FReeper Canteen ~ FReeper Canteen Kids Wednesday ~ Proud To Be A Military Brat! ~ 15FEB06

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[MoJo2001]

 

Hi! I'm The Sailor and MoJo's youngest son. My nickname at home is *Tibby*. You've probably seen my older brother, hotstreak, before. I'm 6 years old and currently in First Grade.

See the big guy pictured above? Do you know him who he is? If you like the NBA, you'll know it's Shaquille O'Neal.

He, hotstreak, and myself are part of a special community. We're proudly known as *military brats*. His father was in the Army while our Dad is in the Navy.

Military brat is an informal term for a child who has one or more parents who serves or served full-time in the military. It implies that such an upbringing is different in important ways from that experienced by those in the community at large, and can be an insult or a compliment, depending on the context. Although brat is usually taken to mean a spoiled child, military brats are usually considered more disciplined than their stateside peers.

Click here for a neat story about him and one of our heroes.

 

Other famous *Military Brats*

Johnny Damon
Kathy Lee Gifford
Mia Hamm
Crystal Kay
Kris Kristofferson
Martin Lawrence
Shawn Michaels
Jim Morrison
Nelly
Priscilla Presley
Jeri Ryan
Blair Underwood
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.
Lionel Richie
Victoria Principal
Mary-Louise Parker
Mitch Pleggi
 Hunter "Patch" Adams
Christina Aguilara
Jessica Alba
Leslie M. Alexander
Michael J. Alexander
Ray Allen
America
Michael Anderson
Rick Atkinson B Barbara Babcock
Alonzo Babers
Kendall Baker
Bob Barr
Sarah Bird
John Blaha
Susan Blakely
Neal Boortz
Deborah Bryant
LeVar Burton C Julia Campbell
James Carroll
John Casper
Eddie Cheever
James Clapper
Glenn Close
Henri Cole
Pat Conroy
Donald G. Cook
Deedee Corrandini
Vivian Crea
Robert Davenport
Diane Mott Davidson
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
John Denver
Faye Dunaway
Ann Dunwoody
Robert Duval 
Michael J. Fox
*Some of these folks were schooled overseas with military brats or themselves military brats.

*More info here.

Are you a military brat?
Where have you lived?
Did you go to school overseas?
Do you still keep in touch with those friends?

 

Thank you to all of our Troops, Veterans, and family members.
Thank you to our fellow military brats! We're everywhere!!
 

 

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Tibby! Thank you for the awesome thread!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Ray Charles~America The Beautiful

[laurenmarlowe]

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFPN) -- Senior Airman Stephanie Pitassi conducts quality control during a training mission at a distributed ground stations for the Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Unmanned aerial vehicles represent a new way of using technology to remotely affect the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

2/13/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Tech. Sgt. Thomas Ireland keeps fuel flowing into a B-52 Stratofortress over Afghanistan during a close-air-support mission. The KC-135 Stratotanker transfers fuel at about 16 gallons per second. The bomber is from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- Airmen 1st Class Ali Saffarini and Jeremiah Gordiano (standing) work together to input an event during a recent night-shift turnover. They are 380th Air Expeditionary Wing command post controllers, and are a vital link in the flow of information to the wing commander from base agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Leonhard)

[Gucho]

Bump! Thanks for the ping.

[trussell]

 

 

 

 

WORDS TO LIVE BY

Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
and some days you're the statue.

Always keep your words soft and sweet,
just in case you have to eat them.

Always read stuff that will make you look
good if you die in the middle of it.

Drive carefully. It's not only cars that
can be recalled by their maker.

Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing
worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.

If you can't be kind, at least have the
decency to be vague.

If you lend someone $20, and never see
that person again, it was probably worth it.

It may be that your sole purpose in life
is simply to serve as a warning  to others.  

Never buy a car you can't push.

Never put both feet in your mouth at the
same time, because then you don't
have a leg to stand on.

Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
Just get up and dance.

The early worm gets eaten by the bird,
so sleep late.

When everything's coming your way,
you're in the wrong lane.

