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U.S. servicemembers and their families play with Play-Doh

U.S. servicemembers and their families play with Play-Doh

U.S. servicemembers and their families play with Play-Doh at the Grafenwoehr Army and Air Force Exchange Service April 13, 2019. AAFES held this event in recognition of Month of the Military Child. (U.S. Army p... More

Members from all different squadrons on Andersen Air

Members from all different squadrons on Andersen Air

Members from all different squadrons on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, came together to put on a parade for the children on base April 30, 2020. The Pentagon and other military support organizations and agencie... More

Children dance during an aerobics warm-up before a

Children dance during an aerobics warm-up before a

Children dance during an aerobics warm-up before a two-mile walk to raise awareness for the Month of the Military Child, child abuse and sexual assault at Kelly Park in Fort Bliss, Texas, April 13, 2013. (U.S. ... More

Petty Officer 1st Class William Hollandsworth and his

Petty Officer 1st Class William Hollandsworth and his

Petty Officer 1st Class William Hollandsworth and his son, Chris, fold the ensign in September 2003 during colors aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Monhegan, in KeyWest. Now, Master Chief Hollandsworth is preparing... More

Mayor John Cook writes on a document during a city

Mayor John Cook writes on a document during a city

Mayor John Cook writes on a document during a city council meeting at the El Paso Public Library, Texas, April 2. Cook took time before the meeting to speak with each of the military representatives that showed up.

Depot celebrates Month of the Military Child

Depot celebrates Month of the Military Child

Military children aboard the depot lined up to meet Lance Cpl. Belleau Wood, the depot mascot, during month of the military child April 4. The children were invited to interactive classes throughout spring brea... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kurt Zemaitaitis, musician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kurt Zemaitaitis, musician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kurt Zemaitaitis, musician from Addison, Ill., assigned to the Navy Band Great Lakes brass quintet, the Brass Ambassadors, plays trumpet for more than 500 students, teachers and parents ... More

Month of the Military Child NEW JERSEY

Month of the Military Child NEW JERSEY

CAPE MAY N.J. - Petty Officer 3rd Class Katherine Waters and her daughter, Alicia, watch a display at the Coast Guard Fire Department aboard Training Center Cape May April 26, 2012. The Coast Guard hosted more ... More

Month of the Military Child NEW JERSEY

Month of the Military Child NEW JERSEY

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Cory Schock practices self-defense with a member of Coast Guard Station Cape May while his mom, Petty Officer 1st Class Dayna Schock, looks on April 26, 2012. The Coast Guard hosted more than 3... More

Month of the Military Child NEW JERSEY

Month of the Military Child NEW JERSEY

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Greyson Eastman, 4, pretends to drive a Coast Guard fire truck at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May April 26, 2012. The Coast Guard hosted more than 30 military children here as part of Take... More

Melanie Flores, a Matthew C. Perry Elementary School

Melanie Flores, a Matthew C. Perry Elementary School

Melanie Flores, a Matthew C. Perry Elementary School kindergartener, exits the nounce-house she was playing in to find her parents during the Month of the Military Child picnic at the M.C. Perry soccer field he... More

John Halverson, Black Hills Raptor Center bird handler,

John Halverson, Black Hills Raptor Center bird handler,

John Halverson, Black Hills Raptor Center bird handler, educates and introduces children to Icarus the owl at the military child block party at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 31, 2012. The Month of the M... More

Avah and Sophia, daughters of Staff Sgt. Nadine Barclay,

Avah and Sophia, daughters of Staff Sgt. Nadine Barclay,

Avah and Sophia, daughters of Staff Sgt. Nadine Barclay, a photojournalist deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, to the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kabul, Afghanistan, and Staff Sgt. Michael Barclay, a crew... More

Lily M. Wade, 13, reads to the preschool class in room

Lily M. Wade, 13, reads to the preschool class in room

Lily M. Wade, 13, reads to the preschool class in room 10 of the Child Development Center, building 4629, April 3. Lily volunteered with the MCAS Cherry Point Tween Center to spend time with the preschoolers as... More

