Boots and Youths: Kids get a taste of deployment life

Story by Lance Cpl. Aaron Diamant The Marine Corps brings all kinds of people together, with varying backgrounds and experiences, and gives them one thing in common: their service. Forty-eight children came together with two things in common Oct. 15: they all have a parent in the Corps, and that parent is currently deployed. “The goal was to provide a fun and educational event to help the kids understand what mom or dad is doing overseas,” said Christa Lamont, Marine Aircraft Group 13 family readiness officer. “It provided an opportunity for them to do something fun while their parent is deployed and something exciting for them to talk about next time they get to talk to that parent.” The group started their day with a mission briefing from Col. Mike Gough, MAG-13 commanding officer, who stressed the number one mission goal was to have fun and learn something. “Today, you’ll get a taste of what your mom or dad is doing and you’ll see how important you all are to us,” Gough told the children. The goal of the exercise, dubbed “Operation Awesome” by some of the children, was to educate the kids and give them an idea of what […]
Boots and Youths: Kids get a taste of deployment life