Operation Hero introduces kids to deployment process
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Staff Sgt. Troy Smart, combat arms training and maintenance instructor with 633d Security Forces Squadron, explains to Christina Schabron and her daughter, Katie, the nomenclature of the various military weapons used on deployment during Operation Hero at the static display hanger Nov. 13. The annual event is held to give military children the experience of what their parents go through during the pre-deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ashley Hawkins)(RELEASED)