What makes a Military Brat the way he or she is?

Can a Military Brat ever truly become a "civilian" after leaving their military family and growing older?

How do you describe to a civilian what exactly makes a Military Brat unique?

In this category of Military Brat Life, we Military Brats attempt to answer these questions and more. For many of us, we grow up immersed in a life which we did not choose, but it is all we know.

Most Military Brats look back on their experiences growing up in military families as very positive experiences and though moving was always difficult and stressful, it was an accepted part of this different life.

For many Military Brats, when reflecting back on their early lives, it is clear that the moving, the rules, the striving for perfection, seeing the Stars and Stripes proudly waving above had a profound effect on our lives.

Adults join the military and receive training when they join to prepare them for their service.

But for Military Brats who are born into life on base, early childhood development is spent absorbing the military way of thinking, doing and living.

For many Military Brats, transitioning to civilian life is not easy.