[cubreporter]

husband joined right out of high school. Got his masters over the years. He has no regrets. Traveled, learned, grew, developed, was mentored, mentored others and thankful for the opportunities it affored him and then our family. NO regrets at all. Career man. Military put us where we are today. It was wonderful. More young people should join. Guides their lives, turns some of them around, helps them decide on what they want to do, gives them a focus and makes them strong to face life. It's a GOOD thing.

[MamaB]

Glad you mentioned someone besides yourself. My older brother joined the Air Force at 15 to do something for our country. He had his 16th birthday at the Greenland AFB. He grew up in a hurry but when the Iraqi War broke out, he said if he were a lot younger, he would volunteer to go again. He was in the Korean conflict, went through all the atomic bomb testing and has the many health problems to go with that kind of exposure. I do not know what the groups are in the AF but most of his are dead from that exposure. He is my hero.