Military kids

I have never really given much thought about how different it is for children who have parents that are in the military compared to children who have parents in the civilian world. Although we do deal with deployment problems, I guess I assume that overall there isn't much difference. While I was taking Derek to work this morning, I did realize that somethings are in fact greatly different. While I was waiting at a stop light, kids were waiting to cross over to go to school, and on the other side soldiers were doing their morning PT with full battle gear on, and their guns at their sides. What a strange thing to witness, the innocence of children, and the realization of war and violence all on one crosswalk. Of course in retrospect I might have to be more worried about the children, then the men carrying loaded weapons.