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(From left) Hannah Gruenes and Camryn Wilmes look at

(From left) Hannah Gruenes and Camryn Wilmes look at

(From left) Hannah Gruenes and Camryn Wilmes look at a bite sleeve used to train military working dogs during a mock deployment, April 27, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The children viewed equipment used by ... More

Military families, children grow through challenges

Military families, children grow through challenges

Deployments are one of many challenges unique to military children.

Station celebrates Month of the Military Child

Station celebrates Month of the Military Child

Members of the Provost Marshal’s Office dressed as Scruff McGruff and Daren the Lion meet with children as part of the Month of the Military Child celebration here Saturday. Children played in a bounce-house, s... More

Sgt. Lindsey Sine, supply administration and operations

Sgt. Lindsey Sine, supply administration and operations

Sgt. Lindsey Sine, supply administration and operations specialist with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), holds her daughter, Feb. 27, as approximately 150 Marines and sailors prepare to deploy to Afghani... More

Staff Sgt. Bobbie Gabaree (center) and her husband

Staff Sgt. Bobbie Gabaree (center) and her husband

Staff Sgt. Bobbie Gabaree (center) and her husband Staff Sgt. Jeramie Gabaree (left) both with Company B, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, and Bobbie’s sister Staff Sgt. Deirdre M... More

Holly Pierce and her husband Staff Sgt. Nathan Pierce

Holly Pierce and her husband Staff Sgt. Nathan Pierce

Holly Pierce and her husband Staff Sgt. Nathan Pierce with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, spent their time during Nathan’s rest and relaxation on the beaches of ... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Daack, 354th Mission Support

U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Daack, 354th Mission Support

U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Daack, 354th Mission Support Group commander, speaks to students from Crawford Elementary School during Alaska’s first Purple Up! Day April 13, 2011, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. P... More

Sgt. Maricris McLane visits her son, Jandrei Cosejo,

Sgt. Maricris McLane visits her son, Jandrei Cosejo,

Sgt. Maricris McLane visits her son, Jandrei Cosejo, in the Philippines on May 2012. They have been away from each other for six years. (Courtesy photo)

Tyler Mason Maldonado Bloodgood, a son of 4th STB,

Tyler Mason Maldonado Bloodgood, a son of 4th STB,

Tyler Mason Maldonado Bloodgood, a son of 4th STB, 4th Bde. Combat Team, 1st Armored Div. non-commissioned officer and recent recipient of the ‘2012 Yes I Can!’ Award for Academics from the Council for Exceptio... More

Eighth grade students from Albritton Middle School

Eighth grade students from Albritton Middle School

Eighth grade students from Albritton Middle School play a game of basketball at the AMS gym on their last day of school, June 15. Col. Stephen Sicinski, Fort Bragg's garrison commander, attended the AMS for the... More

This week-long camp at Camp Hanes in King, N.C. included

This week-long camp at Camp Hanes in King, N.C. included

This week-long camp at Camp Hanes in King, N.C. included a Military Day where children were exposed to different aspects of military life such as, camouflage face paint, physical training and a static vehicle d... More

Elmo, a character on Sesame Street, greets military

Elmo, a character on Sesame Street, greets military

Elmo, a character on Sesame Street, greets military children and their families at the Bob Hope Theater during the Sesame Street United Service Organization Experience for Military Families Tour aboard Marine C... More

Service members with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron

Service members with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron

Service members with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 teamed up with school administrators at Creekside Elementary School in New Bern to start an Adopt-a-School partnership Jan. 23. “The kids really care abo... More

Some campers from the Maine National Guard Summer Camp

Some campers from the Maine National Guard Summer Camp

Some campers from the Maine National Guard Summer Camp braved the cool, rainy weather and took the plunge down the waterslide at Big Adventure, Bethel. The connections at the week-long program help them build a... More

Lt. Col. John Ferguson, the executive officer for Marine

Lt. Col. John Ferguson, the executive officer for Marine

Lt. Col. John Ferguson, the executive officer for Marine Aircraft Group 13 of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., reads “How to Bake an American Pie” to children at the station’s community center on Friday. T... More

The Boise State University ladies soccer team and Ed

The Boise State University ladies soccer team and Ed

The Boise State University ladies soccer team and Ed Moore, Broncos assistant coach (white shirt) met with Air Force Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace (front-right) and Airman 1st Class Devin Nothstine at Mountain Home... More

