Overseas to Stateside
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...
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Nina A.
May 10, 2021
Making the Team: The Struggles and Triumphs of Athletic Transitions
Everyone loves a good sports story -- from comeback kid to child prodigy, most stories tend to have happy endings. However, one athletic...
Cecelia T.
Mar 15, 2021
Changing Places, Changing Interests
As a young little military brat, I was involved in many different sports and extracurriculars. Softball, gymnastics, volleyball,...
Loretta S.
Sep 30, 2020
Dandelion
A "poem" of the moves I have experienced through metaphor. A dandelion has risen, and she is born in a world full of sunshine and...
James O.
Aug 19, 2020
Making Friends After Moving
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...
Emma M.
Aug 12, 2020
Advice from a Previously Shy and Anxious Military Kid: Learning to Adapt to these New Changes
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....
Caleb K.
Jul 22, 2020
Overcoming Negativity
It was two-thirty in the morning when we arrived at the Watertown International Airport, located in upstate New York about thirty minutes...
Malayna S.
Jun 11, 2020
How to Introduce Yourself
Have you ever felt scared to try to talk to new people? Well, hopefully this article can help!
Anna V.
Jun 10, 2020
The Road-Map Called My Home
To all you military kids out there. I recommend reading this out loud. When I did, I felt so empowered; so free when I read it. It makes...
Ash E. Centric
Apr 27, 2020
A New Perspective: Turning Your Move Into the Ultimate Adventure
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...
Bennett Solomon
Apr 8, 2020
The Welcome Home Blues: Seizing Opportunities After Moving to a New Place
Seven months ago, I hated living in Monterey, California. It’s a little city on the central coast of California, and is widely regarded...
Griffin S.
Apr 8, 2020
Mental Health: The Importance During PCS Transitions
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...
Genevieve O.
Apr 2, 2020
Living in a "Not-So-Great" Place: 6 Ways to Make the Best Out of Living Somewhere You Don't Like
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...
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