For military brats.  In what states/ countries did you attend school while your parent/s worked their career?
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I went to school in Spain for about 7 years until the base I was at closed down, now I've been at school in Germany for about 11 or 12 years.  I'm doing college in Germany right now.  I love Europe!
1062257
i was given choices before i went to basic. i chose overseas. then i had a choice of korea germany or alaska. i went to germany. korea or alaska were 1 yr. tours. germany was 2 yrs. i extended my fts and was there 3.5 yrs.  with things the way they are now there are no gurantees. theyll send you wherever they want to.
506133
it depends on the area, I went to a highschool for actors, none of us were from the city the school was in and just from the reunion a few months ago, it seems none of us are still in our hometowns... But I did notice alot of the locals from the area that my school was in stayed in their hometowns. Most didn't but they visited. Since I am also an officer for the reunion commitee I also noted that most left for college and stayed where they went to school. Many also went into the miltary and stayed in the state they got out in. Alot of people just moved to where-ever their spouse was from. But, I was a miltary brat, and a theatre major in highschool... I can't be sure if the situation is the same for people from small towns and regular lifestyles.
576350
I joined the Air Force. After basic and once assigned to a permanent party base I was able to take my GED while training as a ground radio repairman. I am now working as a field consultant working towards my MBA.
924584
My Grandfather's parents came from Norway, they did not speak English when the got here but learned and spoke nothing else after my Grandad (the oldest of eight)\nstarted school. He had to quit school after 8th grade to help support the family, but he did not let his brothers and sisters quit school they all graduated and became successful people.  My Grandparents had eight kids and they all graduated H.S. and 2 are nurses,1 Pharmacist, 3 stayed home to raise their kids 1 shop owner and 1 farmer.\nSo while they had little education on arrival they made the most of their opportunities once they got here and passed that on to their children.\nMy Granddad continued learning till he died, even after he had a stroke, he did not quit learning.
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The job is not as important of a factor as what kind of parent they are.  I know messed up military kids because the parents hate the schools and pull them out to homeschool everywhere they live, and I know some well-adjusted disciplined military kids.  I know of similar situations with civilian parents also.
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Im from Texas and I joined the Army...so did my sister and brother....and uncles and cousins...we are Army family
367358
At least it is Egypt.  I have one son in the Army who has already spent one year in Baghdad and is now stationed in Afghanistan.
921539
I have my own soldier and my son's school have a program.\nwww.give2thetroops.com
706263
Start your GED now so you can be finished with it before you separate from the military.  While a professor, I am also a military wife and know that if you are stationed at a good sized military installation, there is probably an education office which can help you learn about the options that are available right there for you.  Go talk to them and they can help you get started on your high school equivalency while you are busy considering what to do afterwards.  You will probably want to consider community college (or a technical school) as a first step but there is no reason to rule out college as a step after that.
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tell me where r ur parents man !
259102
I was at LeJeune with my husband and daughter (younger than Pre-K at the time) from '97 to '00.  I heard nothing but great things from the DoD schools at that time.  I wouldn't hesitate to put my child in base (DoD) schools.  While private education has it advantages, your child will have different needs being a military child.  \n\nThe teachers and administrators at a base school will understand temporary behavioral differences while a parent is deployed.  They'll work with children who move every 3-4 years.  They're more apt to keep the curriculum the same, military-wide, due to the amount of transferring children each year...so no one will be left behind or have to spend a lot of time catching up after a permanent change of station (PCS).  Now, the public schools in the area (off base) will have a large population of military kids, as well...so I'm sure they're used to the unique situations the military life can impose on its children.  However, if an emergency were to ever happen (we were stationed on Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, on 9/11), I would feel much more safe if my child was in a school protected by thousands of Marines.  (My daughter was in Pre-K during that time.  The childcare facilities and base schools had armed Marines standing at the doors and driveways until the security level was lowered.  I felt much better about sending my child to school during those tense days/weeks/months.)\n\nWe may be heading back to LeJeune in the near future.  It's a great place to be!  Good Luck with the schools and your marriage!
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I am a proud member of "Army Brats of America", and with my service bretheren, we stand.\n\nOk, both of my parents were volunteer officers in Vietnam.  I was raised in Okinawa, Japan for a few years and even after my father got out, he was a paramedic and the environment was very similar. My mother had to resign when I was born due to a now changed policy of "femaile officers will not be mothers".\n\nHow I was affected:  I thought everyone moved every three years.  I though there was no difference between white, black, and asian kids and was confused by those who did (33 years later, it just pisses me off).  I knew that if you pulled on enough green legs, one of them would turn out to be your father.  The list goes on.\n\nI worried about my father more as a paramedic/firefighter than when he was a soldier.. for good reason!!  But, overall, military children can be (depends on the parent) very confident, integrates into new areas easily, makes friends fast, respectfull (especially parents who make sure the child does not think their parent's rank belongs to them), athletic, healthy, may even speak mulitple languages, and have a sense of duty above that of other kids.\n\nNow, that is not a universal constant... With humans, nothing is.  But I do know, many of my soldiers, myself included, are "military brats". We just feel at home here.
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Yeah, went into basic in 1993, went to Lowry AFB, Co, for tech school, then went to Keesler AFB, Ms.  It was a blast!  Just wish I had stayed in.
694305
College first. You have a better job of going places in the military with a college degree
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During WWII, my father was in the navy, however his job was that of a mail carrier, in Hawaii.  Can't beat that with a stick!
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I served in the Air Force for 21 years and wouldn't trade that experience for anything.  I went in right after high school despite the fact that I was a good student and could have gone on to college.  At that point in my life (1975), I  just didn't want to go school any longer.  I spent the first part of my military career as a security policeman and after being promoted to Master Sergeant (E-7), I retrained and became a First Sergeant.  I traveled throughout Europe and the U.S., which I probably would not have done otherwise.  More importantly, I served with people who knew the meaning of honor and integrity.  In my eyes, there are no finer people in the world than those who serve in our military (and I would also include the spouses of those people.  They understand what sacrifice truly means.)\n\nAs for college, I eventually went back to school.  I got my undergraduate degree while in the Air Force (most of which the government paid for.)  After retiring, I went to law school using my G.I. Bill benefits.  I'm now a practicing attorney.\n\nI have two sons, both of whom are in college right now.  One has elected to join the Army Reserve and leaves for basic trainig in June.  While his mother and I are understandably nervous about that, and tried to get him to wait until he graduates to make that commitment, he feels that serving his country is something he needs to do.\n\nWhile I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy your military experience, I applaud you for your service and sacrifice.  My dad was in Viet Nam in 1967-68 and absolutely hated being there.  However, I never heard him complain about being a member of the military during the 20 years he served.\n\nCollege isn't for everyone, at least not right after graduation from high school.  At that age, most people have no idea what they want to do with the rest of their lives.  I think most young people would be better off working for a few years (or serving in the military or some other service organization) before going to college and spending the money for a degree in a field they may not even like once they get into it.