<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Courtesy of the <i>Stuttgart Citizen </i>(military community news - Stuttgart, Germany) at:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/schools/month-of-the-military-child-essay-hard-but-fun/?utm_source=The+Citizen&utm_campaign=c16e6d67ef-USAG_Stuttgart_Daily_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d1698effb-c16e6d67ef-259988733">https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/schools/month-of-the-military-child-essay-hard-but-fun/?utm_source=The+Citizen&utm_campaign=c16e6d67ef-USAG_Stuttgart_Daily_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d1698effb-c16e6d67ef-259988733</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><h1 class="title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 32px; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 1.3; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.stuttgartcitizen.com/schools/month-of-the-military-child-essay-hard-but-fun/" title="Permalink to Month of the Military Child Essay: Hard but fun" rel="bookmark" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Month of the Military Child Essay: Hard but fun</a></h1></div><div><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">By Corben Carpenter</strong><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Patch Elementary School, 4th Grade</em></div><div><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></em></div><div><div>I think that being a military child is kind of hard but also fun. For example, I get to have the opportunity to live in different parts of the world. Sometimes you move a lot, I have moved five times and I am only nine years old.</div><div><br></div><div>One advantage of being a military child is I get to experience new cultures, foods, traditions and languages.</div><div><br></div><div>There are some not so good things, like having to say goodbye to your friends, family and sometimes pets. Sometimes your parents are deployed or on TDY (temporary duty) for a long time and they miss important things like birthdays, holidays and other special occasions.</div><div><br></div><div>When my Dad was young, he lived in Germany as well because his dad was in the Army. It is fun to share that history with him. He shows me the places he went when he was little, and we take the same family photos now as he did then.</div><div><br></div><div>There is also the excitement of moving to a new duty station. Not knowing where it will be, and the anticipation of the adventures to come. It is fun to research and explore new places and things to do.</div><div><br></div><div>I think life as a military child is great. Sometimes I think about joining the military because almost all the men on my Dad’s side of the family have been in some branch of it. The Coast Guard is the only branch that no one has served in our family.</div></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>