You might be a brat if you...

• and your siblings were born in different states or countries.
• saw Santa land in a helicopter.
• still imagine you hear Retreat at 1700.
• went to eleven schools before graduation, three in one school year.
• made friends fast, before the next move.
• spent your vacations visiting relatives.
• relatives spent their vacations visiting you because you lived near D.C.
• never knew what to say at college when people asked where you were from.
• remember your roots when you hear the Star Spangled Banner.
• experienced places civilian kids only knew from movies and television.
• feel immediate kinship with other brats regardless of race or gender.
• loved summer camp, where you woke to Reveille, ate at the Mess Tent, and a quarter was bounced on your cot during morning inspection
• MARRIED ANOTHER BRAT!