Operation Hero helps Pendleton children cope with deployment

Experiencing repeated moves and having to cope with a service member on deployment can be challenging issues for many families, especially the children.

Operation Hero, conducted by Camp Pendleton’s Armed Services YMCA, offers after-school tutoring and mentoring sessions for six to 12 year old military children.

The program addresses issues unique to military children such as, challenges in school, new duty stations, deployment of a parent and other concerns connected with the demands of a military lifestyle in an effort for children to find the “hero” within themselves.

“Children tend to lose...