Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

Medals represent an Operation Hero recruits completion of Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. Operation Hero is an annual event for children to participate in a mock deployment line. The event allows them to have a better understanding of what Airmen go through before deploying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Morris)

Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

An Operation Hero recruit receives notification to report to Camp Kudos for Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. Operation Hero is an annual event for children to participate in a mock deployment line. After reporting, the recruits were issued identification cards, dogtags, deployment folders and were assigned to chalks before processing through a personnel deployment function line. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Marie Brown)

Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

Senior Airman Anthony Wooldridge, Operation Hero volunteer, runs with recruits during their mock physical fitness test during Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. Operation Hero is an annual event for children to participate in a mock deployment line. The event allows children to have a better understanding of what Airmen go through before deploying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Morris)

Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

A volunteer writes the results of an Operation Hero recruit’s mock physical fitness exam on her score card during Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. Operation Hero is an annual event for children to participate in a mock deployment line. The recruits ran two laps and performed pushups and sit ups during their pfe. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Morris)

Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

Operation Hero recruits run through a mock personnel deployment function line during Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. The annual event allows children to have a better understanding of what Airmen go through before deploying. During the PDF line the recruits met with the Military Personnel Section, Finance, Medical Group, Chapel, Security Forces and the Airman and Family Readiness Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Morris)

Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

An Operation Hero recruit gets her face painted during Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. The annual event allows children to have a better understanding of what Airmen go through before deploying. Along with running through a personnel deployment function line the recruits got their faces painted, tasted meals-ready-to-eat and learned about real world events that military members face every day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Morris)

Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

Senior Airman Ndidi Akalanze, 2nd Security Forces military working dog handler, and Rufus, 2nd SFS MWD, perform a demonstration for recruits during Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. The annual event allows children to have a better understanding of what Airmen go through before deploying. Recruits had the opportunity to learn and ask questions about the everyday lives of military members while at home-station and deployed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Morris)

Operation Hero 2016: Reporting for duty

Published Sept. 28, 2016
By Senior Airman Amanda Morris
2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- Medals represent an Operation Hero recruits completion of Operation Hero 2016 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Sept. 24. Operation Hero is an annual event for children to participate in a mock deployment line. The event allows them to have a better understanding of what Airmen go through before deploying. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Morris)