Marines with aircraft rescue and firefighting and Sparky

Marines with aircraft rescue and firefighting and Sparky

Marines with aircraft rescue and firefighting and Sparky the Fire Dog demonstrate an air-bag system to students from Bechtel Elementary School by lifting a couch on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma April 4. An ... More

Marines and family members interact with animals such

Marines and family members interact with animals such

Marines and family members interact with animals such as the ground tortoise aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, April 5. Month of the Military Child events are scheduled to continue every Thursday through... More

Children await the signal to begin during an Easter

Children await the signal to begin during an Easter

Children await the signal to begin during an Easter egg hunt at the Camp Kinser Commissary April 6. The hunt followed the Proud to be a Military Child event that allowed children to experience some of the train... More

Service members and their families listen to opening

Service members and their families listen to opening

Service members and their families listen to opening remarks from Col. John E. Kasperski during the proud to be a military kid event here, April 6. The event incorporated different aspects of what Marines do on... More

Charlotte Stanbaugh, a Child and Youth Program assistant

Charlotte Stanbaugh, a Child and Youth Program assistant

Charlotte Stanbaugh, a Child and Youth Program assistant with the Holloman Child Development Center, leads her class of toddlers during a march to commemorate the start of the 2012 Month of the Military Child A... More

Children play with a parachute during the Family Fun

Children play with a parachute during the Family Fun

Children play with a parachute during the Family Fun and Fitness Fair inside the Buckner Gym on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 7, 2012. The fair was held as part of the Month of the Military Chi... More

Members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band

Members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band

Members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band perform for children at the School Age Care Center on Camp Foster on April 18. The performance was held in support of the Month of the Military Child. Photo co... More

Dancers from San Diego Civic Dance Arts perform for

Dancers from San Diego Civic Dance Arts perform for

Dancers from San Diego Civic Dance Arts perform for a Month of the Military Child event aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 26. Young dancers from ages six to 17 performed for military famili... More

Children from the Chimugukuru Center dance to the music

Children from the Chimugukuru Center dance to the music

Children from the Chimugukuru Center dance to the music played by the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band at a carnival held in celebration of the Month of the Military Child on Camp Foster April 27.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ivana Brown, a laboratory technician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ivana Brown, a laboratory technician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ivana Brown, a laboratory technician at the Branch Medical Clinic, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, holds Avery Brown, her 9-month-old son during the Month of the Military Child Picnic... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ivana Brown, a laboratory technician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ivana Brown, a laboratory technician

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ivana Brown, a laboratory technician at the Medical Station holds Avery Brown, her nine-month-old son during the Month of the Miilitary Child Picnic at the Child Development Center at Ma... More

April spotlights military youth

April spotlights military youth

Members of the Hawaii State Legislature wear purple in observance of the Month of the Military Child in April. Children of service members were first honored in 1986 by Department of Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger.

Pam Price, Dickerson Park Zoo presenter, and Jamie

Pam Price, Dickerson Park Zoo presenter, and Jamie

Pam Price, Dickerson Park Zoo presenter, and Jamie Williams, Dickerson Park Zoo handler, present "Phoenix" the bald eagle at the Youth Center on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., April 1, 2013. The Youth Center sta... More

Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps

Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps

Col. John Farnam, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., right, and his wife, KathyJean Farnam, left, discuss a book they read to military children at the library aboard the air station... More

Lane Lombard tests out a xylophone available for children

Lane Lombard tests out a xylophone available for children

Lane Lombard tests out a xylophone available for children to play with during the inaugural “In the Park” held April 2 at Riseley Field. Children could play with drums and music shakers made from plastic eggs f... More

Cheyenne Howington (right) and Lana Hammonds (left)

Cheyenne Howington (right) and Lana Hammonds (left)

Cheyenne Howington (right) and Lana Hammonds (left) play with a toy kitchen at the Bronco Youth Center, April 3, 2013, Fort Hood, Texas. The playgroups are supposed to help prevent child abuse by having parents... More

Brooklyn Griffin (left) plays with a raddle and a plastic

Brooklyn Griffin (left) plays with a raddle and a plastic

Brooklyn Griffin (left) plays with a raddle and a plastic dish set at the Bronco Youth Center April 3, 2013, Fort Hood, Texas. The New Parent Support Program holds open playgroups to promote child well-being. (... More

Elijah and Melissa Dawoud, son and spouse of 1st Lt.

