CARTHAGE — “You are our youngest heroes,” Col. Travis L. McIntosh, Commander of the 19th Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Drum, told the military kids gathered Monday for the Month
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Weâve all heard the term âmilitary bratâ before.
It pertains to those children who grew up in military families. âBratsâ wear the name like a badge of honor, often because of the moves, stressors and cultural experiences that make them more resilient than their civilian counterparts.
But outside of the military, the word brat is often considered derogatory. So it made me wonder â where did the term âmilitary bratâ originate?
To find out, I reached out to the folks at National Defense University Libraries, who did some research for me. It turns out the origin of the term is still pretty unclear, but there are a lot of interesting theories behind it, and most of them originate in Britain.