Father Quote by Sean Murray

My dad was a commander in the U.S. Navy with three daughters - you can imagine the tight ship that was our family household!

— Emily Compagno

Right after I resigned from the Army in 1965, I flew helicopters for oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. I flew personnel from…

— Kris Kristofferson

I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

— R. Lee Ermey

My dad was a 30-year career Marine. He was stationed in Quantico Va., and another military base.

— Deb Haaland

Two years in a row, I went to Kuwait for a week. I lived in the barracks with U.S. troops; that was pretty interesting.

— Tom Izzo

My father was in the navy and so while he was deployed soon after I was born we moved to Australia.

— Sean Murray

I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

— R. Lee Ermey

Last year I traveled to the Middle East to visit with troops in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

— Kenny Marchant

I personally was involved in going over to Afghanistan to meet the troops. My father was a marine, so that was just amazing.

— Eva Marie

I was on the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier. That's an experience I'll never forget.

— Josh Blue

I was the first woman Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat, and I got to land on aircraft carriers.

— Amy McGrath

I served two tours in Iraq, in the Marine Corps.

— Josh Mandel