A child sits in a fire truck, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Senior Airman Michael Frook, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, shows a youth center child how to control a robot during a mock deployment, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Parents welcome home their kids from a mock deployment, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Kids climb into the cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III during a mock deployment, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

1st Lt. Akil Romany, 16th Airlift Squadron pilot, gives a tour of a cockpit of a C-17 Globemaster III, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Kids climb on to a C-17 Globemaster III during a mock deployment, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

A youth center child looks at a C-17 Globemaster III during mock deployment, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Staff Sgt. Robert Youmans, 628th Aerospace Medical Squadron NCO in charge of community health, gives a fake vaccination to a youth center child during a mock pre-deployment, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

An Airman stamps a passport during a mock deployment line, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.

A youth center child, takes a deployment package, Nov. 3, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The JB Charleston youth center hosted a deployment line for Airmen’s families to give them an idea of what a deployment is like for their parents. During the event, the kids heard deployment briefings, went through a mock deployment line, toured a C-17 Globemaster III and finished the day with interactive displays from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, EOD flight and 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron.