Hello!
I joined in October 1971, as a reserve ( L&R Scottish , Pembroke Ontario ,we were infantry then , now they are " bird gunners" ,( it was there that I realized the importance of the internal combustion engine , why walk , when you can drive to battle), once I finished high school , I joined the regular force November 8 ,1973 . Did a short time in the navy , didn' t cut it to be a submariner, then I went armored , Lord Strathcona's. I have seen the world , did what I wanted to do ,and am now presently in Wainwright Alberta , still in the regular forces . This year is my 34 th year in , turn 53 ears old , and still slim and trim .

Frank
"There is no over weight or obese people in the CF , they are just well rounded individuals " , LOL.

I didn't know that you could enlist when you were only 16!

BTW what does it take to pass flight school in the Air Force? I assume it isn't easy, but do only the top few go on to fly fighters or does the whole class?

Joined the Navy at 18, left at 40.

Joined at 19. Left Active service at 26 years old.

Now a reserve until age 40.

I plan on joining the NROTC program at UC berkeley when i am old or if Stanford does decide to bring back the NROTC program then i might apply there as well. Would love to become a new USMC officer!

I signed up for the Marines the day after my 18th birthday. My mother wouldn't sign for me when I was 17.

I joined the USN when I was 22. Some people thought I was wrong for doing it, but I seriously thougth I was too young to do it sooner.

I would do it the sme way if I had to do ti all over again.

I enlisted in the National Guard as a Medic at the age of 17 in 1984. Went on Active Duty after college in 1989 and still serving today. 23 years and counting.

Signed my papers last year. I go to boot this summer. Only reserve for now. Finish school in a couple years. EOD tech in the USMC for me.

Navy at 17yrs.

Entered Delay Entry at 17, off to RTC San Diego a few weeks after HS graduation @ 18, still going strong over 21 years later! Join the Navy, see the world (been there, done that, have a drawer full of t-shirts! ) it's been an adventure!

Still having FUN!
Cheers!

reported to great mistakes at 19 got out at 23 joined the ANG while I went through college. Some of the best times in my life. No regrets.

Delaed entry into the Marines at 191/2, Turned 21 in boot (1975) spent 16 years in active and reserve duty.
Medically discharged with back injury in 1992. Loved every minute.

Mike "Gunner" Witous
CWO-3

Joined at 20 while in college. Thought it would be a way to help pay for it while also serving my country and getting in shape. It's working out nicely for me, even though im a reservist. What I thought was cool, was that when I was deployed, I wasn't kicked out of school. They just postponed me a semester.

I was 17. Graduated high school in May, goofed off that summer (1969) then left for basic.

I got my draft notice in May 1966 at age 18 and joined the Air Force. Did a tour in Vietnam and got out in 1970 as a Sergeant. Joined the National Guard in 1976 as a Spec four and retired in 1992 as a Major. When I first went in we got paid about $86 a month, I get that a day in my retirement.

Enlisted at 18 in 1969. Was a lucky lottery winner, but lucked out and got accepted in Air Force ROTC. Graduated/commissioned in 1973. Active duty until Sep 1985.

Blade48mrd

My brother joined at 17. He is a different person now.

Went in at 23 in 1984 after I got out of college. Left in 1984, got recalled in 1991 for the 1st Gulf War.

Got a couple duffle bags full of uniforms still, but its been a while since I fit in any of them

Joined up at the right old age of 22 in 74, to play around in the tussock and snow and took my release in 91.

At the ripe old age of 16, a group of five of my buddies, all 17 and 18 years old were joining the Marine Corps and going in as a group. Not to be left behind, with some careful forging as well as catching my Mom who had been asleep for all of two hours after working all night in a truck stop, told her I had some papers she needed to sign for school. Two days and three nights later I was standing on the "Yellow Footprints" at MCRD San Diego.

I was nineteen in basic training. I was the oldest and called "granddad". Oh to be that old now!
My 20th birthday was spent in a trench in temperatures of -20C with a cat stuck inside my parka for more warmth. The end of my teenage years.

Started ROTC at 18 and did that for 3 years but because the Army wouldn't let me join, its not on any military records, but I still count it.. Enlisted in the National Guard this past June at age 22 and been in for a couple months. Leave for basic and AIT in a couple weeks as an 89B ammunition specialist. At the moment, the recruit training unit I'm at, I'm one of the oldest there.

Jeff

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