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Military Brat Life
I won't explain what being a military brat is all about
for two reasons: the only people that come here are
most likely brats themselves and you all already know
how it feels to be one of us. However, I will let the
members of our "unique fraternity" enjoy some funny
humor about our situation.
My first semester at college was the Fall of 1990.
I spent my last summer in Germany enjoying the local
delights of Giessen: topless beaches at the lakes,
finely brewed German beverages, my BMW going Mach II on
Autobahn 5, weekends to Amsterdam and of course,
preparation for college.
Upon arriving at my school, I
noticed they put the mailing addresses of each of the
students on doors of our rooms in the dormitory.
Wouldn't you know it, . . ." Where the hell is APO, New
York? I have never heard of that city."
I cried, laughing, the first time I heard that and then went into
the story of my life. I've always found my unique and
interesting lifestyle growing up to now has made me an
interesting person to those who meet me and allowed me
to have many relationships with many people.
Why hasn't there been a screen play written about the
psychological, emotional and sociological effects on
growing up as as military dependant?
What a great idea for a movie!
The Traveling Wiseman
by Stephen R. Fisher
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by Vann Baker
What is green, covered with stickers and filled with memories and icons which only a Military Brat can understand? Operation Footlocker.
We've all grown up with footlockers, but Operation Footlocker doesn't travel with one person from destination to anotherit travels to brat reunions, events and military bases as a mobile memory project.
Operation Footlocker is a grassroots effort to celebrate the shared cultural identity of Military Brats and grew out a discussion in the spring of 1996 on the Military Veterans of America site within America Online.
Mary Edwards Wertsch, author of the book Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress, and one of the participants in the discussion, first conceived the idea of taking a real footlocker and sending it around the country as a way of gathering
memorabilia and bringing brats together. Reta Jones Nicholson provided the first footlocker and was the catalyst who brought Operation Footlocker from discussion to realty.
Operation Footlocker is a volunteer effort and requests can be made to have the footlocker shipped to for brat events or sharing brat history with the general public.
For more information on appearances or to bring the Footlocker to your event, visit the Operation Footlocker web site.
This article first appeared in On The Move, Volume 1, Number 1.
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. . . Eddie Cheever is a Military Brat?
For a more complete list, be sure to take a look at Glenn Greenwood's Famous Overseas Alumni & Military Brats list, located on the American Overseas School Historical Society web site.
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