Army Family

   According to www.goarmy.com, nothing matters more to the United States Army than providing the best education and experience possible for families.  Army benefits extend to all children in a family.
   When a family has to move to a new post, one of the biggest concerns is where the children are going to attend school.  There is usually a school liaison who is available to help parents and children adjust to the new school and their ways of doing things.  This is the army's way of ensuring that the move and transition go as smoothly as possible.
   Stephanie Quintero is the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Gary Quintero.  He entered the army when he was 22-years-old.  He met his future wife, Patrice, in Alaska.  They eventually began a family in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
   Stephanie started school in Canada, but transferred to a different school in Alabama for 2nd grade.  She then attended grades three through five in Georgia.  Stephanie attended 6th grade out in California and finally transferred in 7th grade to Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she finally finished high school.
  Stephanie lives with both of her parents and her five siblings.  Stephanie says, "I liked moving around when I was little because it was really exciting, but I began to hate it when I got a bit older.  I started making friends and it became hard to leave and start over.  Now that I am much older and have been settled for a while, I actually appreciate being in an army family.  I got to see and experience so many different things that I otherwise never would have seen."
   Stephanie is really close to both of her parents and her five siblings.  Below is a picture of the Quintero family.

Quintero family December 2010