This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

The song "Home" by Phillip Phillips is one I was raised on, and it has always resonated with me. The meaning of this song is so close to...

Four years ago, in mid-January, my family PCSed from coastal California, where it was around 60 degrees all year, to our current home in...

This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

New Year’s. A time of resolutions, reflection, and fresh starts. My family used to come up with a motto for each year – something broader...

Growing up at the intersection of military and civilian life, I've learned that identity is rarely a simple narrative. Living between two...

This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

President’s Day is a holiday that passes every year, but how does it really apply to our lives as American military children? To me, the...

There it is — the big elephant in the room: college. And what about it? Well, everything.  The college application process is hard enough...

This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

At the intersection of family service and national policy, military teens have a complex but often unrecognized magnitude of expertise...

It begins with the desire to reconnect - to relive old memories and share new experiences. But as you stare at your phone, you're met...

This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

A seed is planted, roots must roam, Each soil it finds becomes a home. Through winds of change, it learns to sway, A blooming life in...

Being stationed abroad during the holiday season can be received with mixed emotions. Some people love it, taking it as an opportunity to...

If anyone’s spent a few hours around the military, they’ve likely discovered that it’s filled (and I mean FILLED) with special jargon and...

This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

There are an endless number of things we can’t control in life - decisions that are made for us and external forces that no matter how...

Cardboard suffuses My empty wooden dollhouse Voices echoing Weaving to a fuller place A home none of us have known A jumble of life Is...

Moving to Spain in sixth grade, as a very musical person, I doubted there would be many opportunities to continue doing what I loved....

Living on a military base - especially overseas - and living within the civilian side of the US economy are two very different things....

This article was sent to us by Natalie S., an eighth grader stationed in Texas. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

This article was sent to us by Emma H., a college freshman stationed in Nashville, Tennessee. Do you have a story to share with your...

About a year ago, I wrote this article reflecting on what community service meant as a high school student. Particularly, I wrote from...