This article presents an interview with Barbara Thompson, the Director of the Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In the interview, Thompson talks about trends in military child care in the United States. She shares when the military got into the business of providing child care. She also talks about the Military Child Development Programs that have attained a well-deserved reputation for being on the cutting edge of child care in America. She describes what the future holds for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the new initiatives that are being instituted.