Month of the Military Child

Month of the Military Child

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signs legislation proclaiming April to be "The Month of the Military Child" to recognize the service and sacrifices of Michigan military children at the state capitol in Lansing, Mich.... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Maj. Gen. ... More

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load into golf

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load into golf

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load into golf carts to begin a goal tournament held by the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Officers’ Spouses’ Club aboard MCAS Miramar, Calif., April 25. The tournament w... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine

Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine

Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, learn about newborn care during Operation Parenthood aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 1, 2014. Operation Parenthood is a one day event des... More

Cpl. Cody Pfister, a traffic investigator with the

Cpl. Cody Pfister, a traffic investigator with the

Cpl. Cody Pfister, a traffic investigator with the Provost Marshal’s Office and an Augusta, Ga., native, introduces Aidan Blackburn, 8, to the controls within a military police car during a Lil’ Leatherneck Day... More

Nathan Kempton, 10-year-old resident of Portland, Ore.,

Nathan Kempton, 10-year-old resident of Portland, Ore.,

Nathan Kempton, 10-year-old resident of Portland, Ore., learns about muscles and clams from camp counselor Annie Wensley during the aquatic touch tank activity of Camp Corral summer camp for military children a... More

The Drug Demand Reduction Program staff aboard Marine

The Drug Demand Reduction Program staff aboard Marine

The Drug Demand Reduction Program staff aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., held an event for the youth center’s Substance Abuse Prevention Day, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. Nadia Orozco, an alcohol abuse pr... More

Robert Griffin III, quarterback for the Washington

Robert Griffin III, quarterback for the Washington

Robert Griffin III, quarterback for the Washington Redskins, high-fives a cheerleader during the beginning of a NFL Play 60 event on Fort Belvoir, Va., Sept. 30, 2014. Play 60 encourages children to be active f... More

Elena McShane, the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.,

Elena McShane, the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz.,

Elena McShane, the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., school liaison, speaks to local school superintendents, assistant superintendents, principals and resident command representatives at the station Sonoran... More

The Riedels pose for a family photo earlier this year

The Riedels pose for a family photo earlier this year

The Riedels pose for a family photo earlier this year at the Mountain Home High School football field. The Riedels moved to Mountain Home, Idaho, three years ago, where Christen and Hunter attend Mountain Home ... More

McGruff the Crime Dog high fives a student from the

McGruff the Crime Dog high fives a student from the

McGruff the Crime Dog high fives a student from the Johnson Primary School during the Johnson Primary School Career Day Observance on Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 24, 2015. The career day observance provided stude... More

Members of the Army Community Service Family Advocacy

Members of the Army Community Service Family Advocacy

Members of the Army Community Service Family Advocacy Program pose for a portrait May 7, 2015, during the Blue Tie Affair in the Memorial Chapel on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, which... More

White House chef Susan Morrison helps a military child

White House chef Susan Morrison helps a military child

White House chef Susan Morrison helps a military child with a gift for his mother, during a Mother's Day tea honoring military mothers, May 8, 2015. Military spouses and children, service members who are mother... More

Children of service members participate in physical

Children of service members participate in physical

Children of service members participate in physical training during Junior Jarhead Day aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., June 6. Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16 Marines volunteered to lead four pl... More

Lt. Col. Quintin D. Jones, commanding officer 1st Battalion,

Lt. Col. Quintin D. Jones, commanding officer 1st Battalion,

Lt. Col. Quintin D. Jones, commanding officer 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, spins his daughter during the Father Daughter Dance hosted by 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines and the Armed Services YMCA at the Offi... More

Children of Marine and Army families working or living

Children of Marine and Army families working or living

Children of Marine and Army families working or living aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., attended a L.I.N.K.S. for Kids program July 23. The Lifestyles, Insights, Networking, Knowledge and Ski... More

Children and their families walk between fire trucks

Children and their families walk between fire trucks

Children and their families walk between fire trucks to a demonstration at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., July 31, 2015. The demonstration was part of the “Hero in Training” event which had interactive displays an... More

Children from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., learn about

Children from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., learn about

Children from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., learn about fire safety fire safety trailer kitchen during an interactive event for children and their families called “Hero in Training” July 31, 2015. The event showc... More

