I served two years with a Marine Field Intelligence Unit and when my son joined the Army, I received emails from a bunch of retired Top and GYSGTs, along with my old CO, a LDO LCOL who received a battlefield commission in Vietnam. I assured them all that I tried to get him to go Marine but he wanted to jump out of perfectly good airplanes. His first enlisted tour was with the 82nd Airborne.
Below is a pic of my son (center), his sister and her husband at the Pentagon ceremony where he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel last year. His sister is also a Lieutenant Colonel while her husband is a CWO5.