My mom always encouraged me it was never weird. She'd look at 'Heavy Metal' and go 'Woo-hoo!'
It's more like Christmas you know when you get a shot in that looks great...
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
A guy's biggest style mistake is definitely trying to look too cool. As long as you've got a good pair of jeans a good pair of boots and a few good shirts you're fine.