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Idealism and patriotism.
Wanted to do domething to help society and to challenge myself.
Great education, too (service academy).
By the end of my service obligation, X42 was president and he was destroying the morale of the military. I got out. I was so soured by serving under x42 that I thought "never again".
But a decade later, after completing law school, my idealism and patriotism kicked in again in the wake of 9/11 and I volunteered again at age 36. And I am still in.
No regrets at all, in the end. It is a privelege to serve under this president, as it was to serve under President Reagan.
Me too.
USAF Intel Officer
Got out after 7 years when the Berlin Wall came down and the intel community didn't know what to do with itself -- a little short-sighted, as we all know now
Law school and motherhood in the interim
Now, as a Mom of 2 could not see going back in
If we didn't have a family, would STONGLY consider re-upping.