Elijah and Melissa Dawoud, son and spouse of 1st Lt.

Elijah and Melissa Dawoud, son and spouse of 1st Lt. Tony Dawoud, transportation officer, 43rd Special Troops Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, hang up their family tree to celebrate the Month of the Militar... More

MWSS-171 celebrates during Johnny and Suzie Wayne Day

MWSS-171 celebrates during Johnny and Suzie Wayne Day

Gunnery Sgt. Timothy Thompson, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, S-3 training chief, watches as Matthew Brooks, 5, shoots a basket during the MWSS-171 Johnny and Suzie Wayne Day, which took place next to the ob... More

Dealing with deployment, separation: A dual-military couple’s perspective

Dealing with deployment, separation: A dual-military couple’s perspect...

U.S. Army Capt. Joshua Lee and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jessica Lee, a dual-military couple currently deployed to Kandahar Airfield in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, with the Headquarters and Headquarters Compa... More

San Antonio natives, Isaiah Garcia (left), and his

San Antonio natives, Isaiah Garcia (left), and his

San Antonio natives, Isaiah Garcia (left), and his mother, Warrant Officer Yvonne Ralph (right), a human resources technician assigned to the 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, share a h... More

Lance Cpl. Amy C. Jaques helps five-year-old Austin

Lance Cpl. Amy C. Jaques helps five-year-old Austin

Lance Cpl. Amy C. Jaques helps five-year-old Austin W. McMahan into a 7-ton truck during a junior warrior day on Camp Foster April 12. The tour was part of different activities that recognized military children... More

Marine Corps Community Services hosted Family Golf

Marine Corps Community Services hosted Family Golf

Marine Corps Community Services hosted Family Golf Short Game Clinics at the Sound of Freedom Golf Course Saturday and Sunday.

Milam honors military children

Milam honors military children

Children from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade stand with Irma Ludwig, principal of Milam Elementary School here, in front of a wall of red, white and blue cutouts honoring the military child. April commemorates... More

Staff Sgt. Sean Hall, a surveillance operator assigned

Staff Sgt. Sean Hall, a surveillance operator assigned

Staff Sgt. Sean Hall, a surveillance operator assigned to the E-3A Component’s Flying Squadron 3, helps his son don an oxygen mask April 18, 2013, at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany. Since 1986, April has ... More

Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Child Development

Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Child Development

Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Child Development Center hosted a Month of the Military Child parade. April was designated the Month of the Military Child by former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger i... More

The base honor guards leads the flightline Child Development

The base honor guards leads the flightline Child Development

The base honor guards leads the flightline Child Development Center staff, children and their parents in a parade April 19, 2013, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The flightline CDC hosted multiple activities through... More

9th MSC recognizes military children through reading

9th MSC recognizes military children through reading

Sgt. Kiana Vincent, chaplain assistant for the 9th Mission Support Command’s 124th Chaplain Detachment, reads to a first-grade classroom at Kainalu Elementary School, here, April 19. Vincent volunteered for the... More

Children from the Youth Center drama club put on a

Children from the Youth Center drama club put on a

Children from the Youth Center drama club put on a play during the Month of the Military Child celebration at the Youth Center on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., April 20, 2013. The children demonstrated... More

