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I'lleens in military I-ami*li*es finally have v:oi*c:e <br />I <br />For year'si, teen,s have been overlooked, M* military support pro�gTam,s,. Now, a Bloomington <br />teenager is helping to change that., <br />Ellizabeth Flores, Star, Tribune <br />When 15-year-old Kiana Kelii attended events to prepare for her fatherl's military deployments, <br />I <br />le to sit with the adults while they leamed aboutinsurance benefits or hang out <br />her choices wer 1 <br />w ith her 1 01-year-old brother and other I ittle kids while they bounced on inflatable toys or played <br />v,ideoi games,. <br />"OMG," she texted her mom after Picking the little kid option. "They're making us do a puppet <br />AOMI.11 <br />Nearly 10 years into the Afghanistan, and Iraq wars, deployments are rising, and so Is the stress <br />on, teens such, as Kelil, who've been largely overlooked by military family, support efforts that <br />have centered on, young children and adults., <br />Now, as her father, gets, read for, his third, deployment, she is morei prepared thanks to a new <br />i Y i <br />group she's helplm*,g to lead: one of the, nation's first military support programs for teens. <br />