You know you are a military brat when.....

First of all, I am completely thrilled to be featured on NAMMAS! Quite an honor - Lori is putting a lot of work into this and I am glad I am a part of it.

You know your a military brat when….

• …among your friends you are the only one who actually knows the pledge of allegiance.
• …you consider yourself lucky that you haven’t moved in the past four years.
• …your dad takes your family including your baby sister six o’clock on a Saturday morning to run the special-ops obstacle course….. twice…
• … and it takes you only twenty minutes.
• …your dad finally comes home after a year in Iraq and whenever you want to ask your dad you involuntarily pick up the phone.
• …your morning routine includes checking Skype or email to see if your parent in Iraq is online.
• …you are the only person in the entire school with a buzz-cut.
• …you know home is not only where the heart is, but also wherever the rest of the family hangs their hat.
• …the military has become your most reliable source of entertainment.
• …half of your wardrobe has military-related insignias printed on it.

There will be a few more blog entries by my son Tyler, as we are scheduled to move again this summer. There are not many military teen bloggers out there (at least that I am aware of) so this is going to be a great point of view.

For resources about military kids go to: Military Youth On The Move andOur Military Kids