You know you're a Military Brat if you...
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Actually like the clothes at the BX and don't mind that 100
other people are wearing the same thing.
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All your former very best friends are as long gone as your
last move.
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Always wish you were back at the last place you were stationed
even 20 years later.
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Answer the question "where are you from" with "I'm kinda
from all over the place"
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Are able to imitate other's speech patterns easily.
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Are amazed at people who have lived somewhere more than three
years.
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Are amazed at people who have never left their hometown.
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Are amazed at people who have never seen foreign currency.
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Are amazed at people who think Frankfurt is a some kind of
hotdog.
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Are asked "where did you learn to speak English so well?"
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Are asked is it hard always moving around when you don't
know anything else.
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Are brought to tears by military music.
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Are going to a grocery store but call it a commissary.
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Are initially confused when asked where are you from but
quickly respond "everywhere."
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At 22 you are trying to find someone in the military to marry
so you can get a new ID card.
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Avoid visiting the doctor because you don't trust civilian
hospitals.
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Bagged groceries at the commissary on payday.
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Can ask for a beer in most European languages.
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Can bounce a quarter off your bedsheets and have hospital
corners on your bed.
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Can call up actual memories of a country while you're in
Geography class.
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Can identify ranks and duty station by the stickers on the
car's bumper.
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Cannot speak the language of the country in which you were
born.
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Can recite all the AFRTS commercials along with the television.
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Can remember ordering a Big Mac, fries, and beer.
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Can still convert foreign currency in your head.
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Can talk to anyone and everyone from anywhere and everywhere.
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Can't drink Budweiser without being coerced.
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Do not understand why many of your friends are afraid to
be in an airplane.
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Don't feel quite right seeing military personnel younger
than you.
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Don't really know how to answer the question "what is your
hometown?"
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Don't remember the names of your childhood friends.
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Draw a quick map of the world to show someone where you last
lived.
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Ever got sick eating chocolate field rations.
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Every room you've ever had was stark white and you couldn't
put nail holes in the walls.
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Everyone complains about your name being the most scratched
out in their address book.
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Expect someone else to do your housework but can't afford
it.
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Feared turning 21 because they would take your id card away.
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Feel like you should be visiting the States rather than living
in them.
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Feel more at home on a military base than in town even though
you've been a civilian for 26 years.
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Feel more comfortable living near a military base and get
bummed out when a base gets closed.
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Felt like a part of history that was happening around you.
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Find that you can easily amuse yourself for hours at airports,
train or bus stations.
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Graduated from a high school you only attended for a year.
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Had Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners in a mess hall.
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Have a very best lifelong friend who you have known for less
than a few years.
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Have been asked "Just where in NY is APO?"
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Have to explain that being born in Germany does not make
you a German.
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Have forgotten how to speak more languages than most people
ever learn.
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Have USAA as your insurance company.
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Know exactly how horrible AFN commercials are.
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Knew the rank and name of the kid next door's father before
meeting the kid next door.
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Know kilometers better than miles and Celsius better than
Fahrenheit.
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Know that Radio Luxembourg was the number one way to keep
up with the latest rock and roll hits.
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Know the words and tune to military march songs.
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Know what "the land of the big PX is."
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Know what the "land of the round door knob is."
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Left school frequently for bomb scares.
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Listened to Armed Forces and VOA radio for the first 10 years
of your life.
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Miss shopping at AAFES or the PX.
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Most of your Scout camping equipment had US instead of BSA
stamped on it.
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Munched on hot brotchen and gummies on the way to school.
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Name schools in three countries on two continents when asked
what high school you attended.
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Never quite finished decorating your place because you knew
you'd be moving soon.
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Notice Tom Cruise in uniform, outside with no hat and having
a non-regulation haircut in Top Gun.
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Panic when you can't find you ID or passport.
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Put your hand over your heart at 5 p.m. knowing the flag
was coming down...somewhere.
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Realize that the latest fashion in the states is not the
same clothes you bought on base.
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Remember being able to watch or listen to the Super Bowl
or World Series live on TV or radio at 2 a.m.
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Stand up for the National Anthem at the start of a movie
in a theater.
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Thought all pens had "US Government" printed on them.
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Thought that the quartermaster was the real Santa Claus.
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Thought vacations meant going stateside to visit the
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grandparents.
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Try to take out your ID card when you enter a grocery store.
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Went into hysterics when your grandparents thought of selling
their house.
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Wonder if dad signed a hand receipt when you were born.
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You are confused when you fiancée talks about watching
trees grow large in front of the house.
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You went on week-long field trips to England, France and
Italy.
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You'd been to every Gasthaus in Germany before you were 18.
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Your ssn, home of record, state of residence, and place of
birth are far from matching.
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Know transfer meant pack your toys and say see ya later.