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

I was born in a hospital on a military base. Two years later, I was moved from one base to another. And this process has repeated more or...

Whether it’s a novel, comic book, biography, or something else, reading something that we relate to can bring cathartic emotions to the...

Earlier this year, the U.S. News and World Report named Huntsville, Alabama as the best place to live in America. I had never even known...

My family lives in a different state. For most individuals, this simple statement expresses sorrow for extended family members who live...

Here I am again, staring out a window at the concrete, as the engines begin to roar. Engines. Concrete. I try not to think, because then...

Six months ago, in June, I moved from Camp Humphreys, South Korea, where I'd lived for five years, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for my...

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

One thing I’ve learned from being a military kid is that you experience a lot of change. It seems like a given since you’re expected to...

Regional, ethnic, religious - thousands of cultures surround our day-to-day lives. They mingle and disperse - little snowflakes in the...

Military brats all have at least one thing in common. We've all been the new kid at one point or another. Some of us are the new kids...

Well, they both have layers and can make you cry. One evening, as my dad and I drove through Crystal City, he pointed out the hotels he...

Temporary. Nonpermanent. Short term. I walk through the halls. I cry in the rooms. New emotions, new moves, new sacrifices. Free...

To step out of the lunch line is to have a brief out of body experience. I can see me hugging the straps of my purple backpack, like it...

As we all know, military teens can have a difficult life. I respect that statement because I know it’s true. We go through moves -...

I think we can all agree that being a military child is one of the most chaotic and unstable things in the whole world. A lot of the...

This is Ciara's thoughts as she prepares for her future in college.

Without. Me. Two of some of the hardest words to swallow. In Utah, I felt like myself. Feelings of happiness would emerge when I headed...

Almost exactly a year ago, my family and I moved back to the U.S. from Camp Humphreys, South Korea. The two years we spent overseas...

Almost two years ago, BLOOM published an article by Loretta S. entitled “The Military Brat Life: A Playlist.” Recently, I reread the...