I grew up here in San Antonio. The military has always been a big part of my association with the city. I had those friends in school who passed through for a time and moved on when their parents were given a new assignment.
All of my mom’s brothers were in branches of the military. I believe at least one was in both the Navy and then later in the Coast Guard. My father was in the Marine Corps in the reserves. To this day he doesn’t seem to recognize himself as retired military because he didn’t think he did enough.