Tech. Sgt. Braulia Price, Detachment 4, 2nd Weather

Tech. Sgt. Braulia Price, Detachment 4, 2nd Weather

Tech. Sgt. Braulia Price, Detachment 4, 2nd Weather Squadron solar observatory noncommissioned officer in charge, shows John Siebert how to measure sun spots by comparing them to the size of the planets during ... More

Debbie Fink signs the word “child” during a presentation

Debbie Fink signs the word “child” during a presentation

Debbie Fink signs the word “child” during a presentation at Zukeran Elementary School on Camp Foster April 23. Fink talked about her book, “Little C.H.A.M.P.S.: Child Heroes Attached to Military Personnel.” “I ... More

Nearly 25 school district representatives from seven

Nearly 25 school district representatives from seven

Nearly 25 school district representatives from seven different school districts watched colors aboard Camp Lejeune during Operation Homecoming, a two-day class that allows educators the opportunity to learn how... More

Raven Morris, 10, is led through an obstacle course

Raven Morris, 10, is led through an obstacle course

Raven Morris, 10, is led through an obstacle course by Private Daniel Ovellette, 230th Military Police Company, at the Month of the Military Child Fest on Pulaski Barracks, April 27, 2013. The Month of the Mili... More

Capt. Amanda Mayben and 1st Sgt. Donald K. Atkins,

Capt. Amanda Mayben and 1st Sgt. Donald K. Atkins,

Capt. Amanda Mayben and 1st Sgt. Donald K. Atkins, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, presents a coin to Kaleb Wentling, April 30, duri... More

Month of the Military Child

Month of the Military Child

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signs legislation proclaiming April to be "The Month of the Military Child" to recognize the service and sacrifices of Michigan military children at the state capitol in Lansing, Mich.... More

Members of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps perform

Members of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps perform

Members of the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps perform for students at Cody Child Development Center on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall April 1, 2014. The event recognized Month of the Military Child and Child Abu... More

Two children hold hands during a Month of the Military

Two children hold hands during a Month of the Military

Two children hold hands during a Month of the Military Child march at Fort Eustis, Va., April 1, 2014. The Pershing Child Development Center scheduled more events scheduled throughout April to celebrate militar... More

Celebrating children and embracing the journey

Celebrating children and embracing the journey

April is Autism Awareness month in conjunction with being the month of the Military child. Celebrate the little ones in your life every single passing day!

Staff Sgt. Jose A. Gonzalez, left, teaches Javier Ruiz

Staff Sgt. Jose A. Gonzalez, left, teaches Javier Ruiz

Staff Sgt. Jose A. Gonzalez, left, teaches Javier Ruiz how to execute an arm bar at the parade deck on Camp Foster April 4 during a Junior Warrior Day. Teaching techniques associated with the Marine Corps Marti... More

Alexander Freeman, 4, son of Staff Sgt. Richard Freeman,

Alexander Freeman, 4, son of Staff Sgt. Richard Freeman,

Alexander Freeman, 4, son of Staff Sgt. Richard Freeman, Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, throws a bean bag into a Hula-Hoop target as his father watches over him during the Month of the Military ... More

Angelica Kadan, 12, (left), daughter of Staff Sgt.

Angelica Kadan, 12, (left), daughter of Staff Sgt.

Angelica Kadan, 12, (left), daughter of Staff Sgt. Adli Kadan who is deployed to Afghanistan, Melanie Albers, 14, (center), and Katherine Albers, 7, (right), daughters of Lt. Col. Greg Nordyke, 416th Theater En... More

Team Seymour youth participate in an Easter egg hunt

Team Seymour youth participate in an Easter egg hunt

Team Seymour youth participate in an Easter egg hunt during the Military Child Celebration Block Party, April 14, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. More than 800 people attended to show their support for ... More

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School

Students of Mt. Juliet Middle School Military School Club and staff celebrated Purple Up Day, a campaign created by Operation Military Kids to recognize the service of our nation's military children. Maj. Gen. ... More

