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11 Famous Military Brats (Slideshow)

Despite the hardships of the military lifestyle, children of military families have the discipline and drive to to great things with their lives. Before celebrities like Michael Strahan, Christina Aguilera and Reese Witherspoon were famous, they were military brats facing hardships like constant moves and deployments.

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    18 Comments

    1. Posted June 1, 2012 at 1:45 pm | Permalink

      Conspicuously missing is David Robinson, formerly of the the San Antonio Spurs, whose father was a Navy Chief Warrant Officer.  David was my classmate at the United States Naval Academy, and I believe his is still a drilling reserve officer.

    2. Posted June 3, 2012 at 12:23 am | Permalink

      And Shaq

      • Texascattfish
        Posted June 4, 2012 at 2:11 pm | Permalink

        Dont forget shaqs Dad too”"

    3. Posted June 3, 2012 at 9:46 am | Permalink

      You want to know the truth, I don’t know half of these people!
      Don’t forget John Denver and Jim Morreson from the Doors!  They too were Military brats!
       

    4. Posted June 3, 2012 at 12:18 pm | Permalink

      Names of the people would have been nice………………I did not know half of them!!!

    5. Posted June 3, 2012 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

      i think that was the guy from star wars and i recognize tiger woods but no clue on who the other ppl are…wheeeew I feel lucky i missed the celebrity idol worshiping the human face…

    6. Melissa
      Posted June 4, 2012 at 12:18 am | Permalink

      Wow! You guys don’t recognize Resse Witherspoon, Julianne Moore, Bill Cosby, Lionel Richie, Mary Louise Parker, Jessica Alba or Christina Aguilara? I guess I should lay off the celeb gossip mags lol.

    7. Anonymous
      Posted June 4, 2012 at 1:51 pm | Permalink

      Tiger Woods, Bill Cosby – who are the rest of these people?

    8. Texascattfish
      Posted June 4, 2012 at 2:14 pm | Permalink

      Ya also forgot “JESSIE “THE BODY”VENTURA”" Former U.S.NAVY SEAL”"

    9. Derek Hartley
      Posted June 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm | Permalink

      Looks like the captions aren’t coming up for some of the viewers. In order, the celebrities are: Jessica Alba, Bill Cosby, Christina Aguilera, Julianne Moore, Lionel Richie, Mark Hamill, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Strahan, Reese Witherspoon, Suzanne Collins & Tiger Woods. We will try to make our next slide show have the captions come up automatically, thanks for your patience! 

    10. Posted June 4, 2012 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

      May God Bless the rest of us (brats)

    11. Mortalyobscure
      Posted June 4, 2012 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

      dont forget the president

    12. Olddogtramp
      Posted June 5, 2012 at 1:29 am | Permalink

      On your post about ary Louise Parker You said was born On base at Fort Jackson North Carolina. Fort Jackson is in South Carolina and is not a base. It is an army post.

    13. Pdogg1872
      Posted June 5, 2012 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

      It did say can you guess who they are. So that is why no names 

    14. Posted June 7, 2012 at 3:59 am | Permalink

      Woods is easy> He sights like a good heavy artillery man.

    15. Posted June 7, 2012 at 3:48 pm | Permalink

      I didn’t know that she was a military brat ,

    16. Posted June 4, 2012 at 10:29 am | Permalink

      lol that is ok. We just thought it was fun to point out some famous military brats, for the kids who need to know that they aren’t alone!

    17. Posted June 4, 2012 at 10:30 am | Permalink

      I believe you can see the captions if you click on the bottom, did they not show up for you?

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