I am an Army Brat

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I am an Army Brat and have spend whole of my life in cants and camps. My hometown is nowhere, my friends are everywhere, and if I haven’t been someplace yesterday, I am sure to go there tomorrow.I grew up with bugle calls and artillery salutes and the knowledge that home is where the heart is and the family–with no dependence on the dwelling.

Like all defence dependents, I can say “Hello,” “Good-bye,” and count to 20 in five languages.Travel has taught me to be open.By age 16 I had seen many places than most people do in a lifetime; I had touched many and allowed their cultures to touch me.Farewells are never easy. If when I leave one place I feel that half my world has been left behind, I also know that the other half is still waiting to be met.As an Army Brat, I go out to others extending hand and heart.

Friendships are formed in hours and kept for decades. Be it that paths part, there is constant hope that they will meet again.I feel fortunate to live in a society of tradition drawing from the past to enhance the present.

I am proud of my dad, Because of him I have shared in the rich heritage of Army life.

-Rahul Khandalkar

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