You Know You Are A Military Brat If You ...

-Knew the rank and name of the kid next door's father before meeting the kid next door.
-You went on week-long field trips to England, Italy, and Japan.
-Stand up for the National Anthem at the start of a movie in a theater.
-Name schools in three countries on two continents when asked what high school you attended.
-Never quite finished decorating your place because you knew you'd be moving soon.
-Find that you can easily amuse yourself for hours at airports, train or bus stations.
-Graduated from a high school you only attended for a year.
-Everyone complains about your name being the most scratched out in their address book.
-Bagged groceries at the commissary on payday.
-Can ask for a beer in most European and Asian languages.
-Don't really know how to answer the question "what is your hometown?"
-Don't remember the names of your childhood friends.
-Do not understand why many of your friends are afraid to be in an airplane.
-Have to explain that being born in Japan does not make you a Japanese.
-Have forgotten how to speak more languages than most people ever learn.
-Try to take out your ID card when you enter a grocery store or Wal-Mart.
-Always wish you were back at the last place you were stationed, even 20 years later.
-Answer the question "Where are you from?" with "I'm kinda from all over the place."
-Are amazed at people who have lived somewhere more than three years.
-Are amazed at people who have never left their hometown.
-Are amazed at people who have who have never seen foreign currency.
-Are amazed at people who think Frankfurt is a some kind of hotdog.
-Are asked "Is it hard always moving around?" when you've never known anything different.
-Are going to a grocery store, but call it a commissary.
-At 22 you are trying to find someone in the military to marry so you can get a new I.D. card.
-Can call up actual memories of a country while you're in Geography class.
-Can recite all of the AFRTS commercials along with the television.
-Can talk to anyone and everyone from anywhere and everywhere.
-Can't convince a stateside cousin that your Japanese kimono doll REALLY came from Japan.
-Every room you've ever had was stark white, and you couldn't put nail holes in the walls.
-Feared turning 21 because they would take your ID card away.
-Feel like you should be visiting the States rather than living in them.
-Feel more at home on a military base than in town even though you've been a civilian for 26 years.
-Felt like a part of history that was happening around you.
-Find yourself with friends throughout the world.
-Get frustrated when others talk about going to their hometown to see old friends, teachers, etc.
-Get the itch to move every 3-4 years and forever feel like the outsider in the civilian world.
-Go into culture shock upon returning to the States.
-Have USAA as your insurance company.
-Hear the sound of freedom when military aircraft fly by while civilians complain about the noise.
-Know exactly how horrible AFN commercials are. [
-Keep bumping into people all over the world who know friends that you haven't seen in years.
-Know how great it is to be able to return to base and your little slice of America.
-Know what "the land of the big PX is."
-Know what the relative value of a pfenning, won, or yen is compared to the U.S. Dollar.
-Know about a variety of cultures.
-Made better grades in geography because you'd been to the places you were studying.
-Meet another military brat sometime somewhere and are instantly bonded.
-Miss shopping at AAFES or the PX.
-Realize that the latest fashions in the States are not the same clothes you bought on base.
-Remember being able to watch the Super Bowl or World Series live on TV at 2 am.
-Start a major portion of your conversations with "When I was in..." and get made fun of because no one else has been outside of the U.S.
-Stand up and recite the national anthem at the start of movies.
-Talk to someone with an accent and pick it up yourself.
-Tell everyone you are from a town that you haven't lived in since you were 4 years old.
-Think locals have such a limited perspective.
-Think the US seems like a foreign country.
-Thought vacations meant going stateside to visit the grandparents.
-Come to the US, turn on the T.V., and notice that the shows are in English.
-Woke up to F-15s zooming overhead.
-Make things up about where you are from avoid the headaches of telling the whole long story.
-Can recite which aircraft were in service in which era.
-Graduated from 12th grade and it's your 13th school .
-Your SSN, home of record, state of residence, and place of birth are far from matching.
-know your ssn by heart....and thinks its funny when your civilian friends have to pull out their driver license
-don't think its weird that you didnt get your drivers license until you were 17
- Are able to win an arguement about anything political or military wise