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It has been about 8 months since I moved to Korea, but it still feels like I just got here. I’m trying not to feel so upset about leaving...

Up to this point, a lot of my military life has been centered around unique experiences, most of which are due to constant moving. I have...

Sometimes the life of a military teen reads like one of those Choose Your Own Adventure books. You arrive at your parent’s next...

The past two years have revealed more about the resiliency of military kids, and the struggles we face, than ever before. We moved...

When I tell non-military affiliates the number of times I’ve moved, some think it is crazy for my short lifetime. When I tell them I’ve...

Whenever I imagine a world without moving every few years, I see a pretty bleak image. Moving is one of my favorite parts of military...

As a military kid, moving overseas is seen as a sort of common experience. Your parent(s) get orders to go across an ocean and you go...

Everyone loves a good sports story -- from comeback kid to child prodigy, most stories tend to have happy endings. However, one athletic...

As a young little military brat, I was involved in many different sports and extracurriculars. Softball, gymnastics, volleyball,...

One of the worst things about being a military teen is the necessity of moving often - and one of the worst things about moving is...

As the weeks draw nearer and nearer to what I hope is our upcoming school year, it becomes planting season for lots of military kids....

It was two-thirty in the morning when we arrived at the Watertown International Airport, located in upstate New York about thirty minutes...

Have you ever felt scared to try to talk to new people? Well, hopefully this article can help!

When thinking about your life as a military kid, it can be easy to focus on the negatives. Leaving everything you know behind over and...

Seven months ago, I hated living in Monterey, California. It’s a little city on the central coast of California, and is widely regarded...

Immediately at the beginning of 2019, I found out my family and I were going to move to South Korea the following summer. I couldn’t...

I've moved eleven times and while I have seen some beautiful, unique, and exciting places, I've dealt with some moves that did not lead...