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

Summer is at its peak, and the possibilities for fun are endless. In this two-part series, I've tried to find the best places to go...

As I write this, I am officially a high school graduate. It’s more than a little surreal that this is it, that I’ve reached the end of my...

Did you know that there’s an entire resort on Walt Disney World property exclusively for military personnel? Well if you didn’t, now you...

With over 4,000 different options for colleges in the United States and over 25,000 options worldwide, high schoolers today have an...

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...

Some people say that military life is my entire personality. They say it somehow manages to creep into almost any thought that leaves my...

Summers for military kids are often times of change. Thankfully, most places in the US have the typical staples of summer (pools,...

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 military is filled with leaders. There are the top-dog in-charge-of-thousands-of-soldiers leaders, and there are the squad leaders,...

An owl. A firefly. A crusader. A trojan. A stallion. A wolf. Each of these represents the mascot of a school that I’ve attended. Six...

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...

'Hey, bud, uh, just checking in If actually, if you want, I'm, uh, in between flight We're all flying and I'm gone heading out to the...

Let me just start out by saying that writer’s block is real. Sometimes it’s hard to get into an article, make it meaningful, and give it...

The cold pressing into your seat. The rumbling beneath your feet. The experience of traveling on a plane, from the rolling take-off to...

High school stabilization: something my family never thought we would apply for. We’ve always been the type of people who go with the...

If you didn't notice from my last article, "New Kid," I like to use music to explain what I feel, and I enjoy finding songs to help other...