MILITARY MATTERS: Brats

FORT BENNING, GA (WTVM) -  Fred Brown says the hardest part of being a military brat was the constant reassignments.
"I mean I was picked in the 8th grade the most likeable guy. I thought, man, this is going to be great! High school is going to be wonderful! Then, we moved."

If that sounds familiar, you may be interested in a film written and directed by former Fort Benning, Ga. brat, Donna Musil.  "Brats: Our Journey Home " tells the story of military life through the eyes of the sons and daughters of our soldiers.

Musil says it was her own need for information that led to the project.
"Well, originally the purpose of the movie was to help myself. To try to really understand who I was and where I was from."

Oddly, she thought her experiences were unique, but quickly learned that others felt the same way.

"Absolutely, and I didn't know that before. By the time I was 16 years old I had moved twelve times on three different continents and for a large part of my life, particularly my young life, I really didn't know what that meant. But I just knew that I wasn't from anywhere."

That is a theme heard over and over in the documentary.
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