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Tech. Sgt. Michelle Thomas, left, helps Elizabeth Palmer put on chemical gear as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Hill employee Edna Razo, left, helps Kyler Kotte put on a gas mask as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Kids rush to try on gas masks as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Kids look at a bomb robot as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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A group of kids try to lift a vest into the air as they look at different bombs and inert explosives as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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John Laffey walks with Military Working Dog Arek during a demonstration as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Kids laugh as they watch classmates pulling faces into the bomb robot camera as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Kids from 12 and younger had an opportunity to experience a mock up of a deployment processing line with dog tags, gas mask fi Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Kids watch as the bomb robot picks up a piece of inert explosive as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Beau Brown, center, and Gabriel Delgado, center right, look down the arm of the bomb robot as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Staff Sgt. Gabriel Wasnuk, right, talks with some of the kids about the different bombs they have on display as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Staff Sgt. Gabriel Wasnuk hands a stick of inert dynamite out for the kids to look at as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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John Laffey holds military working dog Arek during a demonstration for the children as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Nyles Hendersen tries on a helmet as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Beau Brown, left, Gabriel Delgado, and Victoria Haltli look over a bomb robot as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Dreysean Carter makes a face into the bomb robot's on board camera as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Staff Sgt. Juan Mendez lets Kyler Grahn try on a dog training sleeve as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Garret Howell, front, looks at an inoperable M4 rifle with friends David Kenourgios, left, and Nate Butler standing by as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Staff SGT. Juan Mendez helps Mason Knight put on some dog tags as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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LJ Fuatogi looks into the sight of an inoperable M4 rifle as Hill Air Force Base hosts more than 700 children from local elementary schools for Kids Deployment Day Thursday, April 12, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
By Deseret News

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Elementary school students had the opportunity to learn about military deployment during an event Thursday.

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The event, called Kids Deployment Day, gave children age 12 and younger an opportunity to experience a mock deployment processing line with dog tag issues, gas mask fittings, military working dog demos, entomology exhibits, among other things.

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