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Oct 12

Fear of Not Moving

My dad signed his enlistment contract over 20 years ago. Little did he know that this choice would end up shaping my personality and guid...

Anna V.

Sep 28

The Journey Overseas

I've officially moved. Overseas. For the first time in my life! So the weirdest thing about moving wasn't the actual moving part, the emp...

Into the Deep End: Lessons From My First Move

Justin Kim

Sep 14

Into the Deep End: Lessons From My First Move

On the first day of school at Humphreys High, I was a jumble of emotions. I was fretful, ecstatic, and wary of what awaited me. To me, th...

In Only One Year, You Can Make a Difference

Ciara S.

Sep 11

In Only One Year, You Can Make a Difference

Well, here we are. About to start up school, I am finally a junior. AN UPPERCLASSMAN. WOOHOO. To be honest, I didn’t think I would make i...

Loretta

Sep 7

The 5 Stages of Moving

The phrase “we are moving” will haunt me until my last day on this dreadful earth. Because of PCS season, many military kids have heard t...

Isaac

Aug 31

Moving in the Time of COVID: A Journal

June 24, 2020 Today, we left for the Washington Dulles International Airport, my family’s first stop on our PCS to Camp Humphreys, South ...

Meghan

Aug 24

My Perfectly Problematic Pandemic PCS

Hello dear readers! I am very excited to share my recent moving story. It had its ups and downs but was overall pretty decent. This move w...

James O'Leary

Aug 19

Making Friends After Moving

One of the worst things about being a military teen is the necessity of moving often - and one of the worst things about moving is leavin...

iyor7581

Jul 24

Seven Tips for PCS-ing in 2020

Many people (myself included) were due to PCS this summer, and few had the opportunity to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moving is a...

The Problem with Growing Up: Thoughts on Moving and Friendship

Matthew Oh

Jun 9

The Problem with Growing Up: Thoughts on Moving and Friendship

Moving is nothing new to military kids. Over the course of my life, I've moved a total of eight times throughout the...

Travel Tunes: Music to Get You Through Your Move

Bloom Team

Jun 8

Travel Tunes: Music to Get You Through Your Move

Unless you're just relocating to the next town over, moving often involves long hours of travel by plane or car to get to your next desti...

How Moves Can Impact Us: It Does Get Better!

Emma Moris

Jun 1

How Moves Can Impact Us: It Does Get Better!

It’s honestly a really rare occurrence to say you’ve been stationed in one place for a very wide chunk of time. Or at least, more than tw...

Noah S.

May 20

How moving has helped me grow

Jewish, Cajun, Navy brat and obstinate. All these words encapsulate who I am. Growing up all over the world, I haven't had the typical, s...

Ciara S.

May 11

Can't Settle Down: Memories of Moving

As military kids, we move all the time. Sometimes we love it, sometimes we hate it. This is my story.

For The Kids Who Will Move During COVID-19

Elena

May 7

For The Kids Who Will Move During COVID-19

This is for the military kids who will move this summer. This is for the kids who will pack up their houses with masks on. This is for th...

A New Perspective: Turning Your Move Into the Ultimate Adventure

Ash E. Centric

Apr 27

A New Perspective: Turning Your Move Into the Ultimate Adventure

When thinking about your life as a military kid, it can be easy to focus on the negatives. Leaving everything you know behind over and ov...

Mental Health: The Importance During PCS Transitions

Griffin Slover

Apr 9

Mental Health: The Importance During PCS Transitions

Immediately at the beginning of 2019, I found out my family and I were going to move to South Korea the following summer. I couldn’t shak...

Why Moving Sucks, and What We Can Do About It

Ian Sparkman

Apr 2

Why Moving Sucks, and What We Can Do About It

Simply put, moving might be the worst part of the military brat life. For some, moving is a fresh start. But for me, it feels like I'm fo...

"Uprooted": A Song for Military Families

Matthew Oh

Mar 28

"Uprooted": A Song for Military Families

I wrote "Uprooted" shortly after I moved to Korea from Carlisle, PA over the summer of 2019. It felt like I had been given a taste of par...

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EMPOWERING THE MILITARY TEEN

Fear of Not Moving

The Journey Overseas

Into the Deep End: Lessons From My First Move

In Only One Year, You Can Make a Difference

The 5 Stages of Moving

Moving in the Time of COVID: A Journal

My Perfectly Problematic Pandemic PCS

Making Friends After Moving

Seven Tips for PCS-ing in 2020

The Problem with Growing Up: Thoughts on Moving and Friendship

Travel Tunes: Music to Get You Through Your Move

How Moves Can Impact Us: It Does Get Better!

How moving has helped me grow

Can't Settle Down: Memories of Moving

For The Kids Who Will Move During COVID-19

A New Perspective: Turning Your Move Into the Ultimate Adventure

Mental Health: The Importance During PCS Transitions

Why Moving Sucks, and What We Can Do About It

"Uprooted": A Song for Military Families

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