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Thank You For Your Service
Imogene S.
Florida
While their parents are serving the country through their military careers, military kids end up having to endure the constant change and sacrifices for the good of their families. When they move, they carry both physical and emotional baggage from all the experiences they have been through.
Florida
While their parents are serving the country through their military careers, military kids end up having to endure the constant change and sacrifices for the good of their families. When they move, they carry both physical and emotional baggage from all the experiences they have been through.
A Drawing of Creativity
Jason C.
Virginia
Share your creativity with people around you! Let them know how amazing you are. Be proud of who you are: if you’re silly, then make people laugh! If you’re shy, don’t be afraid and be brave. If you’re a military child, let people around you know that you’re a military child because you’re not alone.
Virginia
Share your creativity with people around you! Let them know how amazing you are. Be proud of who you are: if you’re silly, then make people laugh! If you’re shy, don’t be afraid and be brave. If you’re a military child, let people around you know that you’re a military child because you’re not alone.
My Little Soldier
Brianna V.
Texas
Through the deployments, moves, and unknowns, a special thing will always seem to capture and endure our greatest and lowest moments.
Texas
Through the deployments, moves, and unknowns, a special thing will always seem to capture and endure our greatest and lowest moments.
Memory Bookshelf
Lara O.
Arlington, VA
Through the military, I’ve been blessed to be able to visit so many amazing places. Whenever we go on a family vacation, we make a photo book to remember our time there, and in that way, a little piece of everywhere we’ve been around the world stays with us.
Arlington, VA
Through the military, I’ve been blessed to be able to visit so many amazing places. Whenever we go on a family vacation, we make a photo book to remember our time there, and in that way, a little piece of everywhere we’ve been around the world stays with us.
Life in Boxes
Zoe B.
South Korea
We’re all used to having our things packed up into boxes and sealed away. Keepsakes, books, art supplies, stuffed animals. Everything seems so much more real once you’re looking at the bare bones of what was once your room, filled with cardboard boxes. You’re really moving again. It’s really happening.
South Korea
We’re all used to having our things packed up into boxes and sealed away. Keepsakes, books, art supplies, stuffed animals. Everything seems so much more real once you’re looking at the bare bones of what was once your room, filled with cardboard boxes. You’re really moving again. It’s really happening.
Distance
Jake M.
North Carolina
"This piece captures the feeling of heartache and worry when a loved one is on a deployment."
North Carolina
"This piece captures the feeling of heartache and worry when a loved one is on a deployment."
One Thing Remains
Gabriella A.
"After moving around so much, it sometimes gets hard trying to adapt to each noe location, although one thing always remains the same: the sun. In every new place, whenever I look outside my window, I'll always know I can look out and see the sun shining brightly in the sky. Though the sun may look different, it will always be there."
"After moving around so much, it sometimes gets hard trying to adapt to each noe location, although one thing always remains the same: the sun. In every new place, whenever I look outside my window, I'll always know I can look out and see the sun shining brightly in the sky. Though the sun may look different, it will always be there."
Connections
Zoe B.
South Korea
"This piece illustrates how military kids can stay connected to our friends from past duty stations through the internet."
South Korea
"This piece illustrates how military kids can stay connected to our friends from past duty stations through the internet."
Through Milkid-Colored Glasses
Lara O.
Arlington, VA
"Military teens will always have a special outlook on life thanks to their many unique experiences. Since purple is the color of the military child, purple-colored glasses seemed an apt way to represent the unique milkid perspective."
Arlington, VA
"Military teens will always have a special outlook on life thanks to their many unique experiences. Since purple is the color of the military child, purple-colored glasses seemed an apt way to represent the unique milkid perspective."
Tetris
Lara O.
Arlington, VA
4 people. One carrying luggage, two checked luggage each. 12 suitcases, all you need to survive 3 months as a nomad, all in the trunk of one minivan. This is what we do, and if it doesn’t fit, we’ll make it fit.
Arlington, VA
4 people. One carrying luggage, two checked luggage each. 12 suitcases, all you need to survive 3 months as a nomad, all in the trunk of one minivan. This is what we do, and if it doesn’t fit, we’ll make it fit.
Return to Yongsan
Zoe B.
South Korea
This piece depicts the surreal feeling I had when visiting a past duty station: the now closed Yongsan Base in Seoul. I was there from 2014-2018. I moved there when I was 5 and left when I was 9. When I came back, everything was covered in vines: my house, my friends’ houses, the playgrounds. If you are interested and live in the area, you can go to the Yongsan base. They have an area open to the public featuring houses just like mine that have been converted to museums. If you go, say hi to 8 year old me ;)
South Korea
This piece depicts the surreal feeling I had when visiting a past duty station: the now closed Yongsan Base in Seoul. I was there from 2014-2018. I moved there when I was 5 and left when I was 9. When I came back, everything was covered in vines: my house, my friends’ houses, the playgrounds. If you are interested and live in the area, you can go to the Yongsan base. They have an area open to the public featuring houses just like mine that have been converted to museums. If you go, say hi to 8 year old me ;)
Unbroken Record
Lara O.
Arlington, Virginia
The phrase “a broken record” refers to something repeated over and over again. Sometimes, life as a military teen can feel like that, the same moving cycle restarting every two years. However, no cycle is exactly the same, and through all the different moves, we remain resilient and unbroken.
Arlington, Virginia
The phrase “a broken record” refers to something repeated over and over again. Sometimes, life as a military teen can feel like that, the same moving cycle restarting every two years. However, no cycle is exactly the same, and through all the different moves, we remain resilient and unbroken.
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