WASHINGTON, April 1, 2011 – Military children continually rise to the challenges of military life and deserve the nation’s gratitude for doing so, a Defense Department official said today.
“We applaud their character and maturity, and we acknowledge that kids serve too,” Robert L. Gordon III, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military community and family policy, wrote in a blog today titled “Month of the Military Child: Kids Serve Too.”
Each April, Americans pause to recognize the contributions and sacrifices of the nation’s 1.8 million military children and youth during Month of the Military Child.
“It’s a life of frequent moves, changing schools, leaving friends and making new friends,” Gordon wrote.
Gordon highlighted a few of the Defense Department’s programs intended to support military families and children.
The department, for example, is working with state officials to develop the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, Gordon said, which is designed to ease school transitions and to support children through deployments. The compact provides common guidelines for participating states to follow in handling issues such as enrollment age, records transfer and graduation requirements.
By Elaine Sanchez
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