Going for the pass, US Air Force Photo

Going for the pass, US Air Force Photo

One of the youth activities offered on base is soccer for children of all ages. Two ways people can keep childhood obesity numbers from increasing are being active and being aware of the foods put into their bo... More

A child care provider feeds a toddler at the child

A child care provider feeds a toddler at the child

A child care provider feeds a toddler at the child development center aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Sept. 23. Marine Corps Community Services is launching a website for service members seeking child ... More

Trevor Romain presented his “We’re With You All The

Trevor Romain presented his “We’re With You All The

Trevor Romain presented his “We’re With You All The Way” educational performance at Bolden Elementary School Oct. 5. Romain gave a motivational speech to encourage children to be happier, healthier and more con... More

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Child and Youth Program

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Child and Youth Program

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Child and Youth Program Assistant Kelley Smith carefully puts caramel on an apple at the request of eagerly-awaiting children at the Cody Child Development Center Harvest Festival... More

Children wait in line for hayrides at the second annual

Children wait in line for hayrides at the second annual

Children wait in line for hayrides at the second annual Caisson Haunted Hayride hosted by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon Oct. 30 at the Caisson Stables on the Fort Myer portion o... More

A student plays the violin during a presentation at

A student plays the violin during a presentation at

A student plays the violin during a presentation at Bolden Elementary and Middle School aboard Laurel Bay Dec. 9. Each student chose a historical figure to impersonate and performed a short presentation. This s... More

Children enjoy a bouncy house during the third annual

Children enjoy a bouncy house during the third annual

Children enjoy a bouncy house during the third annual Children's Holiday Party Dec. 12, 2015, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The event included many activities to bring Creech families together, improve morale ... More

Navy Lt. Misha Lockey speaks to students about dental

Navy Lt. Misha Lockey speaks to students about dental

Navy Lt. Misha Lockey speaks to students about dental hygiene at Bolden Elementary/Middle School aboard Laurel Bay Feb 17. Lockey and several hospital corpsmen shared about the importance of oral health with mo... More

(HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.) An Airman from Holloman’s

(HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.) An Airman from Holloman’s

(HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.) An Airman from Holloman’s Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) Base leads a group of children to the next station during Operation K.I.D. (Kids Investigating Deployment)... More

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Ellyn meet with military families attending the Military Child of the Year Awards Gala, in Arlington, Va., April 14, 2... More

Students from Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan,

Students from Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan,

Students from Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico will be representing their school and Puerto Rico at the National Leadership Conference this summer after demonstrating their skills and abilities ... More

Lt. Col Sean Henrickson speaks to Students during an

Lt. Col Sean Henrickson speaks to Students during an

Lt. Col Sean Henrickson speaks to Students during an Earth Day assembly at Middleton S. Elliott Elementary School aboard Laurel Bay April 22. Students drew Earth Day related artwork for a competition judged by ... More

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Reinert, 88th RSC commanding general,

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Reinert, 88th RSC commanding general,

Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Reinert, 88th RSC commanding general, speaks with military children during the Yellow Ribbon Event in Bloomington, Minn., May 7. “Soldier Speak”, an 88th RSC Yellow Ribbon Program highlight... More

First grade students from Bechtel Elementary School

First grade students from Bechtel Elementary School

First grade students from Bechtel Elementary School watch a video about fighter jets and pilots May 16, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The students were invited to Kadena to receive a mission briefing by the ... More

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — Teens in the CYSS HIRED! program

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — Teens in the CYSS HIRED! program

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS — Teens in the CYSS HIRED! program learn to make espresso and other beverages at the Bennet Youth Center cafe, which helps them to gain real-world work experience. (U.S. Army photo courtesy o... More

Adelyne Santamaria perches on top of her dad Marco

Adelyne Santamaria perches on top of her dad Marco

Adelyne Santamaria perches on top of her dad Marco Santamaria’s shoulders as they watch loadmasters from the 512th Airlift Wing demonstrate loading and unloading a C-17 Globemaster III, Dover Air Force Base, De... More

Participants march in one of the parades at the Month

Participants march in one of the parades at the Month

Participants march in one of the parades at the Month of the Military Child kickoff celebration April 1, 2017, at Fryar Stadium. The purpose of Month of the Military Child is to give an opportunity for communit... More

