It will reduce pain, swelling and itching, as well as aid in faster healing. 1  Cut the meaty portion of an aloe vera leaf to extract the gel. If you do not have an aloe vera plant, you can use aloe vera gel readily available in most stores.  Chill the aloe vera gel in the refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes.
Presents the multiple stressors that children of active duty military personnel, National Guard, and Reservists often experience during their parents' multiple deployments. Includes 2010 statistics on the 1.76 million children and youth in military families.
There are currently 1.8 million children in active-duty military families. The DoD school system estimates that it has educated another 4-7 million children overseas. But that's only 20-30% of the total brat population, so there are at least 15 million brats in America.n a country obsessed with polls and statistics, neither the Department of Defense (DoD) nor anyone else has kept a running count of the number of children raised in the U.S. military over the years. You can't tell just by looking at them. BRATS are every race, every age, every religion. BRATS are everywhere.