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Southside High School,
Selma, Alabama
Military Brats:
The purpose of
this page is to provide information related to the military community
of dependents that
are a part of
Southside's history. There were many students from
Craig Air Force Base, located between Southside High School and the city of
Selma,
which attended Southside from the original opening of the base up until the base
closed in 1978, spanning 30 years. This web site page is dedicated to
those that were attached as dependents to Craig Air Force Base (AKA Craig Field)
in particular. And by the way, Military Brats is the term used to
affectionately describe the children (AKA dependents) of members of the
military.
Military 'Brat' Web Resources
The Internet has a wealth of Web sites military brats can use to connect with each other -- and outsiders can use for insight into the brat lifestyle. Here are some:
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http://www.militarybrat.com/ is home to
Military Brats Online. The six-year-old site is a free resource designed to reconnect military brats with each other and their heritage. Its school alumni page at http://www.militarybrat.com/alumni.shtml uses pull-down menus to school alumni associations. |
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http://www.military-brats.com is the Military
Brats Registry, a way for brats to locate other brats from childhood, as well as articles by brats on aspects of the brat experience and links to other sites. |
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http://www.tckworld.com/opfoot/ is the site
for Operation Footlocker, founded by Wertsch and two other brats in 1996. Three footlockers crisscross the country, going from one gathering of brats to another. Brats add memorabilia -- objects or written memories -- to the footlockers. When they are full, they are emptied and their contents are archived for a future brats museum in Wichita. (More on Operation Footlocker...) |
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http://www.tckworld.com is the home page of
TCK World. In addition to being the host of Operation Footlocker, the site is for "Third Culture Kids." The term refers to brats whose world is neither the military one inside the fence nor the civilian one outside, but a "third." |
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/mtom/, the DoD's Military Teens on the Move
site, is designed for teen-agers and provides information on coping with moves, as well as teen advice and a chat room. |
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http://www.overseasbrats.com is Overseas
Brats, an organization founded in 1986. It is for U.S. citizens who have attended school overseas. It helps connect overseas high school alumni groups and also offers a discussion forum. |
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http://www.SDIT.org is the site of Sons and Daughters in Touch,
which provides connection and support to the children of those who died or remain missing as a result of the war in Vietnam. |
Click
here for an interesting article about Military Brats from the American Forces
Information Service
CHAT Click Here for the Military Brats Online Chat Room LIVE
PODCAST:
Now you can download
and listen to a podcast
of a story about Military Brats. And some of these are stories from the
"Every Brat has a Story" series.
The program can
be downloaded to your computer or mp3 device such as the Apple iPod. And if
you're using iTunes or iPodder you can subscribe to automatically download to
your device. Click on "podcasts" in iTunes and enter "Military Brats" in the
search box, then subscribe (free!). Each episode will be automatically
downloaded into iTunes and to your iPod. This is being brought to you by
the Military Brats Registry (www.militarybrat.com).
PODCASTALLEY:
http://www.podcastalley.com/podcast_details.php?pod_id=7222#
(Go here for the list of Podcasts you can download and enjoy.
The links below offer access to the first two produced:
Podcast #1:
In their first edition, they talk to
Donna Musil, producer of the soon to be released documentary, "Brats: Our
Journey Home".
Podcast #2: Their next podcast includes an interview with Army Brat Rudy Maxa, the "Savvy Traveler". Rudy is one of America's premier consumer travel experts whose writings and radio and television shows have helped save thousands of travelers both time and money.
A Brat Coin is available from the
www.militarybrat.com/bratcoin.cfm web site:
(There is a Brat Coin for each branch of service -- the US Army coin is pictured
below.
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A striking parchment accompanies the Coin (purchased separately), with hand-inscribed text explaining the meaning of each symbol. This exquisite work of art is the handiwork of the nationally renown calligrapher, Dick Pearson, the official calligrapher of the Kennedy White House. Actual size 8.5"x11" The parchment is adorned with a medallion to recognize the appropriate service. When framed together, the coin and parchment make a beautiful adornment for any wall. Actual size 1 3/16"
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