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Born Into a Life of Service: Growing up as Children of a GI

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What’s it like to be a military child? Take a quick peek into the lives of the Bryant sisters.


Three children pose for photo with local Berlin polar bear landmark.
Berlin Bear
The Bryant girls pose with a street decoration in Berlin in 2010.
Photo By: DOD photo courtesy of the Bryant family
VIRIN: 180812-D-TW998-004

The Bryant girls pose with a street decoration in Berlin in 2010.

 

Young woman poses for photo.
Evangeline Bryant
Evangeline Bryant poses near Union Station in Washington, D.C.
Photo By: DOD photo courtesy of the Bryant family
VIRIN: 180812-D-TW998-009

Evangeline Bryant poses near Union Station in Washington, D.C.



Destiny Bryant stands outside of the hospital ward at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

Young woman stands in hallway.
At Walter Reed
Destiny Bryant stands outside of the hospital ward at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Destiny was born there.
Photo By: DOD photo courtesy of the Bryant family
VIRIN: 180812-D-TW998-007

Girl stands in front of building.
Yasmine Bryant
Yasmine Bryant stands in front of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.
Photo By: DOD photo courtesy of the Bryant family
VIRIN: 180812-D-TW998-006Y

Yasmine Bryant stands in front of the medical center.

 

Family poses for photo with German Soldier re-enactors at Checkpoint Charlie.
Checkpoint Charlie
The young Bryant sisters pose for a picture with their father, Vito, and guard re-enactors at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin in April 2010.
Photo By: DOD photo courtesy of the Bryant family
VIRIN: 180812-O-TW998-010

The young Bryant sisters pose for a picture with their father, Vito, and guard re-enactors at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin in April 2010.

 

Soldier and family hug.
Family Hug
The Bryant family embraces following Staff Sgt. Vito T. Bryant’s deployment to Afghanistan in 2013.
Photo By: DOD photo courtesy of the Bryant family
VIRIN: 180812-O-TW998-001

The Bryant family embraces following Staff Sgt. Vito T. Bryant’s deployment to Afghanistan in 2013.

 

Three young ladies pose for photo at an America’s Got Talent event.
Trio Got Talent
The Bryant girls pose at the tryouts for America’s Got Talent.
Photo By: DOD photo courtesy of the Bryant family
VIRIN: 180812-D-TW998-005

The Bryant girls pose at the tryouts for America’s Got Talent.

 

Family poses at sporting event.
Family Honors
Army Staff Sgt. Vito T. Bryant, his wife, Rachael, and their daughters Destiny, Yasmine and Evangeline join U.S. Military Academy rabble rousers on the field during a football game in West Point, N.Y. The Bryants were being honored for their contributions to the academy.
Photo By: Army Cadet Alex Werden
VIRIN: 180812-O-TW998-002

Army Staff Sgt. Vito T. Bryant, his wife, Rachael, and their daughters Destiny, Yasmine and Evangeline join U.S. Military Academy rabble rousers on the field during a football game in West Point, N.Y. The Bryants were being honored for their contributions to the academy.

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