MARFORCOM Marines Honor Military Children of Norfolk

MARFORCOM Marines Honor Military Children of Norfolk

Staff Sgt. William Hobson, operations chief, G-1, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, high fives a student at Tarrallton Elemantary School in Norfolk, Va., after helping him put on tactical gear such as a Kevlar ... More

Marines interact with kids during a “bring your child

Marines interact with kids during a “bring your child

Marines interact with kids during a “bring your child to work day” event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., April 28, 2017. Military children were given the opportunity to learn what their parents ... More

Sesame Street Helps Military Families Transition to Civilian Life

Sesame Street Helps Military Families Transition to Civilian Life

Sesame Street understands military life brings many changes. To help with these changes, Sesame Street has created resources for both the caring adult and the young child to help prepare for the next family adv... More

Master Sgt. Sandra Krider, 104th Fighter Wing command

Master Sgt. Sandra Krider, 104th Fighter Wing command

Master Sgt. Sandra Krider, 104th Fighter Wing command post controller, gets some help from her daughter Nari on the way to bag check Aug. 16, 2018, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Westfield, Massachusetts. K... More

Melania Trump shakes hands with Lauren Wright, Imagine

Melania Trump shakes hands with Lauren Wright, Imagine

Melania Trump shakes hands with Lauren Wright, Imagine Andrews student, at the youth center on Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sept. 15, 2017. As first lady, she has focused on education for children by attending even... More

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and sponsors unveil a

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and sponsors unveil a

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and sponsors unveil a mobile playground to General Stanford Elementary School students during a visit to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Sept. 29, 2017. The playground is made of l... More

Service members and their families attend a Pete the

Service members and their families attend a Pete the

Service members and their families attend a Pete the Cat performance at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Oct. 21, 2017. Pete the Cat is a musical that chronicles the adventures of Pete, a stray, str... More

The Seventh Annual Mini Marine Corps and Navy ball

The Seventh Annual Mini Marine Corps and Navy ball

The Seventh Annual Mini Marine Corps and Navy ball sign is displayed in front of Club Iwakuni at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 21, 2017. The Mini Ball allowed service members’ children to experi... More

Olentangy Liberty Middle School counselor Jason Durell

Olentangy Liberty Middle School counselor Jason Durell

Olentangy Liberty Middle School counselor Jason Durell (center), a sergeant in the Ohio Army National Guard, talks to sixth-grade students Conner Fauris and Vanessa Adams. Both Fauris and Adams are children of ... More

From left, Lt. Col. Jerrod Duggan, 341st Maintenance

From left, Lt. Col. Jerrod Duggan, 341st Maintenance

From left, Lt. Col. Jerrod Duggan, 341st Maintenance Group vice commander, his son Mason, and wife Kimberly, pose for a portrait April 2, 2018, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The Duggan family has moved fiv... More

Family members participate in an indoor Easter Egg

Family members participate in an indoor Easter Egg

Family members participate in an indoor Easter Egg Hunt on April 7, 2018, 132d Wing, Des Moines, Iowa. The egg hunt was sponsored by the Family Readiness Group and the Wingman Support Team and included crafts, ... More

Supporting the Health & Future of Military Kids: Highlighting Two Efforts at NHRC

Supporting the Health & Future of Military Kids: Highlighting Two Effo...

At the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), we use science and research to support the youngest members of our military community. Two projects within our Deployment Health Research Department—the Department of... More

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Burgers are being grilled

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Burgers are being grilled

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Burgers are being grilled during the Kubasaki High School Month of the Military Child barbecue April 10 aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. The barbecue was a way for the military ... More

Month of the Military Child

Month of the Military Child

Tech. Sgt. Nichelle Anderson poses for a photo with her children, April 26, 2018. Every April, the Department of Defense celebrates Month of the Military Child. The Month of the Military Child. Established in 1... More

Month of the Military Child

Month of the Military Child

Tech. Sgt. Nichelle Anderson poses for a photo with her children, April 26, 2018. Every April, the Department of Defense celebrates Month of the Military Child. The Month of the Military Child. Established in 1... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Randall A. Ogden, 4th Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Randall A. Ogden, 4th Air

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Randall A. Ogden, 4th Air Force commander, Air Force Reserve Command, addresses Airmen and family members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 44th Aerial Port Squadron, during Operation Ina... More

Monday Motivation: June 18, 2018

Monday Motivation: June 18, 2018

This week's Monday Motivation is from Clarence Budington Kelland, an American writer. "My father didn't tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it." (U.S. Air Force graphic/Staff Sgt. Andrew Park)