CDC youth perform comedy skit. Marine Corps air ground combat center

CDC youth perform comedy skit. Marine Corps air ground combat center

Shelby Bessette, program assistant, School Age Care, Child Development Center, gives the performers a final pep talk before they perform the Superhero Support Group skit in the Mustang Room of the Child Develop... More

Cmdr. Leif Hammersmark, executive officer of Naval

Cmdr. Leif Hammersmark, executive officer of Naval

Cmdr. Leif Hammersmark, executive officer of Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, announces the start of the Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Bahrain's Spring egg hunt. MWR and its Child and Youth Programs... More

Henderson Hall's Marine and Family Programs hosted

Henderson Hall's Marine and Family Programs hosted

Henderson Hall's Marine and Family Programs hosted Earth Day events with Barcroft Elementary School students and staff at the Henderson Hall portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, April 22, 2014.The student... More

Col. Timothy E. Winand, the commanding officer of 3rd

Col. Timothy E. Winand, the commanding officer of 3rd

Col. Timothy E. Winand, the commanding officer of 3rd Marine Regiment, gets a lei and a hug from his daughter during a special ceremony at Mokapu Elementary School, April 23, 2014. The regiment renewed its adop... More

Tatiana Balseiro shows off her artistic skills during

Tatiana Balseiro shows off her artistic skills during

Tatiana Balseiro shows off her artistic skills during a card making session on National Bring Your Son and Daughter to Work Day at the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing on April 24, 2014, at At... More

Scott family member competing for Illinois Military Youth of the Year

Scott family member competing for Illinois Military Youth of the Year

Brianna Bowman, Mascoutah High School junior, has been nominated by the Youth Center at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., for Illinois Military Youth of the Year. She will compete at the state-level competition in Ap... More

The Riedels pose for a family photo earlier this year

The Riedels pose for a family photo earlier this year

The Riedels pose for a family photo earlier this year at the Mountain Home High School football field. The Riedels moved to Mountain Home, Idaho, three years ago, where Christen and Hunter attend Mountain Home ... More

Children from the Cody Child Development Center pose

Children from the Cody Child Development Center pose

Children from the Cody Child Development Center pose for a photograph with Col. Mike Henderson, left, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Randall E. Woods, center, JBM-HH command ser... More

Bbently, a military working dog with the 93rd Military

Bbently, a military working dog with the 93rd Military

Bbently, a military working dog with the 93rd Military Working Dog Detachment, 385th Military Police Battalion, subdues Sgt. Kayla Streeter (left), a patrol explosive detector dog handler for the 93rd MWDD, who... More

Eggs lay scattered in a field for children to find

Eggs lay scattered in a field for children to find

Eggs lay scattered in a field for children to find during the Month of the Military Child kickoff event April 4, 2015, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. The event featured several family activities includ... More

Child Youth Program Assistant Marcus Frazier cheers

Child Youth Program Assistant Marcus Frazier cheers

Child Youth Program Assistant Marcus Frazier cheers on Scott Anderson, 8, as he jumps over a hurdle during the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Cody Child Development Center Family Fitness Fun Day April 11 on the... More

Month of the Military Child: Andres Family

Month of the Military Child: Andres Family

Air Force Master Sgt. Tony Andres playfully interacts with his wife, Liezl while their children (clockwise) Devin, 16, Malia, 12, laugh at them and Keoni, 8, does his homework at their home in Anchorage, Alaska... More

Purple Up Parade participants walk along the parade

Purple Up Parade participants walk along the parade

Purple Up Parade participants walk along the parade route on Base Kodiak, Alaska, April 13, 2015. The parade was held to recognize the contribution that military children make as their parent or parents serve ... More

88th RSC honors Month of the Military Child

88th RSC honors Month of the Military Child

Hayley Strand (right) and Blythe Newburg (left), both 88th RSC Child, Youth and School Service specialists, sit at their Month of the Military Child booth at the 88th RSC headquarters, April 16. Strand and Newb... More

Children from the Niko-Niko Child Development Center,

Children from the Niko-Niko Child Development Center,

Children from the Niko-Niko Child Development Center, touch an arm of an explosive ordnance disposal robot during a Military Child Appreciation Month showcase on Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 17, 2015. The Unit... More

Kathleen Thorpe and her son Evan eat lunch together

Kathleen Thorpe and her son Evan eat lunch together

Kathleen Thorpe and her son Evan eat lunch together during Wright Field South's Parent Luncheon April 17 in celebration of Month of the Military Child.

