Why The All-Volunteer Force Struggles More Than Draftees

Sgt Wayne Wood Both my grand fathers served in WWII. My uncle served in Vietnam. My father was not Active Duty, but he worked for military contractors that put me in the situation where I grew up on an Army base in the middle of the South Pacific. It was because of that, I had a sheltered life until I graduated high school. I never really fit in. When I enlisted in the Navy, I still had not really integrated well with my peers. Now that I am out, the people I get along with best are people who have a sarcastic personality, dark sense of humor, or were around the military culture. I cannot imagine growing up as a military family member, and enlisting without having had some interaction with civilian culture.

PO3 Steven Sherrill - Both my parents were Marines, my father career. With 3 notable exceptions, every male member of both sides of my family were Marines, most career. The three notable exception one uncle & one cousin were career army. One uncle was career navy. One aunt was a Marine. My paternal grandfather was a China Marine. See where this us going? My sister married a Marine....