How many people in your family have served/are serving in the military?

[arcadian]

Poll question: How many people in your family have served/are serving in the military?

Poll result (125 votes)
I am currently serving or have served in the military	(17 votes, 14%)	Vote
My wife/husband has served/is serving in the military	(2 votes, 2%)	Vote
My son/daughter has served/is serving in the military	(7 votes, 6%)	Vote
My grandfather/grandmother has served/is serving in the military	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
My uncle/aunt has served/is serving in the military	(4 votes, 3%)	Vote
My mother/father has served/is serving in the military	(16 votes, 13%)	Vote
My boyfriend/girlfriend has served/is serving in the military	(0 votes, 0%)	Vote
Nobody in my immediate family has served or is serving in the military.	(8 votes, 6%)	Vote
I have more than one family member who has served/is serving in the military.	(71 votes, 57%)	Vote

[tanngrisnir3]

1. Way to leave out the option for 'none', Sport.

[arcadian]

16. I fixed it just for you, chummy.

[tanngrisnir3]

21. Thanks, Champ.

[ogneopasno]

2. This poll is set up oddly. My father, uncle, two aunts and one grandfather served in the military.

The other grandfather couldn't serve in WWII because of a bad back, so he worked at the local VA hospital, which was pretty bad in itself. I also have a cousin in the military.

[noamnety]

3. poorly worded

what if we have multiple yes's on that list?


If you want to ask How Many, the responses should be 0, 1-2, 3-5, etc.

Are you interested in numbers, or in relationships?

[arcadian]

18. yeah, you're right.

Actually I was interested in relationships, but the numbers route would have served this thread's purposes better.

[yewberry]

4. Several apply.

I don't know how to vote.

Grandfather(s), grandmother, uncle, brother, F-I-L, B-I-L.

[leftstreet]

5. You forgot 'None.' Strange poll n/t

[enlightenment]

6. Um - what if it's multi-generational?

I did, my brother did, my father and uncles did, my grandfathers, g-grandfathers, and so on, back to the Revolution (on both sides - patriots and loyalists) . . . and then farther back than that.

I may have been the first female, but I'm not sure.

[cmd]

7. Several of the above

but I don't consider my family a military family. My husband, father, uncles and cousins just did their duty when called.

[LuvNewcastle]

8. My brother is.

He's leaving for Afghanistan soon.

[patrice]

9. My Father, in the previous generation, between my generation & the next, 18, which includes me.

[tularetom]

10. Uh, it's possible to fall into more than one category, yaknow

[Blue Diadem]

11. My 3 brothers, my Father, my Uncle, two grandfathers and two great grandfathers did.

I didn't put an answer on your poll since there was no selection for numerous family members.

[Donnachaidh]

12. And the point of this poll is...?? n/t

[leftstreet]

17. The MICC is looking for a group hug?

A little validation?

An affirmation?

[hileeopnyn8d]

27. to prove a lame point

from another thread, I'm sure. The OP is trying to "prove" that everyone who does not agree with completely dismantling the military is a shill for the DOD. Or something like that.

[devilgrrl]

13. Other: Grandfather, Uncles, Dad and Step-Brother served.

Grandpa, Dad and Step-Brother served in the Navy

Grandpa served during WWII & Korea
Dad during peacetime in the late 50's
Step-bro during the 80's in Iceland
Uncle Dick served the Army in Burma (WWII)
Uncle Ernie served the Army in Europe (WWII)
Uncle Tom served in the Marines in the Pacific (WWII)

[alsame]

14. Two for me. Grandfather in WW2 and father in Korea. eom

[Greyhound]

15. Too many to fit into one of your categories, almost all Navy, going back forever. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. Brother, uncles (Canadian Army), Grandfather (Brit Army), and me.

Oddly enough, all of them, except my brother, hated the military.

[BlueMTexpat]

20. Like several here, I find that the categories are drawn too narrowly.

My husband served in the military, as did my paternal grandfather, my father and my brother. I have several cousins who served in Vietnam, a nephew who served several tours in Afghanistan, and one of my daughter-in-law's sisters served a tour in Iraq. The other sister is married to a career military man.

I myself served as a Peace Corps Volunteer as a new college graduate, very wet behind the ears, in the 60s, i.e., many moons ago. I strongly support national service of some sort for every single US citizen who is not physically or mentally incapacitated, especially service that removes individuals from their familiar or parochial settings so that they can see that there is much more to the world than they may have learned while they were growing up ... and that what they did learn about that world was not always the truth.

