McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

Team McChord children process through a simulated deployment line during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. The event is designed to provide a glimpse of what their military parents go through during deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Snyder, 95th Military Police Detachment K-9 handler, demonstrates his military working dog during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. The goal of the event is to provide a glimpse of what their military parents go through during deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

Team McChord children play with an explosive ordnance disposal robot during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. More than 90 children, ages 4 to 14, participated in the mock deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

Mateo Vasquez-Gonzalez, 7, dons a helmet and vest during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. The children stopped at several stations including a C-17 Globemaster III static display, security forces and military working dog among others. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. James Wall, 62nd APS senior enlisted leader, and his family, Christina and Leah, pose for a photo during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. More than 90 children, ages 4 to 14, participated in the mock deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

Team McChord children process through a simulated deployment line during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. The goal of the event is to provide a glimpse of what their military parents go through during deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

Team McChord children wait inside a C-17 Globemaster III during Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. More than 90 children, ages 4 to 14, participated in the mock deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

U.S. Air Force Maj. Wesley Ekwall, 62nd Aerial Port Squadron commander, and Senior Master Sgt. James Wall, 62nd APS senior enlisted leader, brief Team McChord children as part of Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14, 2021. More than 90 children, ages 4 to 14, participated in the mock deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

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McChord children complete Operation KUDOs

Published Aug. 17, 2021
By Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes
62nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. --

More than 90 children participated in the Operation Kids Understanding Deployment Operations (KUDOs) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 14. 2021. The goal of the event is to provide a glimpse of what their military parents go through during deployments.