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8 Hudson Valley Parent n November 2019 I am a Hudson Valley Parent United States Military Academy at West Point. Chantel Robinson said one of the best things about her family's move from upstate New York to the mili- tary base at West Point five months ago was that the children living in C elebrate November's National Veterans and Military Families with Chantel Robinson, Katrina Innocenti and Captain Lori Daniels. They're not only Hudson Valley mothers, but also women raising their kids while living on-base at the Meet three military moms: Chantel Robinson, Katrina Innocenti and Captain Lori Daniels the community were the same age as her boys, 2 and 6. "There are lots of boys and 2- and 3-year-olds," she said. "We meet in the park and play. There's a lot of social interaction." Before coming to the Hudson Valley-which Robinson loves-the family lived near Fort Drum in Jef- ferson County, where her husband was posted. "This is our first time living on base," said Robinson, 33. "We've always lived off-base but I'm enjoy- ing this. We're in a small community with 20 units. All of them have kids the same age as ours and are going through similar stages." The family will live at the military base in West Point for three-and-a- half years and is where their eldest child goes to elementary school. The Robinson boys play with each other and other kids their age that live with them at the military base at West Point. The Robinson family has lived on-base at the United States Military Academy at West Point for the five months and is enjoying the Hudson Valley.