.S. troops were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-05-26T11:25:29-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 696199

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The article points out that more and more that members joining the military have a family history of service. Is this something that you are seeing? I know that my family has a long history of service. <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/014/683/qrc/congress-troops-600.jpg?1443043025"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/05/25/us-military-and-civilians-are-increasingly-divided.html">US Military and Civilians Are Increasingly Divided</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Jovano Graves&#39; parents begged him not to join the Army right out of high school in 2003, when U.S. troops were fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-05-26T11:25:29-04:00 2015-05-26T11:25:29-04:00 Capt Seid Waddell 696210

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That appears to be the case. It is to be expected in an all-volunteer force in which the members self-select to enter.

2015-05-26T11:29:49-04:00 2015-05-26T11:29:49-04:00 GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad 696215

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Sorry <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="478494" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/478494-1n1x1-geospatial-intelligence-157-aog-139-aw">SSgt Private RallyPoint Member</a> --- this is a duplicate of an earlier discussion.<br />

2015-05-26T11:29:31-04:00 2015-05-26T11:29:31-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 696232

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It's a matter of perspective. However, in a way I'd have to say yes.

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