All the males in my generation or older served in the military in some capacity. Some returned missing body parts.

The younger generations are a bit less inclined to serve, but the family remains heavily represented in the military.

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It would take a very long poll to include all the variations of this theme.

But my father and uncle did Vietnam. I served and some cousins have served.

Just weird to me when most of my peers grandfathers and even some grandmothers served.

father in law, all grandfathers, eleven uncles served and my brother in law is currently serving.

All except my father in law are Democrats

Grandfather in WWI, Father and his brothers in WWII, Uncle in Korean, Cousins in Iraq 1 and 2 and a Granddaughter in the Marines right now.

I do not advocate the draft. It is not equal across all the country, the poor serve, the rich and people in congress with eligible progeny get deferments.
It never has been equal and never will be. The best thing that happened is the draft was abolished.

my husband, two of our sons, one of our two daughters, my father, an uncle, five of my husband's uncles; how far back do you want me to go?

I guess it depends on how much you know about the family history.

my father-in-law was a bomber pilot in WWII.

my dad was too young for Vietnam.

A member of every generation of my husband's family has served, in some capacity, going back to the Revolution.

</archie-bunker> Of course, he taught typing in the Navy. Stateside.

Dad decided to join the reserves so as not to get drafted. That worked great right up until his unit got called up.

four of my uncles (WWII)
Both my grandfather's (WWI) and 14 of the their brother's WWI (1 died)
At least 2 great grandfather's (Civil War).

I have 5 cousins and one uncle who were Army. All of them except one cousin are/were democrats.

Father: WWII Army
Uncle: Vietnam Air Force
Brother: Air Force (during a relatively "peaceful" time, only got called up to standby for Grenada)

Honorable mention to my Mother who worked the Manhattan Project along side alot of guys in uniform. She was one of those women who would have jumped at a chance to wear the uniform.

But since parts of my family go back hundreds of years in the US, it's likely I've got relatives who served in almost every major US war.

More specifically, a sailor in WWII in the Pacific, a pilot in the Korean War, and a marine who earned a purple heart in Vietnam.

I'm a "peace baby" - never had to register for the draft. This only applies to those born between 3/29/1957 and 12/31/1959.

I and almost all of my close male relatives (father, uncles, grandfather). Fortunately, only one of us were in hot combat. Unfortunately, one of us (my youngest uncle) was in hot combat (Vietnam).

as did both of my brothers, my dad, my g. grandfathers, etc. I also have 2 g.g. nephews currently on active duty.

A paternal great grandfather was in the Union army. I have several letters he wrote to his mother while serving, a couple of which mention battles and seeing "the Rebs" across the fields.

My dad and his brother in the Army and Navy respectively during WWII.

My husband - AF Academy grad (class of 68) and 20+ year career as a pilot.

Me, too - 4 years active duty as a pediatric nurse practitioner in the AF nurse corps, and 8 years in the reserves.

My husband's son and his daughter-in-law. Both AF lieutenant colonels. He's a cop, she's a nurse. She outranks him by a few months.

An uncle by marriage to an aunt from my mom's side - career army officer/ buried in Arlington.

Before coming here, fought for William III and was awarded a silver sword for service at the Battle of Boyne, which his son, my great x 7 grandfather carried with him as a General in the Continental Army.

My uncle was the last member to serve; he was 16 when he became an Army Airforce Navigator in WWII. Even later in life, when he was deep into his mental illness and very right-wing, he was very much anti-war.

all four of his siblings, my father-in-law (Vietnam), my father, my paternal grandfather, (WWII), his father (Spanish-American War), a paternal second cousin and two maternal uncles, one with Purple Heart and Bronze Star with Valor, plus an uncle by marriage (WWII), a paternal great uncle and paternal great-grand uncle (WWI), paternal 2nd and paternal and maternal 3rd great-grandfathers, and several 3rd great-grand uncles (Civil War, both sides), paternal 2nd great-grandfather (Mexican-American War ), maternal 5th great uncle, paternal 3rd great-grandfather, with Jackson, and maternal 4th great-grandfather (War of 1812), and 13 ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, one with the Green Mountain Boys and one with Washington, and there's one French and Indian War veteran as well. Oh, and one of my earliest ancestors in Virginia was a captain in the British Army. Those are the ones I know of.

questions like this.

