ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Justin Tilley, Fire Protection Flight, helps Alex Stanton don a firefighter suit during Operation Family Topcover Aug. 9. Booths and displays showcased the abilities of the Air Force while deployed. Operation Family Topcover allowed family members the oppurtunity to witness what their military members encounter prior and during their deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Airman 1st Class Jonathan Abraham, 16th Air Support Operations Squadron, helps Nicholas Claggett don full body armor during Operation Family Topcover. Operation Family Topcover is a program designed to inform parents and children of the deployment process for military members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Aiko and Debra Campbell meet Sparky the Fire Dog, during Operation Topcover Aug. 9. Sparky and members of the Fire Protection Flight, gave briefs to family members who attended the event. Operation Family Topcover allowed family members the opportunity to witness what their military members encounter prior and during their deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Daphne Fish takes her medicine tablets from Airman 1st Class Erica Scott, 3rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, at the public health booth during Operation Family Topcover. The medicine handed to family members signifies the immunizations that military members might encounter prior to deploying. Operation Family Topcover allowed family members the oppurtunity to witness first hand what their military members encounter prior and during their deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Military family members run through a process line during Operation Family Topcover Aug. 9. The event had briefings and displays which allowed family members to have a better understanding of the military deployment process. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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Published Aug. 13, 2008