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OPERATION KIDS
Kids of reserve, civilians, foreign nationals, navy,
army, retired or those associated with Luke find out
what a military member goes through when they
leave home for that AEF, OEF, or other
TDY/deployment tasking. 

At Operation KIDS Recruits Will

• be recalled for duty @0640-0705
• go through the processing line (at Team Luke)
• receive a mission brief from the 56 FW/CC
• learn about per diem
• deploy to far away land (ATSO) area (Base is called “Camp Thunderbolt”)
• find out what’s inside that mobility bag
• visit a simulated deployment site
• snack on MREs!
• check out what agencies do (Fire Dept, SFS, OSI, Chaplain, AAFES, CE Readiness and many more)
• Face painting, air gun range, night vision goggles, etc
• Eat lunch (hot dogs, chips & everyone’s favorite MRE’s)
• Lots of hands on, interacting w/ their parents, and all agencies
• Redeploy back to “Team Luke”
• Receive a nice welcome home by volunteers and VFW
• 56 FW/CC give welcome home brief, certificate and coin for completing the mission

Each child receives

• a personalized photo ID badge
• T-shirt
• Military dog tags
• a bag of other giveaways (donated goodies, snacks, etc)