If your family came to this continent on the Mayflower, you are likelier to have had more ancestors in the military. If they came ten years ago, not so much. Also not so much if your first US ancestor arrived here after abolition of the draft.

I also tend to have a problem with questions like this because they imply that having had someone serve in the Revolutionary War or the Civil War somehow gives someone today some kind of bragging rights over the rest of us and I don't get that.

Finally, being non-violent, I'm sorry I know of no conscientious objectors in my family.

And I think the closest I have in any military was a great uncle. I'm not entirely sure only the military can be said to have "done anything for the country" however. It's an honorable profession of course, but you do what the leaders tell you to and sometimes that's not genuinely in the best interests of the country.

Have ANY Kochs ever served in the military?

My Dad in WWII, Korea, Vietnam. Regular Army and went from Private to Colonel during his career. 2 brothers, 1 Army, 1 Marines. So many uncles and cousins, I can can't count them all...but I'd hazard a guess at close to 20...I would have served but I'm gay and they wouldn't take me at the time....now I'm too old.

I never joined the military.

All three brothers and at least 5 cousins and my hisband. We start with WWII, VietNam and the first Gulf War.

There were supposedly male relatives who served during the Seven Years War, the Revolution, and War of 1812. The Revolution is the only conflict of that set for which we have any real proof.

As a detour, my dads side had a relative (GGGGG Grandfather who was with Wellington's army at Waterloo.

Had a father/son combo (my GGG and GG Grandfathers) who enlisted in a Minnesota infantry regiment during the winter of 1861/62; the father was wounded and disabled at Vicksburg in 1863, the son served through the end.

Don't know about the Spanish-American War, but represented in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Cold War (me).

All men, no women served.

EDIT: My wife's aunt served as a WAC in WWII. So, at least one woman wore the uniform.

My mom and her sister both served in WWII. I've always been proud of that, because obviously they didn't have to.

depending upon the branch of the Family.

My dad, 5 uncles, brother-in-law, a cousin all served; my niece is currently serving in the Army. All democrats except my poor, misguided niece

Father, three uncles, my brother, and two sons (Coast Guard).
Many more before that. As an old hippie, I registered as a conscientious objector. (denied)
I don't want to kill anyone.

My brother was in the Marines for 7 years. My father was drafted in the Army for Korea for 2 years. To complete the set, my grandfather was in the Navy before and during WWII.

The majority of the military is Republican. Many come from conservative rural America where job opportunities are more limited.

WWII and Korea. Brother did 8 years in the Army, including the first Gulf war. Other brother was asked politely to leave the Navy not long after boot camp. Not a good fit lol.

(at least on my Dad's side) dating back to the War of 1812. My family had not just service members, but combatants in that war, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War (on both sides), WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

In a related-to-the-OP note, I would not piss on Donald Trump if he was fully engulfed in flames in my front yard, and I had just consumed a six-pack of Bud Light.

One of my grandpas was an Army Air Force officer in World War II. It must have been some sketchy stuff because he never talked about it. He was later an engineer for the Apollo Project. He'd always talk about that.

My other grandfather was a Conscientious Objector in World War II. The draft board gave him choices: military service, prison, or building Liberty and Victory ships. He built ships. He also got beat up by the police one day protesting the internment of his Japanese neighbors.

My dad and my wife's dad were in the military in non-combatant roles. My wife's dad by pure random chance avoided service in Korea, but he was used as a lab rat in atomic bomb testing, witnessing an atomic explosion up close from a hole in the ground, marching to ground zero past things that were still burning. My dad's an artist, wore thick glasses (until he had cataract surgery) and was an Army clerk. Imagine Radar in MASH, but my dad is taller.

My wife's uncle was killed in Europe in the very last days of World War II and is buried in Arlington Cemetery. His family didn't learn he'd been killed until after they'd celebrated Victory Europe. They'd all thought he was coming home. My wife's grandma never recovered from that.

I flirted a bit with the Navy, they even offered me a civilian job in Europe at one point (because my various health problems prevented regular service) but the pacifist tradition of my mom's family asserted themselves, and I eventually declined. Or maybe I'm just crazy.

nobody currently, but grandfather, father, brother, 1 son and 1 nephew also served, as well as several uncles. my dad was the only lifer/career military though.