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This week's MilTeen Spotlight is Brianna C., a 12th grade Air Force brat currently located in Bossier City, Louisiana! Read on to find...

And What To Do When People Actually Say Them 10. Where are you from? I get this question a lot, mostly from people who don't know I'm an...

Welcome to the first-ever Bloom "MilTeen Spotlight," where we highlight military brats doing amazing things in their communities. For our...

Dear Senior Class of 2022, This is it. This is our last year of high school. Congrats! We made it! We’re graduating soon! Do you remember...

When my sister and I were little military brats, there were times when it felt like we were the only ones in the world going through the...

Love is just amazing. Wonderful, splendid, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Love, in its entirety, is as dangerous as it is amazing. You have...

(Art by Tim Brumbeloe) There is this melody in our hearts when someone deploys. A father, a mother, a sister, a brother, son, daughter…...

I think I can speak for many military kids when I say I don’t like making friends. Being a military kid, the idea of moving again often...

Even before the incident Of Emmett Till To whenever the national anthem Has someone kneel We’ve been given the shadow of doubt Or the...

No really, we didn’t start the fire. We haven’t even graduated from high school!

Photo Courtesy of Gwen Hudak The line outside the commissary stretches on for what seems like forever. As a handful of people exits the...

After moving numerous times with the military, my family lucked out and landed in the paradise of Hawaii, where I took up surfing. I’ve...

During times of change, people find solace in any form of familiarity — it is human nature. I hate to repeat the cliche Heraclitus quote,...