After the end of the First Robotech War and the destruction of Dolza's fleet, a baby boom developed on earth, resulting on many children born at that time (from 2011 ro 2013). Two individuals known to be a part of this include Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant, but a large chunk of their peers at the Robotech Military Academy were their same age. Ironically, the Second Robotech War started 18 years later, meaning that the children born out of the peace following the first war were the same who fought in the second. (Robotech Masters 1: Dana's Story)