Two children of a 914th Air Refueling Wing member

Two children of a 914th Air Refueling Wing member

Two children of a 914th Air Refueling Wing member participate in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) camp designed to engage by teaching through play, July 24, 2018, Niagara Falls Air Reserve St... More

Former NBA champion Metta World Peace (Ron Artest)

Former NBA champion Metta World Peace (Ron Artest)

Former NBA champion Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) gave a lesson in defense to defenders at March Air Reserve Base, California, appearing at a Los Angeles Lakers military appreciation event September 9, 2018. M... More

Crystal Emmons, a 28th Force Support Squadron program

Crystal Emmons, a 28th Force Support Squadron program

Crystal Emmons, a 28th Force Support Squadron program technician, reads to her class in room 138 at the McRaven Child Development Center on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Dec. 6, 2018. During the afternoon, th... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Iva Phan, 81st Dental Squadron

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Iva Phan, 81st Dental Squadron

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Iva Phan, 81st Dental Squadron dental assistant, places toothbrushes in bags for military children during the 9th Annual Give Kids a Smile Day at the dental clinic inside the Keesler M... More

Rylee Wilbur, son of Staff Sgts. Chaelynne and Brandon

Rylee Wilbur, son of Staff Sgts. Chaelynne and Brandon

Rylee Wilbur, son of Staff Sgts. Chaelynne and Brandon Wilbur, uses a Hatch Early Learning computer to learn his colors in room 135, at the McRaven Child Development Center on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Ma... More

Jonathan Vazquez Jr., the son of Airman 1st Class Christina

Jonathan Vazquez Jr., the son of Airman 1st Class Christina

Jonathan Vazquez Jr., the son of Airman 1st Class Christina Bennett, a 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, waits for Sesame Street Live to begin at the base theater on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.,... More

A mother and her son cross the finish line at a Marine

A mother and her son cross the finish line at a Marine

A mother and her son cross the finish line at a Marine Corps Community Services hosted event at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 5, 2019. The Month of the Military Child is celebrate... More

Col. Bryan Cook, 944th Fighter Wing commander, and

Col. Bryan Cook, 944th Fighter Wing commander, and

Col. Bryan Cook, 944th Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy Malcom, 944th FW command chief, present military children a coin and certificate after coming home from their “deployment” during Oper... More

McKinney promoted to brigadier general

McKinney promoted to brigadier general

Brig. Gen. Maurice McKinney, the Missouri Air National Guard’s chief of staff, has his new one-star rank pinned onto his uniform by his children (Kaeleb, Maurice II and Jacob) during a ceremony at Jefferson Bar... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Blank, 81st Medical Operations

U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Blank, 81st Medical Operations

U.S. Air Force Capt. Michael Blank, 81st Medical Operations Squadron nurse, helps his son, Carson, choose an event dog tag during Operation Hero at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 6, 2019. The event,... More

Deployed members from the 179th Airlift Wing are recognized

Deployed members from the 179th Airlift Wing are recognized

Deployed members from the 179th Airlift Wing are recognized during a welcome home ceremony April 14, 2019, at Mansfield Senior High School, Mansfield, Ohio. Following the ceremony, family members were welcomed ... More

The Holbrook Library is keeping cool with a free Summer

The Holbrook Library is keeping cool with a free Summer

The Holbrook Library is keeping cool with a free Summer Reading Program, set to run from June 20 through July 25. The Summer Reading Program is run in partnership with the Department of Defense Morale, Welfare ... More

The Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted a Back

The Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted a Back

The Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted a Back to School Roundup for Airmen and their families at the Pride Hangar on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., August 18, 2019. Families received free backpacks stoc... More

Sparky, the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron firedog, high

Sparky, the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron firedog, high

Sparky, the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron firedog, high fives a child from Child Development Center, Sept. 24, 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The Altus AFB fire department visited the children from the CDC... More

A child poses for a photo during Operation Hero at

A child poses for a photo during Operation Hero at

A child poses for a photo during Operation Hero at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Sept. 28, 2019. Barksdale Airmen created a mock deployment scenario to help military children understand deployment proced... More

