TDY. Temporary duty. Just a few weeks - that’s not too long, right? He won’t miss too much, right? Maybe. Maybe it won’t be too bad....

"Saturday, December 18th: Strike!!! Remember, only selfish jerks skip the strike! Let's get the stage nice and clean and ready for the...

Home. Never have I ever had the luxury to call a place such a name. Through countries and cities. I search and I search For nothing to...

Just when you think it’s over, your parents sit you down. Just when you think it’s over, they tell you rather unenthusiastically that...

Time is ticking ticking ticking The two year timer stared when the plane landed every second getting closer to 0:00 ticking ticking...

As a milteen, sometimes I hear lyrics that speak to my soul. As an avid music enjoyer, I present a list of songs that have helped me...

I have loved music for as long as I can remember. My parents filled our home with music, and I loved it, even when all I could do was...

This article was sent to us by Brooke L., a college junior stationed in Virginia. Do you have a story to share with your fellow military...

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

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...

almost forgotten Home it looked so terribly unfamiliar tile floors and white walls like photos had not lined them I have come back for a...

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...

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,...