Month of the Military Child

Month of the Military Child

April is the Month of the Military Child. The Month of the Military Child honors all military children and the daily sacrifices and challenges they make. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Pfc. David Staten/Released)

Staff Sgt. Joshua Campbell, the small ensemble leader

Staff Sgt. Joshua Campbell, the small ensemble leader

Staff Sgt. Joshua Campbell, the small ensemble leader for the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band, demonstrates how to play a snare drum for children during Eco-Friendly In the Park at Riseley Field, April 2... More

150422-N- EI558-117 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan

150422-N- EI558-117 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan

150422-N- EI558-117 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (April 22, 2015) – Culinary Specialist Seaman Recruit Maime Kady of Naval Air Facility Atsugi cooks steak during the monthly special meal at the Far East Caf... More

Sophia Monbouquette (center) and Brecklyn Ferriter

Sophia Monbouquette (center) and Brecklyn Ferriter

Sophia Monbouquette (center) and Brecklyn Ferriter (right) try to dance hula alongside Jasmine Lindhe, a clinical counselor with the Community Counseling Program, as she performs during Hawaiian Culture In the ... More

Honoring “Everyday Heroes,” Commander Col. Myron McDaniels

Honoring “Everyday Heroes,” Commander Col. Myron McDaniels

Honoring “Everyday Heroes,” Commander Col. Myron McDaniels and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Howard present children of the 212th Combat Support Hospital with dog tags and Certificates of Appreciation on Family Day... More

Spc. Stephen Garcia, military policeman, 110th Military

Spc. Stephen Garcia, military policeman, 110th Military

Spc. Stephen Garcia, military policeman, 110th Military Police Company, 759th Military Police Battalion, shows Logan Owen, 3, son of Lt. Col. Chris Owen, training operations officer in charge, 4th Infantry Divi... More

Chief Warrant Office 2 Frank Caputo, OH-58D helicopter

Chief Warrant Office 2 Frank Caputo, OH-58D helicopter

Chief Warrant Office 2 Frank Caputo, OH-58D helicopter pilot, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, speaks to a group of kindergarten students about aviation during an ... More

Children and staff from the Children's Development

Children and staff from the Children's Development

Children and staff from the Children's Development Center follow Sparky around the parade deck bringing awareness to the Month of the Military Child, April 1. Fire personnel offered the attendees a chance to ex... More

Staff Sgt. Daniel Talbott, 460th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Daniel Talbott, 460th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Daniel Talbott, 460th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, poses with his son Peyton April 1, 2016, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. April is Month of the Military Child and Buckley AFB held a parade ... More

Emma Brittingham, 12, daughter of Lt. Col. Jacob

Emma Brittingham, 12, daughter of Lt. Col. Jacob

Emma Brittingham, 12, daughter of Lt. Col. Jacob Brittingham, 37th Helicopter Squadron, does a handstand on the balance beam April 2, 2016, in Cheyenne, Wyo. Within the past six years, Emma has practiced gymnas... More

Child, Youth and School Services staff led children

Child, Youth and School Services staff led children

Child, Youth and School Services staff led children on a one-mile walk for a Volksmarch at the Rodriguez Child Development Center on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 4, 2016. The Volksmarch, an event serving to enhance ... More

Month of the Military Child North Dakota

Month of the Military Child North Dakota

Sylvia Stilson wears her mom’s cap and dog tags in honor of Month of the Military Child at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., April 8, 2016. This awareness month was established to underscore the important role childr... More

(HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.) An Airman from Holloman’s

(HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.) An Airman from Holloman’s

(HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.) An Airman from Holloman’s Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources (BEAR) Base leads a group of children to the next station during Operation K.I.D. (Kids Investigating Deployment)... More

The son of Airman 1st Class Donald Williams, 4th Component

The son of Airman 1st Class Donald Williams, 4th Component

The son of Airman 1st Class Donald Williams, 4th Component Maintenance Squadron egress apprentice, spins a prize wheel April 9, 2016, at the Month of the Military Child Carnival at Seymour Johnson Air Force Bas... More

Caitlyn Parks, daughter of Master Sgt. Timothy Parks,

Caitlyn Parks, daughter of Master Sgt. Timothy Parks,

Caitlyn Parks, daughter of Master Sgt. Timothy Parks, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation, air condition and refrigeration NCO in charge, dons a gas mask during the kids’ deployment line at Ellswo... More

Station residents attend the 13th annual Month of the

Station residents attend the 13th annual Month of the

Station residents attend the 13th annual Month of the Military Child festival at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 9, 2016. The month of April honors and recognizes military children for the strugg... More

Tonya Van Winkle, training curriculum specialist with

Tonya Van Winkle, training curriculum specialist with

Tonya Van Winkle, training curriculum specialist with the Family Care Branch, reads “Home Again” by Dorinda Silver Williams, during the 13th annual Month of the Military Child festival at Marine Corps Air Stati... More

An “All American Dustoff,” medical evacuation helicopter

An “All American Dustoff,” medical evacuation helicopter

An “All American Dustoff,” medical evacuation helicopter with Charlie Co. 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, descends onto an open field near Gordon Elementary School on April 13. The 82nd Combat Aviation ... More

NSAB Recognizes Month of the Military Child

NSAB Recognizes Month of the Military Child

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Ally Aspen, a Fort Eustis military child, moves into

Ally Aspen, a Fort Eustis military child, moves into

Ally Aspen, a Fort Eustis military child, moves into an aerial acrobatics pose in Hampton, Va., April 12, 2016. Aerial acrobats are a gymnastic type performance accomplished in the air with the aid of apparatus... More

The recipients of the Military Child of the Year Award

The recipients of the Military Child of the Year Award

The recipients of the Military Child of the Year Award pose for a photo in front of the National Museum of American History April 13. According to the Operation Homefront website, the award recognizes military ... More

Month of the Military Child, Coast Guard

Month of the Military Child, Coast Guard

Chief Petty Officer Amy Petersen, the officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Boston, holds her son during an award ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Hull, Massachusetts. Peterson said family is the most... More

2nd Lt. Joshua Gonzalez, assistant operations officer

2nd Lt. Joshua Gonzalez, assistant operations officer

2nd Lt. Joshua Gonzalez, assistant operations officer and officer in charge of the event with 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division explains basic concepts of p... More

Students from Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan,

Students from Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan,

Students from Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico will be representing their school and Puerto Rico at the National Leadership Conference this summer after demonstrating their skills and abilities ... More

Sgt. 1st Class Scott Simmington, rear detachment operations

Sgt. 1st Class Scott Simmington, rear detachment operations

Sgt. 1st Class Scott Simmington, rear detachment operations noncommissioned officer in charge with 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division presents a certif... More

38th Mountain View Calif. Spring Family Parade

38th Mountain View Calif. Spring Family Parade

351st Civil Affairs Command Headquarters Soldiers and their families pose for a group photo at the conclusion of the 38th Annual Mountain View Spring Family Parade in Mountain View, Calif. April 23, 2016. (U.S.... More

Andre Figueroa, the 13-year old son of Staff Sgt. Carlos

Andre Figueroa, the 13-year old son of Staff Sgt. Carlos

Andre Figueroa, the 13-year old son of Staff Sgt. Carlos Figueroa, a unit supply specialist with 3d Cavalry Regiment, collects donations in Harker Heights, Texas for the Wreaths for Vets organization last year ... More

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