You Might be a Military Brat...

[PlanB]

-if you actually like the clothes at the PX and don't mind that 100 other people are wearing the same thing.
-if you wish you were back at the last place you were stationed and are only 10.
-if the question "where are you from?" is answered with "I'm kinda from all over the place."
-if you are amazed at people who have never left their home town.
-if you are commonly asked, "Is it hard always moving around?" and you don't know anything different.
-if you go to a grocery store but insist on calling it a commissary.
-if you have ever bagged groceries at the commissary on payday.
-if you had/still have hospital corners on your bed.
-if you don't really know the answer to the question "what is your home town."
-if you ever feared turning 21 because they would take your id card away.
-if you have spent more time on a military base than in a real town even though you've been a civilian all your life.
-if you ever got restricted to quarters or put on KP duty as a kid.
-if you had a father who was always telling you to "Go police up your room!"
-if you have ever been "dropped" for your grades at school.
-if you have to explain that being born in Germany does not make you German.
-if you know what "the land of the big PX" means.
-if you actually miss shopping at AAFES or the PX.
-if you have ever had to have an ID card to get back home from "down range."
-if you have ever asked "CPT Smith, can Tommy come out and play?"
-if you graduated from 12th grade and it was your 13th school. (Note: 15 schools for PlanB)
-if you had to tell your math teacher last school was teaching subtraction, new school was on division and you missed multiplication
-if you live in one state and your father/mother lives in another because they were newly stationed there.

[khaskins]

:doh

I was a army brat until I graduated HS and joined up because it was all I knew.

That was right on the money!

[Desertfox]

Oh yeah, :) all of the above. I had an idylic adolescence.(in many ways) A teenage Army brat in Germany in the swinging sixties. Still recovering from that in some ways :) Have a lot of incredible "war stories" from those years :frownthre ;) Went back in 2001 to reminisce with old friends. It was like I left yesterday. Germany has a certain timeless quality to it.

[909]

My Dad retired when I was about 10 years old.

I was born & raised in France, White Sands Missle Range, Puerto Rico & Ft. Campbell. This didn't count as 'time in service'!

From 10 on I was raised as a civilian in TN.

Funny, when I served my 3 years I saw SC, GA & VA. It was good to see more of the south east. At the time, I wasn't interested in going overseas anyway.

It was all a good experience.

[rottenralph]

Graduated in Seoul American Highschool. Lived in Germany 8 years and life around the military was grand. I ended up working for Raytheon Aerospace for 10 years in Germany, Saudi Arabia, and Hungary. I really loved the Dynamic life.

[P Cookie]

HAHA thats great. I love the px and I AM FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE. I never know what to tell anyone when they ask, its always from all over the place

[Martyvz]

LOL. My youngest daughter was born in Landstuhl. I had one hell of a time convincing her that she is an American!

[khaskins]

Oh yeah, :) all of the above. I had an idylic adolescence.(in many ways) A teenage Army brat in Germany in the swinging sixties. Still recovering from that in some ways :) Have a lot of incredible "war stories" from those years :frownthre ;) Went back in 2001 to reminisce with old friends. It was like I left yesterday. Germany has a certain timeless quality to it.

We were there at same time? I was just 8 or 9 in germany.
Camp Darby, Furth Germany 1965 1968 4th grade
Fort Ord, CA 1968-69
Dad to S. Korea, Camp Casey 1969-70
(Mom and I to Kentucky for 9 mo. and then So. Pasadena, CA 9mo.)
Dad back from Korea, orders for West Point Ny. Late 1970
Brother born 1971 orders for The Presidio of San Franciso, CA 1971-72
Orders for Ft. Gordon, Ga (Augusta, Ga)
When I graduated H.S. in 1977, I enlisted in the army, and was stationed at,

Ft. Leonard Wood, MO
Ft. Sam Houston, TX (San Antonio) great place!
Ft. Benning, GA
Ft. Bragg, NC
Headed to real world 8/80
Here I am (whole nother story)

[Sojourner]

My dad put 21 years in the Airforce. Not a bad life as a kid. 909, my we were stationed in Puerto Rico too at Ramey Airforce Base. Awesome place to be as a kid. Moved to Washington State from there were dad finished his career at McCord. Still living in Washinton.

[XLXR]

My Dad put in 23 years and retired. I put in 3 years and quit. I still cannot correctly repeat the order of everywhere I lived as a kid. I went to 3 different high schools in 3 different states.

[PlanB]

My Dad was in for 22 years...I was born in Germany, my middle brother in Sapporo, Japan and my youngest brother in Seaside, California...from Kindergarten to 12th grade I had been to 15 different schools!

I think growing up in that environment gives us brats "itchy feet"...it seems I get this urge to move at least once every three years! I ended up completing 24 years in the military myself, so I guess I've got 46 years in, huh? :D

There's a great website for military brats...check it out!

http://www.militarybrats.com/

[gypsysailor]

24 Years of U.S. Army, I raised a hear of Army Brats.

[Rock Bottom]

Dad did 22 years in the Air Farce. I was born in Va. moved to Mass. Calif. Md. Miss. OK. AZ. Okinawa. Calif. Miss. Again. Md. where he retired while I was in the Army in Viet-Nam. Where are you from gets a "Where do you want me to be from"

[Jackster]

Well I was stationed in Germany for 11 years and I have been in the Army for 14 now, so I can relate to pretty much all of that stuff too! :D

[Crash03]

LOL. Good stuff. My father was a career enlisted Marine, east coast and Okinawa. I went to 5 different elementary schools before the 3rd grade. So I would add these...

-You've ever been stopped by an MP and advised your hair was looking a little long.

-You were born left handed but they changed you at school for "uniformity" and so you wouldn't need an adapter for your rifle later in life.

-No one could top you at "Show and Tell", because you had pictures and money from at least 5 countries.