---
title: "5 Stories Only Military Kids Can Tell"
date: "2016-04-27"
modified: "2016-04-27"
authors:
  - name: "Sarah Sicard"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/sarahsicard/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/stories-military-kids-tell/"
categories:
  - "Field Guide"
  - "Military Life"
---

# 5 Stories Only Military Kids Can Tell

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April is the month of the military child. But for service members’ kids, every month is about being a military child. According to the [2010 U.S. census](<https://www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/docs/Chapter%25201.pdf>), more than 1.2 million dependent children live in active-duty families.

From moving across the country or the globe, to making new friends, to Skyping a parent while playing guitar, military life has a profound impact on the children who are born into a lifestyle of service.

In order to get some insight into what it’s really like to be a military child, Task & Purpose sat down with six military kids to hear their stories, with a little help from Blue Star Families, an advocacy group that provides services for military families.

***Watch their stories below.***

**On her dad, the infantryman …**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJW-hcbiJok

**On favorite memories …**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rI43Qxtagw

**On moving …**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rMsSPtflAs

**On joining the military …**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ZTCc3ciYw

**On deployment …**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hVHJdbPsCg