AMEAN USN VFA-94 Home of the Mighty Shrikes (F/A-18C Hornet). Seat mech but never got to work on many seats. Changed a lot of hydraulic fluid, emptied drip pans, pumped JP-8, washed planes, performed enough FOD walks to last a life time, and spent enough time on the 0-0800 watch. All ended a little too soon with a re-injury of my knee.
Brother has been in the guards for nearly 15 years with one tour (of 17 months) under him. He was attached to 957 bridge building crew out of Bismarck but moved to Minnesota where he's bounced around a bit. He performed security at his base in Rhamadi, Iraq.
Dad was a Green Beret in the 10th Special Forces Group. He was a radio operator during his time in. I don't know if he seen any time in Vietnam but he was in London during that time.
I think if my son were to want to join, he needs to either go big or go to college. I completely regret not at least trying to get to BUD/S.