I have loved music for as long as I can remember. My parents filled our home with music, and I loved it, even when all I could do was...

This article was sent to us by Brooke L., a college junior stationed in Virginia. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

Illustration by Alan Doodles With summer in full swing, the moving season for military families is well underway. During this time, we...

This poem was sent to us by Michaela M., a ninth grader stationed in Hawaii. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

almost forgotten Home it looked so terribly unfamiliar tile floors and white walls like photos had not lined them I have come back for a...

On the surface level, being a military brat with siblings isn’t much different than being an ordinary brat with siblings. You can’t stand...

June 20th will mark one full year of me living in Portugal. One full year of ups and downs, of growing and changing, of steps forward and...

I was never one of the kids who could identify a plane during flight, who could name every single squadron, or who could speak of all the...

Throughout my lifetime, I have been one of those people who couldn't seem to stick to one singular activity. I have participated in...

A new neighbor She just arrived The movers' mid labor She looks sleep deprived I go over, wave my hand She greets me with a smile on her...

The card gets folded into a paper plane, paper memories, paper friendship. But paper planes don't prepare you for the real thing. The...

Counting down the minutes until the final box would make its way into the truck, I silently prayed that this was all just a bad dream. Of...

As a military kid, I often dread the age-old "Where are you from?" I usually answer one of two ways: the place I live in, or I'll say...

My home is in my heart, I always need a new start, I make friends everywhere I go, It makes no difference, I know, It will never change,...

Is it possible to miss a friend when you’re sitting right next to her? Or feel homesick even as you sit in the house you ache for? Some...

Your smile. Contagious to anyone who sees you. I feel whole for the first time ever. Here and there, laughs and giggles, running at night...

It triumphs over our trust, our commitment, our effort. I miss you. I can't remember what it feels like when the video calls are enough....

The process of PSCing is tense. Since a military environment has always surrounded me, moving has been portrayed as an adventure and a...

being alone has never been an issue I can explore and travel and experience on my own being alone tends to be my normal when I move I...

When military teens move to a new place, a major struggle is meeting people at their new school - finding people and potential friends to...