How To Grow Up In A Military Family
Growing up in a military family has carried me across the country, from one state to another, and from one community to another. In the twelve moves that my family has made, I have experienced a multitude of cultures and socioeconomic environments; as a result, I do not have any one particular community setting or standard to which I am accustomed. For five years, my family resided in North Dakota on an Air Force Base near a small city named Minot. Many do not realize that clinics on military bases rarely offer anything beyond General Practitioners and Optometrists. In this case, to reach the nearest doctor that could treat my older sister’s severe asthma, my family had to make a five hour drive. In this day in time, treatment