| Being in the military is a lifestyle all its own. You might | | | | Highlights of your military career |
| be a service personnel or the parent, spouse or child | | | | Photos of ceremonies you participated in |
| of someone in the armed forces. The military life | | | | Your retirement party |
| touches everyone who loves someone serving in any | | | | Scrapbooking for Family Members of Military |
| one of the service branches whether it is the Marines, | | | | Personnel |
| Navy, Army, Air Force, or National Guard. Military | | | | Is someone you love in the armed forces? You may |
| scrapbooking ideas all start with how the military life | | | | want to document their military career for them, or |
| affects you. | | | | create a scrapbook about how that person's military |
| Scrapbooking Ideas for Military Personnel | | | | life affected you. Being the spouse, child or parent of |
| As a member of the armed forces, you will want to | | | | someone in the military, you will have your own |
| preserve and document your military experience. | | | | thoughts, fears, feelings and hopes about his/her |
| Recording your memories of your service years is | | | | military life. Your scrapbook can be a gift for the |
| important not only for yourself, but also for your | | | | military personnel or for someone else in their family, |
| children and future generations. Your years in the | | | | like a son or daughter. It also can be an account of |
| service are not only personal, but they document our | | | | how military life affected your own life experiences. |
| national history as well. You might have served in a | | | | Items for Family Members to Include in a Military |
| war or responded to a national crisis. Preserving your | | | | Scrapbook |
| memories of those experiences will tell others your | | | | Photos of you with your loved one in the service |
| first-person account of a moment in history. | | | | Farewell photos |
| Items to Include In Your Military Scrapbook | | | | Homecoming photos |
| Your service documents including your enlistment | | | | Journaling of your feelings about being part of a military |
| application | | | | family |
| Newspaper articles | | | | Moving day photos from one service station |
| Photos of you receiving recognition | | | | community to another |
| Photos of returning home from a duty station | | | | Letters or emails written from your loved one in the |
| Photos of your military friends | | | | armed forces |
| Photos of your service stations | | | | Photos of military family events like picnics or formal |
| A time line of your years in service, including where | | | | parties |
| and when you served | | | | Newspaper articles |
| Pages or quotes from your personal journal, including | | | | Scrapbooking companies are responding to the huge |
| your hopes, fears, and thoughts | | | | demand for military scrapbooking supplies. You can |
| Information on the training you received, including when | | | | find albums with armed forces emblems on the cover. |
| and where you received training | | | | Stickers and embellishments relating to the military |
| Photos of boot camp, including your graduation | | | | service are also available. However, it's your own |
| Awards and recognition with journaling on how, when | | | | personal photos and journaling that will create a military |
| and why you received them | | | | scrapbook that will become a legacy to future |
| Photos of your metals and ribbons including how, when | | | | generations. |
| and why you received these honors | | | | |