Do you have other family members in the military besides your spouse?
My hubby is in the Army, bth of my brothers are in the Navy, my grandpa's both were Army..I have uncles that were in, my hubby's dad was army, his brother was Marines...just wondering how many others has a lot of vets in their fam...
My dad is in the air force, my grandmother and grandfather were both air force too, my other grandfather was army and my hubby is army. so yeah we have a few.
we have just about every branch except airforce in ours I think..
Quoting Dynamos_Mommy:
I have cousins, uncles, & grandparents that have served in the Army & Navy. Dh's has had a family member in every branch; his father is retired Navy; my BIL is a/d Navy; SIL is a/d AF; all his uncles have been, etc etc etc...
There is my DH and I was active duty Army. My little brother was active duty army and is looking to go back in after the first of the year. My father was Army. My two uncles (maternal) were Army. My two great uncles (grandmother's brothers) were active duty Army, and one of their sons is currently AD Army.
On my DH's side his uncle was Army, his grandfather was Army. All 6 of his grandfather's brothers were active duty (all Army except 1 Navy man) at the same time and fought on shores from Germany to Japan. There was actually a news article published about the 7 brothers last week as they dedicated a memorial to the family and flew a flag in their honor over another memorial in their hometown.
How crazy is this: dh has had a family member in every armed conflict since before the Revolutionary War (of course, they are including the militia's that were the protection for the townships). I think it's pretty cool that his family his so dedicated and has served with such pride =]
That's awesome!!
Quoting SusanD:
There is my DH and I was active duty Army. My little brother was active duty army and is looking to go back in after the first of the year. My father was Army. My two uncles (maternal) were Army. My two great uncles (grandmother's brothers) were active duty Army, and one of their sons is currently AD Army.
On my DH's side his uncle was Army, his grandfather was Army. All 6 of his grandfather's brothers were active duty (all Army except 1 Navy man) at the same time and fought on shores from Germany to Japan. There was actually a news article published about the 7 brothers last week as they dedicated a memorial to the family and flew a flag in their honor over another memorial in their hometown.
Quoting Dynamos_Mommy:
That's awesome!!
Quoting SusanD:
There is my DH and I was active duty Army. My little brother was active duty army and is looking to go back in after the first of the year. My father was Army. My two uncles (maternal) were Army. My two great uncles (grandmother's brothers) were active duty Army, and one of their sons is currently AD Army.
On my DH's side his uncle was Army, his grandfather was Army. All 6 of his grandfather's brothers were active duty (all Army except 1 Navy man) at the same time and fought on shores from Germany to Japan. There was actually a news article published about the 7 brothers last week as they dedicated a memorial to the family and flew a flag in their honor over another memorial in their hometown.
It really is...All of the brothers have since passed away. The last in 1997, so none of them were present. My husband's grandmother and his dad and uncle were there. Some of the other brother's children were there. It would have been great if my husband could have been there for it but they mailed him a hardcopy of the newspaper article and photos.
Quoting Dynamos_Mommy:
I think that is so wonderful. It's unfortunate that it was posthumous & that your dh couldn't be there but that is so special & a tremendous honor for your family.
Very much so, and DH is very proud of it. We are hoping that he (or we if possible) can go see the memorial in person during his post-deployment block leave early next year. It will be great for his grandmother and him to go to it together.
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on Nov. 25, 2009 at 1:51 AM