Learn it, apply it & bag it

Brown, pull-string bags with an embroidered yellow ribbon were given as goodie bags to servicemembers from the 433rd Airlift Wing during a Yellow Ribbon pre-deployment seminar held Aug. 2, 2009 at the 26th Aerial Port Squadron Headquarters Bulding in San Antonio, Texas. The Yellow Ribbon Program is designed to help servicemembers and their families prepare for many of the challenges that may be encountered before, during and after a deployment. Representitives from more than a dozen on and off-base organizations such as the Red Cross, the 433rd Airlift Wing legal office and the Employment Support for Guard and Reserve (ESGR) particiapted in the pre-deployment event. The representatives presented information on deployment-related matters such as physical separation from loved ones, care or guardianship of dependants, family and individual counseling, employment rights and legal matters such as wills and power of attorney documents.(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luis Loza Gutierrez)