For its first “Year of the Family” event, Team Buckley “deployed” 58 children to Camp Rattlesnake on Buckley Air Force Base during the base’s first youth mock deployment Oct. 3.
The mock deployment was an effort by the 460th Force Support Squadron to help Buckley youths adjust to having a parent deployed.
“With the on-going real-world deployment schedule, children have many questions about what happens when their parents are involved with a deployment or exercise,” said Thomas Cox, 460th Force Support Squadron youth programs. “This program helped them understand what their parents encounter.”
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