Operation Hero
Rose King, 4, and her sisters, Emma,7, and Noel, 6, sample Meals Ready to Eat during Operation Hero Oct. 13, 2012, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Operation Hero is presented twice a year to give parents a chance to expose their children to what happens when they leave home for deployments tasking or on temporary duty. The girls’ parents are Lori and Charlie King, an 8th grade teacher at Biloxi Junior High School, Biloxi, Miss. The Kings were invited to the event through the school liaison office on base to educate teachers at local schools about what it is like for their military students who may go through a similar experience with their parents. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)