Military brats get their own magazine

[T_i_B]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1834489,00.html

A new US magazine is targeting a constantly shifting, often ignored group of Americans who have been among those most affected by the "war on terror" - more than two-thirds of a million children whose parents are in the armed services and who call themselves "military brats".

Military Brats magazine is distributed free at US bases around the world, and is written and read largely by teenagers growing up in far-flung outposts, many with at least one parent away fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. The 100-page magazine, paid for by advertising and grants, carries chatty guides to life on different military bases, an advice column for the sad and lonely, as well as stories about sports and reviews of electronic games.

The founding editor, Misty Burris, said she had noticed the gap in the market during her 13 years as a military wife. When her husband, an army staff sergeant, retired for medical reasons, she set up Littlefoot Publishing to produce the magazine in Watertown, upstate New York, near Fort Drum, the home of the 10th Mountain Division. After selling the idea to the Pentagon, Mrs Burris got a green light to distribute Military Brats through US bases.

[NVMojo]

1. wow, cool. Wish they would have had something like this when I

was an Army brat ...

[Straight Shooter]

2. I second that.

They need one for adult MB's, too. We have all sorts of weird problems due to constantly moving around during childhood and adjusting to different societies and cultures. ;)

I never can seem to put down roots. No matter how long I live somewhere, I keep wanting to pack up and leave after a few years. Takes me two years before I even hang a picture on the wall.

[Skittles]

5. that's me too

and it extends to relationships too - after a time, I'm bored to death and want someone new, or I don't want anyone - I never have a sense of loneliness

[Skittles]

4. yes

I tell you MVMojo, the "civvies" never truly understand the sacrifices we GI brats made

[Hekate]

3. What a great idea. Those kids have more in common with each other than...

... with the local kids in the schools they attend.

When I was in high school, a lot of my classmates' fathers were stationed at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station in the town next door. I think they would have loved a publication like this one.

Hekate

[saigon68]

6. I wonder if there is a lot of "Be all You can Be" recruiting advertising

So you can join up and die like Daddy?

Or maybe a few links to the "on line" Army recruiting war games.

</sarcasm>