Yes, Navy.
Here’s mine. In the late 70’s, women were just being admitted to the academies and some non-combat clerical positions. If you had college ambitions and didn’t qualify for West Point, etc., you didn’t much consider the armed forces. I remember vividly when the Army came and adminstered all of those tests on math, geometry, etc. On the one where you have a flat drawing with cut and fold lines and you had to identify what 3d figure it made, I zipped through it. The Army administrator came and watched me do it again because he couldn’t believe that a girl could figure that out in the allotted time. Then he said “too bad you’re a girl”.
Socially, a woman joining the services in the late 70’s was possible, but not accepted by most of the population. I was no trendsetter.
I have worked for a Naval research center in a civilian position for 24 years. FWIW.
USN, 1983 to 1989.
You were also in the only service that can arrest civilians, the one that trains in waters that scares the crap out of experienced mariners, and the one whose core mission includes “go out into raging storms that sink ships and save people’s lives”.
I never served in the military, but the lack of respect the Coast Guard gets is a pet peeve of mine. No Coastie need take a back seat to any soldier, sailor, or airman; write that “USCG” after your name with pride, man!
US Navy 1985-89. I spent a lot of time at sea on the USS Ranger. CV-61
Just to clarify, what conditions in the OP?
No. 4-F in 1970.
Canadian Armed Forces. 2005 to 2012. Medically released.
Navy '66 - '70.
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1966 - 1968, US Army band (02N20 MOS), Oakland and Vietnam.
What is the national average?
US Army, 2001-2005, and called back again for the “Surge” 2007-2008, plus IRR for the intervening years and after, until early 2009. Weird to think that my time in the Army overlapped almost exactly with George W. Bush’s time as Commander in Chief.
I never served. I turned 18 in 1967 so was the right age during the height of Viet Nam. I got a student deferment at first, then a high lottery number (313 as I recall). I’m also told I’d have probably been 4F if ever called as I’ve been blind in one eye since birth.
Washed out of Navy Basic, due to an undetected health issue.
If I did it over again, I’m 94% certain I will have gone Coast Guard instead.
U.S. Army Reserves, 1999-2007
Army. 23 years.
USN 1973-1984, USNR 1984-1986 (I think)