My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I grew up in a Navy family.
My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.
I grew up in a Navy family, and like most service families, we traveled a lot and moved a lot. I grew up on both coasts and in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in Rockville, Maryland, and have had a great time doing it.
My dad was a golden gloves boxer in the Marine Corps, then a deputy sheriff. My mom worked as an office assistant.
My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was killed in the line of duty. My father, who was 16, was the oldest son, so he had to quit school and go to work to support his mother.
I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all the services for that matter. This is an altogether different bunch. These people of today are really bright, young, good people.
I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.
My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea.
My father and brothers were in the military.