Military families experience deployment process

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Michael, 3, son of Airman 1st Class Tim Hisey, 22nd Civil Engineering Squadron and wife Courtney, tries on a helmet and combat equipment to learn what gear his father takes with him during deployment, Nov. 1 at the Family Mobility Line. The event is geared to share the deployment process with family members. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- Master Sgt. Deborah Johnson, 22nd Medical Operations Squadron shows, Todd , 8, son of Tech. Sgt. Jason Parmenter, 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and wife Jackie, how to wrap his arm with a sling in the medical tent at the Family Mobility Line’s “Camp McConnell”, Nov. 1. The Family Mobility Line gives children of active duty, reserve and guard Airmen the opportunity to experience what their parents go through to prepare for deployment. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- McConnell children perform physical exercises to learn how important physical fitness is in the military and while parents are deployed, Nov. 1 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center’s Family Mobility Line. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- McConnell children embark on replicated mobility line to show them what readiness steps their parents take before deployment, Nov. 1 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center’s Family Mobility Line. During their in-process, the children received individual mobility bags and briefings from intelligence, chaplain and medical Airmen. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- McConnell children experience what military in-processing, deployment, and redeployment is like during a Family Mobility Line, Nov. 1. They toured a KC-135 Stratotanker and “deployed” to Camp McConnell where they interacted with base security forces, fire department and medical Airmen and received cultural information on countries where their parents deploy. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Jessica Lockoski)

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Military families experience deployment process

Published Nov. 5, 2008
By Public Affairs staff
22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- On a sunny afternoon, Nov. 1, McConnell's children experience what it's like when their parents deploy. The Family Mobility Line was hosted by the Airman and Family Readiness Center.