Event invites military kids to practice deployment Published Aug. 12, 2022 By 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs OPERATION KUDOS Desmond Jackson, 4, checks out all the tools and equipment brought from the 88th Security Forces Squadron during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | OPERATION KUDOS OPERATION KUDOS Desmond Jackson, 4, checks out all the tools and equipment brought from the 88th Security Forces Squadron during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 1 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res OPERATION KUDOS Children explore an ambulance from the 88th Medical Group during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 2 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Serenity Martinez, 15, sings the national anthem during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 3 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children participate in “firefighting station” activities during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 4 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS The Aug. 5 Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to help children work through questions by engaging in a simulated deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 5 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children take part in a CPR exercise led by 88th Medical Group Airmen during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 6 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res OPERATION KUDOS Children explore an ambulance from the 88th Medical Group during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | OPERATION KUDOS OPERATION KUDOS Desmond Jackson, 4, checks out all the tools and equipment brought from the 88th Security Forces Squadron during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 1 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res OPERATION KUDOS Children explore an ambulance from the 88th Medical Group during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 2 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Serenity Martinez, 15, sings the national anthem during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 3 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children participate in “firefighting station” activities during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 4 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS The Aug. 5 Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to help children work through questions by engaging in a simulated deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 5 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children take part in a CPR exercise led by 88th Medical Group Airmen during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 6 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Serenity Martinez, 15, sings the national anthem during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | Operation KUDOS OPERATION KUDOS Desmond Jackson, 4, checks out all the tools and equipment brought from the 88th Security Forces Squadron during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 1 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res OPERATION KUDOS Children explore an ambulance from the 88th Medical Group during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 2 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Serenity Martinez, 15, sings the national anthem during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 3 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children participate in “firefighting station” activities during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 4 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS The Aug. 5 Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to help children work through questions by engaging in a simulated deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 5 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children take part in a CPR exercise led by 88th Medical Group Airmen during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 6 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children participate in “firefighting station” activities during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | Operation KUDOS OPERATION KUDOS Desmond Jackson, 4, checks out all the tools and equipment brought from the 88th Security Forces Squadron during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 1 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res OPERATION KUDOS Children explore an ambulance from the 88th Medical Group during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 2 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Serenity Martinez, 15, sings the national anthem during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 3 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children participate in “firefighting station” activities during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 4 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS The Aug. 5 Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to help children work through questions by engaging in a simulated deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 5 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children take part in a CPR exercise led by 88th Medical Group Airmen during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 6 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS The Aug. 5 Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to help children work through questions by engaging in a simulated deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | Operation KUDOS OPERATION KUDOS Desmond Jackson, 4, checks out all the tools and equipment brought from the 88th Security Forces Squadron during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 1 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res OPERATION KUDOS Children explore an ambulance from the 88th Medical Group during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 2 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Serenity Martinez, 15, sings the national anthem during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 3 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children participate in “firefighting station” activities during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 4 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS The Aug. 5 Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to help children work through questions by engaging in a simulated deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 5 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children take part in a CPR exercise led by 88th Medical Group Airmen during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 6 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children take part in a CPR exercise led by 88th Medical Group Airmen during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | Operation KUDOS OPERATION KUDOS Desmond Jackson, 4, checks out all the tools and equipment brought from the 88th Security Forces Squadron during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 1 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res OPERATION KUDOS Children explore an ambulance from the 88th Medical Group during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 2 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Serenity Martinez, 15, sings the national anthem during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner) 3 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children participate in “firefighting station” activities during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Bass Lake on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 4 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS The Aug. 5 Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to help children work through questions by engaging in a simulated deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 5 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Operation KUDOS Children take part in a CPR exercise led by 88th Medical Group Airmen during the Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event Aug. 5 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Johnson) 6 of 6 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosted activities to help military children better understand deployments during Operation KUDOS on Aug. 5 at Bass Lake. The Kids Understanding Deployment Operations event was designed to put children ages 4-13 in the trenches of preparing for military missions through fun simulations and discussion. More than 30 families took part. The day included stations featuring the roles medical, nutrition, security forces, physical training and the fire department play in deployment preparation.