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It's your first day at probably your fifth new school. You stare into a sea of faces without names, gaze at the foreign walls covered in...

Life is hard. There is no doubting that. Every day comes with its own battles. In today’s world, life is a lot worse than some could have...

High school. A school that is meant to be the final stage of a student’s secondary education. However, for military brats, staying in...

There they were again: cardboard boxes clumsily held together with scotch tape, wearing and tearing at the corners. The familiar horse...

The date was July 2, 2020. After a short bus ride from Osan Air Base, we arrived at Camp Humphreys. My first impression was definitely...

It always bothered me when someone thanked me for my service. It happened in every setting: at passport control upon entering the United...

Fun fact: there are currently 1.3 million school-aged military kids in the United States. We're attending public school, private school,...

As many people will say, freshman year was a TOUGH one. I had no idea that this would be the year I would crumble and have no hope of...

Most military families are no strangers to deployments, and the sad truth is that these long spans of separation can greatly disrupt a...

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...