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A medal is a symbol of completion. It marks the end of service. But for the Military Child, service never ends at a ceremony. It continues: at the next duty station in the next classroom during the next deployment in households where children learn to read the room before they learn to drive A medal would have suggested finality. What military children needed was continuity.

But for 250 years, there has been another American who served, without a uniform, without a rank, without a medal, and without a home. The Military Child

Traditional STEM events often ask students to stand behind tables and explain what they built. STEAM SUITED™ turns that model inside out.

STEAM SUITED™ was created around a simple but powerful idea: learning becomes transformational when it is personal. When a child wears their innovation, curiosity turns into confidence and imagination turns into action.

There are places in America where every community knows exactly who they belong to. The USO belongs to active-duty service members. AUSA belongs to the Army. The DAV belongs to disabled veterans. The VFW belongs to combat vets. The American Legion belongs to all who served. But where do military-connected children belong? Where do teen caregivers belong? Where do the sons and daughters of service, who serve without a uniform, find a home?

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter reminded us that caregiving connects every one of us. “There are only four kinds of people in the world, those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers now, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers.” Join The Promise We Carry by sharing where you are on your caregiving journey. Survey Fields: I have been a caregiver. I am currently a caregiver. I will be a caregiver one day. I will need a caregiver someday.

Every generation of Americans has lived with the reality of service, but few have seen it through the eyes of the child who grows up beside it.