This poem was sent to us by Michaela M., a ninth grader stationed in Hawaii. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

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...

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...

The Pentagon/Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall duty station and its surrounding area (the DMV region) is home to a high military population,...

Arlington County in Northern Virginia is home to a famous and easily recognizable duty station - the Pentagon. The Pentagon and its...

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

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 card gets folded into a paper plane, paper memories, paper friendship. But paper planes don't prepare you for the real thing. The...

Counting down the minutes until the final box would make its way into the truck, I silently prayed that this was all just a bad dream. Of...

As a military kid, I often dread the age-old "Where are you from?" I usually answer one of two ways: the place I live in, or I'll say...

My home is in my heart, I always need a new start, I make friends everywhere I go, It makes no difference, I know, It will never change,...

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...

Recently, a Bloom blog titled 'Sports: Benefiting Military Teens' discussed the incredible benefits that sports can have on military...

Your smile. Contagious to anyone who sees you. I feel whole for the first time ever. Here and there, laughs and giggles, running at night...

The process of PSCing is tense. Since a military environment has always surrounded me, moving has been portrayed as an adventure and a...

My dad is often met with the phrase, "Thank you for your service." In the Walmart checkout line, after church sessions, between gas...