re: #256 triple

great. Glad you enjoyed it.

I was 15 when 9/11 happened. My older brother joined the army on 9/01.

I was a little rah rah america back then.

well good for you and your brother!
My youngest son is retired career AirForce (20+ years, retired as a TSgt)
My father was AirForce and I was born on an Army base.
My father-in-law was Navy, as was my brother-in-law.
My uncles were Army.
One of my great-uncles is buried in Flanders Field.
One of my ancestors was a Civil War general.
My husband’s ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War and every war after that.

Why is family military cred so important that it needs to be raised to make some sort of point in an argument?