[bananas]

22. Why did you leave out brother/sister? nt

[MadBadger]

23. Father, Uncle, Grandfather....which one would you like me to choose?

[kestrel91316]

24. My dad - career USAF, 23 yrs.

[sojourner]

25. grandfather, father, brothers (2), son.......then there are I don't know how many uncles, etc.

Oh, and left out husband (back when he was still husband).

Father during Korean War. Brothers during Vietnam but they were not sent there......thank gods. My son served his first tour in Iraq and will likely be going to Afghanistan next. I didn't want him to serve, btw......and tried to talk him out of enlisting, but he's an adult and he made a conscious choice so, being a mom first and foremost, he has my support - complete and unconditional.

[aikoaiko]

26. One - Uncle - Air Force.

I'm proud of his service.

[11 Bravo]

28. I clicked on the "I have served" option, but my father, brother, grandfather ...

great-grandfather,great-great-grandfather, and every single male member of my family dating back to the American Revolution served in one or another branch of the Armed Forces.

[DKRC]

29. If someone threw a fight we were there

Scots/Irish/Cherokee/Creek

[asjr]

30. I have had 5 uncles that were in active

combat in WW2. My father was civil service with Navy.

[Cleita]

31. My father and four cousins have served. Only my father and one cousin

served in war though.

[TahitiNut]

32. In my generation and my father's generation? EVERY male, including me.

All of my male first and second cousins except one - who lost one of his eyes as a teen, when he planned on a career in the Coast Guard. All four of my mother's brothers, my father, and all seven of my father's brothers and half-brothers. Every male in two generations.

[crimson333]

33. every male on my fathers side has been or is in the military

and over half on my mothers side have served with 4 active right now. I would have joined as well, except was diagnosed with MS when I was 17 in 1986

[RebelOne]

34. My brother-in-law served in the Air Force. nt/t

[shanti]

35. LOTS have done so

grandfather, father, brother, son, nephew, ex-husband...

[DevonRex]

36. I was in the Army. My husband was in the Army. My father was a Marine.

My father-in-law was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Army.

[LiberalPersona]

37. My cousin

served in the Marines, he was over in the middle east during Bush's second term.
But there's not a poll option for that.

[rockymountaindem]

38. My uncle and cousin were both in the military, as is one memeber of my extended family now

My dad was in the Army extremely briefly as a young man before they decided that his asthma was too bad for him to serve. Several of my relatives also fought in World War Two, but sadly they are all gone now.

[Sheltiemama]

39. My 90-year-old uncle served in WWII.

He doesn't like to talk about it.

[TBF]

40. My dad is a disabled veteran of the Viet Nam war. Several uncles and cousins served. nt

[Igel]

41. Father, uncle, brother.

And I keep on my desk the WWI compass that belonged to one of the leaders from my old Scout troop, unopened and in its little cloth bag. My old best friend's brother was in the Army. My long-time coworker's nephew, who I first met when he was a few days old, is deploying to Afghanistan in April or May, after finishing his tour of duty in Iraq (he's a Marine).

It's not just relatives, but also friends and role models who served in the military that count.

[Ilsa]

42. Family of origin: 3/7. Hubby's Family

of origin: 2/5.
None of us have kids old enough to serve.

[Skittles]

43. I served, my dad served, my grandfather was at Dunkirk

yes INDEED

[Eryemil]

44. None, thankfully. n|t

[NoPasaran]

45. My father and all my uncles served in World War Two

After a brief foray into business, Dad went back into the Army and retired in the 1970s. Before that generation, I have heard of relatives whp were in the Austrian cavalry. My cousins of my generation whose families had stayed in the old country were in the Red Army. And I have a cousin on a submarine.

[Hansel]

46. Step-son, niece and nephew, uncle

Niece served 4 tours in Iraq. She had planned on being a lifer, but couldn't take it anymore. She left the army after 18 years, but join the National Guard. My step-son just joined the Army. Nephew just joined the National Guard. My uncle was wounded in World War II. My great grandfather was a drummer boy in the Union Army and played the drums as they marched into battle.

[KewlKat]

47. Spouse, son, DIL, father, 3 Uncles, BIL

Spouse was a lifer, son got out after 9.5 yrs as he couldn't raise his family on the pay. DIL got out to stay home with the kids, father was WW2, Uncles WW2 and recalled for Korea. BIL drafted and served in Nam. I'm sure I'm forgetting someone........

[Retired AF Dem]

48. I spent four years in the Army

and twenty years in the AirForce. My wife did four years in the Army. Our oldest son has been in the Army about 11 years and our youngest son has been in the Navy for 7 years.