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FOR PARENTS

A Message to Parents

Every Soldier has personal reasons for joining the U.S. Army, and your son or daughter is no different. Listen to the stories of young Soldiers and their parents to help understand why people choose to serve.

LET YOUR CHILD PURSUE HIS OR HER DREAMS

Law enforcement. Engineering. Law. Medicine. No matter where your son's or daughter's interests lie, the Army offers expert training in a wide range of careers: 120 in the Army Reserve and 150 in active Army. Whether they choose to explore a new career or strengthen their current one, hands-on experience will give them an edge.

MAKE COLLEGE AFFORDABLE

Education can be costly, but the Army offers rich benefits that can significantly lessen the financial burden. These include offering money for college, college loan repayment programs and other academic incentives.

UNDERSTAND THEIR REASONING

When your son or daughter comes to you to discuss joining the Army, listen. They're making a choice that requires a deep personal commitment that will give them the strength and focus to succeed in life. To become someone you'll be proud of.

STAND BY THEM

Your son or daughter will learn what it means to be a Soldier—a title of distinction. They'll face new levels of responsibility, discipline and self-knowledge. But first, they'll need you to stand by them.

 

 

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    03.21.2013 - Just asking, my sister is about to join as I did and she's so shy to ask. I would if I knew that's why I'm asking.

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THE ARMY AS A CAREER

She’s never failed. And college was always there. She was a junior Olympic gymnast for eleven years and we thought that was the path, and she made a choice to walk away from that because she wanted to do other things and grow and expand. And so we support her and her choices, but when the Military first came to her and said, “You’ know you’re all these things, you should be Military.” It felt like someone recruiting her for a team and she didn’t see the goals in that. But when she said, “This is going to expand my life. This is what I want to do. I want to be a 20, 20 year person,” – we said ok.