My army was great and his army was small but somehow didn't win over me.
They will become professional soldiers, and they will go where the army orders them, just as my army has sent me here to Afghanistan.
There are many who have criticised me for being what they call a poster girl for the army - very flattering to be seen as a poster girl for anything at this time of life - but I think the truth is I am very fond of the army, because I always thought of it as my father's army.
The year my son Beau was deployed to Iraq with the Delaware Army National Guard, my family learned how much simple acts of kindness could lift our spirits.
Recently, I visited Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to watch my granddaughter graduate from Army basic training.
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My father entered the Army in the enlisted ranks and, twenty years later, retired as a Major, so he had a very successful military career.
It is certainly my hope and my belief that the Army will reward those who do this most dangerous, and what I believe to be the most important mission in the Army in the nation right now.
My closest friend is an Army Ranger, and seeing these soldiers in action was a wakeup call for me.
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On June 23, 1970, I had just been mustered out of the Army after completing my one-year tour of duty in Vietnam.
My plan would recruit an army of new teachers, pay those teachers better. (Applause.) I want to hire more teachers in areas like math and science.
My father served in the Army for 27 years.
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My son is a captain in the Delaware Army National Guard and he recently spent a year in Iraq, so my husband and I know well the mixture of pride and concern that all military families share.
When I left the Army and transitioned to my new life as a veteran, I took those experiences and promised myself that I would continue to pursue my personal tradition of service in my community.
For the next seven years of my military career, I let the army give me a new timepiece every couple of years or so and never gave watches much thought.
After he graduated from the University of Michigan and served in the army, Uncle Earl got my father a job in the engineering department at Chrysler, where he too worked for his entire career.
My journey began when I was born an Army brat at Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
My stepdad was a Marine and served three tours in Vietnam, and my father retired as a major from the Army Reserves after 24 years.
And I started out at community college and worked my way through college and law school and the Army.
It had also seemingly spread to my hotel, where the Swiss entrants, Salvation Army band Takasa, were performing their song, You and Me, just outside.
My own experience as a healthcare professional both in the Army and private sector convinces me that we are doing well in many cases, and, that there is tremendous room for continued improvement.
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The day after Pearl Harbor my grandfather signed up for duty, joined Patton's army and marched across Europe.
My interest in advanced vehicles and clean energy is tied to my history as a Captain in the U.S. Army.
But it also became clear, when my questions about the wisdom or otherwise of disbanding the Iraqi army visibly nettled him, that he was a man uncomfortable with press scrutiny.
My grandfather went to other adventures, including service in the Army in France during the First World War (where he was wounded by shrapnel), but went on to live a long life - in San Francisco, of course.
We soon became involved in the Christmas celebrations when Salvation Army leader Captain Eric Buchanan - having learnt about my former aid work on a council estate in Bath - drew me into the first of many Sally Christmases.
Many of you know that my son was deployed to Iraq as a member of the Delaware Army National Guard.
In my local Starbucks, for example, a recent renovation brought an army of teeny-weeny tables lined up in formation against the longest wall.
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