Military Children -

Excerpt from Introduction in "Military Brats" by Mary Edwards Wertsch:

"I was born and raised on federal property. America itself paid all the costs for my birth and my mother's long stay at the hospital. I was a military brat - one of America's children in the profoundest sense - and I was guranteed free medical care and subsidized food and housing until the day I finished college and had to turn in the ID card that granted me these rights and privileges. The sound of gunfire on rifle ranges strikes an authentic chord of home in me even now. My father was a fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps and fought for his country in three wars. I grew up invisibly in the aviator's house. We became quiet as bivalves at his approach and our lives were desperate and sad. But when the United States needed a fighter pilot, we did our best to provide one. Our contribution to the country was small, but so were we most of the time, and we gave all that we could."

-Pat Conroy,
Author & military brat

The Boo (1970)
The Water is Wide (1972)
The Great Santini (1976)
The Lords of Discipline (1980)
The Prince of Tides (1986)
Beach Music (1995)
My Losing Season (2002)
The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life (2004)

Other Famous Brats	Branch
John Denver, Singer	Air Force
Faye Dunnaway, Actress	Army
Robert Duvall, Actor	Navy
Marsha Gay Harden, Actress	Navy
EmmyLou Harris, Singer	Marine Corp.
Julianne Moore, Actress	Army
Shaquille O'Neal, NBA Player	Army
Victoria Principal, Actress	Air Force
Lionel Ritchie, Singer	Army
Jeri Ryan, Actress	Army
Blair Underwood, Actor	Air Force
Bruce Willis, Actor	Army

There is no doubt that growing up in the military is an extraordinary experience. There is adventure, intrigue and often, a great deal of discipline and environmental change. This experience becomes more dynamic for those military children with foreign mothers.

Daughters of Warriors -

Sons of Warriors -

Wounds & Legacies -