Texas Military Forces Open House and Air Show

This past Saturday, The Comfort Crew attended the Texas Military Forces Open House and Air Show. What a beautiful day! We met a lot of military families, and heard a lot of interesting stories. One older gentleman in particular came to our booth, and was really impressed with our programs and resources. As we were telling him about our special With You All the Way dog tags, he almost began to cry. When a parent deploys, the child keeps one dog tag and gives the other to the deploying parent. This, along with other items in the Deployment Kit, helps to support and comfort the child during their parent’s deployment.

The gentleman at the event told us that when he was a little boy, his dad was deployed. Fifty years later, he still cries over the time he lost with his dad. He was so happy to know that there are organizations out there that understand what military kids like himself go through, and are doing what they can to help support and comfort them.

We also want to send a special shout-out to our event neighbors, The Young Marines, who were so helpful with our tent and materials - thank you, Young Marines!