VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
Vandenberg parents participated in National Bring Your
Child to Work Day, here, April 26.
This event is part of Vandenberg’s effort to support
Month of the Military Child, which was established to underscore the important
role children play in the Armed Forces community.
Parents brought their children to work and showed them
their mission. Afterwards, they accompanied them to the Space and Missile
Technology Center to build and launch a model rocket.
The primary host of this event, 2nd Lt. Derek Allison,
1st Air and Space Test Squadron launch space engineer, has personal experience
at events such as this.
“My father inspired me to join the military at a young
age,” said Allison. “He worked as a C-130 Navigator who spent 24 years in the
Air Force.”
Although some of these children are quite young,
parents continue to bring them to work in hopes of getting them ready for the
future and let them know the career opportunities available to them in the Air
Force.
Space and Missile Technology Center is the hub of
technical excellence for developing, acquiring, fielding and sustaining
military space systems. By bringing the children to the center, Vandenberg
parents had this great opportunity to showcase the various tasks and the
overall mission of the base.
“I bring my children to work to expose them to the
mystery of what we do every day while they are at school... giving them
exposure of an adult life,” said Capt. Kelly Alexander, 30th Space Wing
executive officer.