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Background: April is the Month of the Military Child.
According to Defense.gov, Military families move every two to three years on average, and military children change schools an average of six to nine times from the start of kindergarten to their high school graduation. This year an estimated 30 percent of military service members will move to a new installation.
Each year , April is set aside as a military child appreciation month, officially known as the Month of the Military Child. With its creation in the mid-1980s, the Pentagon and other military support organizations and agencies use the month to recognize military kids for their sacrifice and bravery on the Homefront.
There are over 1.6 million military children serving alongside our nation’s service members.
The term "military brat" is a badge of pride worn by generations of kids who traveled the world with their parents, moving into adulthood with the knowledge that they have the strength to handle anything. Military children deal with separations, deployments, frequent moves and even their parents' injuries as part of the life they were born into or entered with their families.
SHOW NOTES:
Quote: Military kids say goodbye more often in their first few years than some people do in a lifetime
Quote by Haley: If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, nothing will be impossible for you
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