★ We Are Military Brats ★
These military brats who are stationed in Japan can give you a pretty good feel for what it is like to grow up military.
Read MoreMonth of the Military Child – The Johnsons
Jack McMasters spent time in Japan when he was young, so he would certainly have related to the two Johnson brats who are in Japan. The Johnson’s story gives you a pretty good feel for what it is like for a military family to be transferred overseas.
Read MoreThe Things We Carry
Jack would have loved this video about what military brats carry with them. He’d have gotten a small smile on his face when Michaela Coplen says, “We barrow strategies from our parents dinner party conversations.” This video will give you another window into what it means to be a brat.
Read MoreUS Military Evacuate Civilians And Dependants From Turkey
Jack McMasters’s brat radar would have activated. In fact every brat across the globe would have gotten the word all military brats were being evacuated from southern Turkey. Jack and Queenie lived too long with the threat of being evacuated from harms way, not to pick up on this article. US Military Evacuate Civilians And Dependants From Turkey Posted on March 30, 2016 by Sean Adl-Tabatabai in News, US The U.S. government have ordered an immediate evacuation of families of U.S. diplomats and military personnel in Turkey, following intelligence that suggests ISIS might attack...
Read MoreFrank E. Petersen, First Black General in Marines, Dies at 83
Surely Jack McMasters would have read about General Frank E. Peterson. He would have because Petersen became the first black general in the Marine corp. And because Lt. Col. Jones, the father of Jack’s good friend Jayla Jones, had a very similar career and life experience to General Peterson. Frank E. Petersen, First Black General in Marines, Dies at 83 By SAM ROBERTS AUG. 26, 2015 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/27/us/frank-e-petersen-first-black-general-in-marines-dies-at-83.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0 Frank E. Petersen of the Marine Corps with an F-4...
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I am a military brat—and I say that with great pride.