BRAT and the Kids of Warriors was honored to recieve the 2018 Beverly Hills Book Award for Young Adult Fiction.
B-17 Flying Fortress takes off to bomb Germany
On Fliegerhorst Kaserne (Cooke Barracks) there were Flakabteilung Soldaten, the German Army anti-aircraft units who’s objective it was to shoot down the B-17’s.
read moreCoca-Cola comes to France during WWII
Can’t you just see Col. McHenry introducing Coca-Cola to the patrons at Jean Sébastien’s bar.
read moreThe Chicagoland Brat Club is established
At the begining of May, 2016 the Chicagoland Brat Club is established. This is the Chicagoland “hometown” for military brats, and missionary, TCK (Third Culture Kid) educator and corporate brats (overseas or not) with shared experiences. We are an official Brats Without Borders “Brats Club.” We’ll post gatherings in the Chicagoland area, share pictures and talk about issues unique to the BRAT lifestyle. If you’d a military brat that lives in the Chicago area and want to join please go...
read moreChicago National Brats Day Celebration
I am hosting the 2016 Chicagoland National Brats Day Celebration Calling all military brats in the Chicagoland area. Saturday April 30 is Official National Brat Day and we will be getting together to celebrate. Because many brats were stationed in Germany we thought it would be appropriate to have it at the Hofbräuhaus. We can hoist a stein or two and over dinner share our stories, and get to know each other. Join us 6 PM Saturday 30 April Hofbräuhaus Chicago 5500 Park Pl, Rosemont, IL 60018 (This is right near O’Hare Airport) Email me...
read moreRussia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise
Navy brat Alex Knox was Jack’s good friend from their Atlantic Ocean crossing on the USS Upshur. And as one of Jack’s best sources of intel on submarines, Alex surely would have picked up on this article about the Russians building up their submarine fleet. Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise New York Times By ERIC SCHMITT APRIL 20, 2016 Adm. Mark Ferguson, the United States Navy’s top commander in Europe, said last fall that the intensity of Russian submarine patrols had risen by...
read more★ 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,...
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,...
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I am a military brat—and I say that with great pride.