Birthdays are good for you; the more
you have, the longer you live.

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person. 

Some mistakes are too much fun
to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty, some
are dull, some have weird names, and
all are different colors but they all
have to learn to live in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who can
enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.

Have an awesome day, and know that
someone has thought about you today....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[HiJinx]

To: Tibby
From: Another Military Brat!

Are you a military brat?
Yes, and I'm proud of that. My experiences growing up shaped me and (IMHO) made me a better person.

Where have you lived?
Hmmm....as a Military Brat? England, Italy, and North Africa. California, Mississippi, and Ohio.

Did you go to school overseas?
Yes, I did! I went to the second and third grades in Libya at Wheelus AFB. I learned to speak a little bit of Russian and Arabic in my third grade class, I learned to drink goat's milk, and I saw how women were treated as second-class people when we visited a Libyan family for dinner. I also captured the biggest black scorpion I have ever seen, even to this day, and took it in for show and tell!

Do you still keep in touch with those friends?
Unfortunately, no. We moved away from Air Force bases, and we lost contact with any of the families that we knew. Part of that was due to the fact that I had attended 12 different schools by the time I graduated from High School!

[StarCMC]

I love seeing your pledges each day Hopey!!

[StarCMC]

If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

LOL!! That's my fave. And pretty darn true.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Evenin'! My hubby was a military brat...dad was Army...he feels more at home on military bases than anywhere else still...

[trussell]

I like that one too...but I think my favorite is

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.

[Radix]

 

Atlanta Falcons linebacker Keith Brookings (center) and Carolina Panthers head coach Jon Fox (left) sign autographs for sailors aboard guided-missile cruiser Port Royal (CG 73) during a visit to the ship at Pearl Harbor Naval Complex, Hawaii, on Thursday. Brookings and Fox were in Hawaii for the NFL’s Pro Bowl, played Sunday at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. The NFC’s team of all stars prevailed over the AFC, 23-17.

 

 

 

Marine Staff Sgt. Dewey Scott is greeted by his wife upon his return to Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Sunday, with fellow members of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, also known as the “Warlords.”

 

 

Marine 1st Lt. Joe Seykora holds his newborn son, Ty, upon his return to Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Sunday, after an Iraq deployment.

 

 

 

Actress Molly Sims is shown wearing a $30 million diamond bikini in this publicity photograph released February 14, 2006. The bikini, designed by Susan Rosen is made up of over 150 carats of D flawless diamonds. The bikini is featured in the 2006 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue which is being released February 14.

 

The trial of Sadaam Hussein continues, but who cares?

 

 

Pakistani people ride past burning shops set on fire by angry mobs during a demonstration in Lahore. Two demonstrators were shot dead as angry mobs attacked Western fast food outlets as Pakistan suffered its most violent protests yet against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

 

Meanwhile, back on the Ayatollah ranches....political profit is gained as seen from the eyes of Neandertal throwbacks calling themselves Imams, in Pakistan, Iran, and Syria.

 

 

 

Former Irqi President Saddam Hussein addresses the court during his trial Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. Saddam and his seven co-defendants are on trial in the killing of nearly 150 Shiite Muslims in Dujail.

 

Saddam  initiated  his own filibuster today in his Baghdad trial, but the Judges were easily able to invoke the Iraqi version of the "nuclear option" and the former president learned how to spell the word "slammed."

 

 

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein holds a copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, as he sits in his chair during his trial Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. Saddam and his seven co-defendants are on trial in the killing of nearly 150 Shiite Muslims in Dujail.

 

The last refuge of a scoundrel is......The Ku Ran?

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Knitting, thanks for checking in. Being a military brat is an experience. I have not had the experience myself.

[StarCMC]

LOL -- watching for the wrench....

[EsmeraldaA]

YES!!

Hello again Ma. ;)

[StarCMC]

Hey Es!! Howareya??

[HiJinx]

LOL -- watching for the wench....

Still? I saw it already. Didn't you, Radix?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Tibby, for today's story about Military Brats. Good job!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Es....hope you had an up day. *HUGS*