Kelly Coakley, 5 years old, takes a photo with her

Kelly Coakley, 5 years old, takes a photo with her

Kelly Coakley, 5 years old, takes a photo with her dad, Tech. Sgt. Shane Coakley, 104th Fighter Wing Security Forces during a Veteran's ice cream social where they spent time talking to Veterans and passed out ... More

191217-N-TC708-0002 SHAPE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2019)

191217-N-TC708-0002 SHAPE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2019)

191217-N-TC708-0002 SHAPE, Belgium (Dec. 17, 2019) U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher Snider, lower right, from Emmitsburg, Md., Public Affairs Officer assigned to U.S. Naval Support ... More

Military Children serve with strength in support of

Military Children serve with strength in support of

Military Children serve with strength in support of our nation, contribute to our country, and are the heart of the mission as they sacrifice while supporting their military parents. April is dedicated to our M... More

Military Children, Our Strength

Military Children, Our Strength

Joey and Tess Landon, daughters of Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Landon of the 104th Fighter Wing, spend time with each other enjoying time as sisters. (Courtesy photo)

Military children line up to get their temperatures

Military children line up to get their temperatures

Military children line up to get their temperatures taken before going to school at Rivers Elementary School on August 17, 2020 at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. After the Oklahoma State Department of Health r... More

HHBN hosts a Family Readiness Group carnival

HHBN hosts a Family Readiness Group carnival

The daughters of two Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division Soldiers, Kenlee, daughter of Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert (Joey) Romero II, and Kylie, daughter of Maj. Ted Demaria, dance to the m... More

HHBN hosts Family Readiness Group carnival

HHBN hosts Family Readiness Group carnival

Capt. Jennifer Pendleton, commander of the 14th Public Affairs Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, helps her son Alex pick a craft from Spc. Yesenia Ramirez, assigned to ... More

HHBN hosts Family Readiness Group carnival

HHBN hosts Family Readiness Group carnival

Thomas Scott, husband of Pfc. Julia Scott, assigned to the 14th Public Affairs Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, helps his daughter Alison throw darts during a Family R... More

Military families get help with health care transitions from Sesame Street

Military families get help with health care transitions from Sesame St...

A military family visits their new health care provider with the help of Rosita from Sesame Street for Military Families.

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – A young boy throws a

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – A young boy throws a

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – A young boy throws a ball and attempts to land it in a nearby target during the Humphreys Festival 2020, at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Oct. 17. The Camp Humphreys Morale, Wellnes... More

Sgt. Susan Ortiz (middle), administrative specialist

Sgt. Susan Ortiz (middle), administrative specialist

Sgt. Susan Ortiz (middle), administrative specialist with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), plays with her nieces, Katelynn, 4, and Madilynn, 6, Feb. 27, as approximately 150 Marines and sailors prepare ... More

Spc. Shawn Knaus, Company D, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation

Spc. Shawn Knaus, Company D, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation

Spc. Shawn Knaus, Company D, 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, holds his baby daughter while home on rest and relaxation from his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan. Shawn alm... More

Children from the Chimugukuru Center dance to the music

Children from the Chimugukuru Center dance to the music

Children from the Chimugukuru Center dance to the music played by the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band at a carnival held in celebration of the Month of the Military Child on Camp Foster, April 27.

Sgt. Maricris McLane visits her son, Jandrei Cosejo,

Sgt. Maricris McLane visits her son, Jandrei Cosejo,

Sgt. Maricris McLane visits her son, Jandrei Cosejo, in the Philippines on May 2012. They have been away from each other for six years. (Courtesy photo)

Texas State Rep. Dee Margo, from House District 78,

Texas State Rep. Dee Margo, from House District 78,

Texas State Rep. Dee Margo, from House District 78, presents Tyler Mason Maldonado Bloodgood a proclamation certificate that declares May 30, 2012, as “Tyler Mason Maldonado Bloodgood Day” at Jose Damien Elemen... More

Students from Albritton Middle School spray paint Pat

Students from Albritton Middle School spray paint Pat

Students from Albritton Middle School spray paint Pat Schob, AMS principal, blue during their last day of school, June 15. Col. Stephen Sicinski, Fort Bragg's garrison commander, attended AMS for the day to ded... More

Military and non-military children staying at the YMCA

Military and non-military children staying at the YMCA

Military and non-military children staying at the YMCA Camp Hanes in King, N.C.help to make blankets during Military Day activities, July 11 which will later be distributed to families of fallen soldiers. The w... More

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