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Life Overseas: Kids and Family (01:04)

A kid's view of life at Naval Air Station Sigonella, a large Navy base in Italy.

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Servicemembers stationed overseas can usually bring their families along. Housing is provided either on base or in the local community, and servicemembers’ children attend American schools. Here, a young man talks about growing up at Naval Air Station Sigonella, a large Navy base on the Mediterranean coast in Sicily.

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