Xanthe's World

"We are called the One Percent, because only ONE PERCENT of the citizens of this country are touched by these wars. Back in the day, m...

According to Act Today for Military Families , 1 in 88 military children has autism. As actor Joe Mantegna (himself the father of an aut...

This kind of talk is common among kids at camp anywhere, but some kids can't just call up their parents to brag. Operation Purple Camp i...

I'm a community college professor in a big military town (San Diego). My classes are full of students who are active military or vetera...

Here's a good downloadable booklet about military teens, detailing things they want people to know about them: We serve too We value di...

The Sisterhood of the Traveling BDUs is a non-profit started by two California teenagers, Moranda Hern and Kaylei Deakin, to address the spe...

This from the Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald: " Deployment never easy for soldiers or families." The story is familiar but every p...