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...

The military is filled with leaders. There are the top-dog in-charge-of-thousands-of-soldiers leaders, and there are the squad leaders,...

An owl. A firefly. A crusader. A trojan. A stallion. A wolf. Each of these represents the mascot of a school that I’ve attended. Six...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Every teenage student experiences immense academic pressure. The pressure of having to succeed in school, of getting the grades, of...

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...

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

When looking for scholarships online, I found an ever-shifting landscape of scholarship opportunities for military connected teens. I...