MCKENNA DRAMMEH
STAFF WRITER
April is the national month of the military child. It started in the mid 1980’s and became a way to acknowledge the sacrifices military children make. To celebrate this month we went out and asked military students what being in a military family means to them.
Lauren Ressetar: “To me being a military child means being able to take pride in what my parents do.” Ressetar says being a military child has taught her to be flexible in diverse situations which has ultimately helped her throughout life.
Favorite Station: Castle Rock, Colorado
Megan Kasperek: Megan Kasparek says being a military child had given her the opportunity to live in different places as well as giving her the ability to adapt to many different cultures over the years. She said she's had to sacrifice moving away from people that she loves but she says, “In the end, I will always have them”
Favorite Station: San Diego, California
Garcia: “Being a military child to me means being able to adapt to new environments, new styles of living and new experiences.” says Garcia. that he is grateful for the opportunity because he’s gotten to live in more than two countries and traveled to more than five.
Favorite Station: Yokosuka, Japan
Laylani Salinas: Salinas says being a military child means making new friends and traveling on the regular. She says that when he dad left that was the hardest sacrifice she’s had to make.
Favorite Station: Ramstien, Germany
Eduardo Ellis: “Being a military child means having to be resilient. Despite all of the family you make around the world, you have to be ready to pick up and leave that behind when your family gets orders and I think the way military kids bounce back from that kind of defines who they are. As a military child I sacrifice literally any relationship with anyone after I move as distance tends to strain them.”
Favorite Station: Okinawa, Japan
Marquise Blalock Jr: To Blalock being a military child means getting to travel to different places and meeting new people. He says “I’ve never been able to stay in one place and grow up with kids from elementary all the way until the end of highschool. However I’ve had nothing but good experiences and that’s a privilege”
Favorite Station: Yokosuka, Japan
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