Family Quote by Tammy Duckworth

My father served 26 years in the Air Force as a pilot and a pioneer in our missile programs. I learned early about the…

— Jim Webb

My father wasn't there the majority of the time. My father, someone who I always honored and looked up to, had been in the…

— Rick Ross

I knew early I wanted to follow my father into the military. He did a full 30-year career and retired as a full colonel…

— James G. Stavridis

No one in my family ever had joined the military at all, and how I first got introduced to the military was when I…

— Wes Moore

My father was career military. He was a veteran, he was a doctor of political science, he taught at West Point and Air Command…

— Suzanne Collins

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

My father was an army officer who left the forces when I was six and never really fitted back into civilian life. My mother…

— Monty Don

My own father and grandfather served in the Army.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

I'm in regular contact with people who are still in the military-friends, family, people I served with, men and women I taught at West…

— Tom Rooney

Growing up, I had military members in my family.

— Brad Marchand

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

— Deb Haaland

I had spent years in the United States military. Specifically in the U.S. Navy.

— Chris Gardner