This troper became ''very'' familiar with I-40 between 1977 & 1997. Word to the wise: Avoid trying to overnight in Nashville. Their highways were apparently designed by an autistic chimpanzee with a crayon.

Played with by this troper. Father was the one in the military, but mostly because of lack of a steady job without it and to support this troper and his mother, he actually encourages me NOT to join the military (he compares working with his co-workers to herding cats), however, I do live in no place for longer than four years, mostly overseas, and like to confuse my civilian friends with Pacific Island, Italian and Japanese culture mentions.

Sort of averted by me, given that both of my parents got out of the Air Force when I was about four. Played absolutely straight with my father, who ended up going to four different high schools and spending a stint in Germany. Dad didn't enlist in the Air Force to make his own dad proud, though; he went in in order to have his collegiate education paid for. (So did my mother, actually.)

This troper manages to both impress and annoy her classmates in ROTC BECAUSE she is a military brat, yet not military eligible. Despite not being able to do the physical parts of the program, she's got entirely too much knowledge of the faults and strong points of each branch, and can easily keep up with the intellectual aspects of the military. Of course, most of this comes from being the Master Chief's Daughter, a position of some publicity within the command, meaning she HAS to be {{genre savvy}}.

This troper is a Navy brat (go Navy, beat Army) who got one out of the three elements of the backstory: strict father. She got out of the moving around bit because her dad was good with paperwork, and the troper was born late enough that her father was able to stay in one location. Unfortunately, it means while her brothers got to go to Japan as little kids, the troper was only made there.

This troper was an Air Force brat. I've lived in Germany as a toddler (but actually didn't learn any German). I've also moved around a lot, even after my dad left the Air Force, staying in one place no longer than 6 years. I'd like to stay put in one place for a few decades, thank you.

This troper is a military brat minus all of the conventional elements. It's my mother who serves, and I lived in one place until adulthood. But the health care sure is nice (albeit inconvenient) and living near a commissary is a godsend.

This troper is an Army brat who was born and raised in an Army base overseas, effectively making it my hometown. I've actually lived there longer than anywhere in mainland USA, so when people, instead of asking where I am from, ask me what state I'm from, I'm never sure how to answer.

Just say you're from the overseas country you've lived in the longest. And then if they ask you if you are '''insert country's demonym''' say no to effectively confuse them.

Like the troper above, this troper lived around an overseas military base, but her father ended up getting out of the military when she was young, so she lived in that one area around the military base. In that effect, she calls herself a "civilian brat" instead.

Also, she believes that you are a US military brat if you know what it means to have an APO/FPO address. And no, it's NOT an international address since it's still considered "United States addresses"!

Pseudo-inverted in This Troper's case; His mother is and she'd probably very much love for him to do so, but two things prevent this:

1) He ''does not'' want to go into the military. It is his choice in the matter, and he made it long ago.

2) Even if he ''did'' want to go into the military, they ''would not accept him''- He is 100% deaf in ''both ears'', and is suspected of having slight/mild Auspergers.

This troper is an Air Force brat. She lived in Okinawa when she was 7-10 but didn't learn much Japanese. She has moved about 7 times in her life and her father was deployed to Iraq in 2004. The basic military brat package right there.

This troper used to have a pen pal who fits your description. Do I know you?

I don't know... Did you ever live in Massachusetts or England?

This troper is a subversion. I was born and raised in a military family, but is quite open-minded, leans to the left on the political spectrum, has little knowledge of the inner workings of the military compared to quite a few other military brats (but still more than most civilians) and lived in a foreign country only for a few years in my infancy, so I don't know any "obscure foreign languages or customs". I have no interest in enlisting, and even if I did I'd be rejected due to a diagnosed mental illness, less than perfect eyesight and a body type that may not be able to handle the physical requirements even at its peak condition.

This troper is a bit of a subversion herself. I was born on one end of the country and raised all over the rest of, but I've only been outside of Canada three times (four if you count the cruise part of our resent vacation), all for vacations. My dad is not a hard ass, but more of the dotingparent type (my mom's the disciplenarian). I have applied to join the reserves and will be going for my testing soon. This is not due, though, to me wanting to follow in my dad's foot steps, but more about the fact that the Canadian military will pay up to $8,000 for my education and I'll have a garunteed income if I'm accepted.

This troper is a Navy Brat. Her parents met in A school, and when they got divorced her mother met her stepdad in the base's country club in Japan. She was born in Maine, later moved to Washington and now resides in California. For much of her childhood, she lived with her Aunt, as her mom was deployed. Over the last four summers may dad has been home for one, due to the military.

One of this troper's former officemates is one, so much that everyone called him General . He's also a bossy type, but a good one.

This troper was a National Guard brat, meaning she only lived in one city from birth until college. She's planning to work for the government as a civilian, and is bemused by the recruiters always calling her house. This troper is a wimp, and definitely not the droid they are looking for.

This troper was an Army brat for much of his childhood, and was actually born in Ft. Stewart, Georgia. His father was an active-duty officer for quite a while, and said troper is planning on joining the Army by way of ROTC.

This (Vietnamese) troper's father was an officer in the French army; after he retired, the French offered him and his family French passports. Just think, I could be totally sexy instead of merely {{Adorkable}}.

Played straight with this troper - both parents in U.S. Navy. Dad was a SEAL. But said troper is medically disqualified from any military service. Which sucks 'cause he really wants to join.

This troper is often mistaken to be a MilitaryBrat because he is considerably more knowledgeable than the average civilian about military affairs and history, speaks Japanese fluently, and is more likely to raise his hand in a sort-of salute than wave it in greeting. Chalk it up to growing up with a military/history buff father, Japanese mother, and lots of MilitaryBrat friends.

My parents were both in the U.S. Navy and have since retired. My father started as one of the engineering staff before making Chief Engineer and eventually became TheCaptain, while my mother was an intelligence officer who tracked Soviet military activity.