Navy Brat myself.
Never understrod my Dad’s choices until I had to face them myself.
It’s not just the military man but his whole family that pays the price for our freedoms.
Over the course of my childhood in the military, I attended sixteen different schools, and lived in almost as many houses. I didn't think to complain at the time, because it was the only life I knew, and it wasn't any different than every other kid I knew - we all being military dependents.
It's just the way it was.
We knew that we were members of a unique sub-culture of America, and I (at least) felt very privileged and extremely secure within its protective blanket.
At the time, it didn't dawn on me that I was sacrificing anything. Only in later years, after becoming a civilian, did I realize that military dependents do indeed sacrifice many things that civilians take for granted.
Overall, though, I'd say that my military upbringing marked me for life in many ways - mostly good. If given a choice, I'd do it all again without hesitation.
What's funny is, although I never served, myself, strangers quite often assume that I did. That always surprises me, but I guess it's just 'where I come from'.
You can take the boy out of the military, but you can't take the military out of the boy :-)