Military Family Essay

The United States military is made up of 2,266,883 men and women; however that number makes up less than one percent of the American population. My father has been a part of that one percent for 24 years. The lessons I’ve learned while living with a military family are some that I will carry with me into my own adult life. Being a child in a military family benefited me in several ways that I am slowly becoming more mindful of as I grow older. When people think of life as a military child the first thing that comes to their mind is moving, a lot of moving. While it is true that I have had to move quite often, people fail to see the positives that can come from the frequent changes. When you are forced to move as many times as I have had to move, it becomes easy to adapt to new surroundings and embrace change. The earlier years in my life brought the most frequent change. This was due to the fact that I lived in many cities for only two years at a time. When those two years were up it was time for a change of station and another city to move to. However, now I am able to easily adapt to changing circumstance that some people might have a hard dealing with. With each change of station brings a new city to live in and …show more content…
While there have been some ups and downs in my life due to the military, I would not trade my experiences for a civilian life any day. Because of my family have to had moved as often as we did, I am now able to adapt to change and embrace the new outcomes of what life holds for me. Living in the various cities and states that I have lived in is a blessing for me because I feel that I have become exposed to new ideas, cultures, and people that most people will not get experience in a lifetime. Being apart of a military family is as apart of my livelihood as my last name and my application would be incomplete without me disclosing this to