(EsPCEx - 2015)
Children experience basic training and mock deployment
The 460th Force Support Squadron (FSS) hosted the 6th Annual Operation Future Forces (OFF) Sept. 13, 2014, at Camp Rattlesnake. OFF allows children ages 8-18 to experience what military members endure from basic training to technical school to a mock deployment, ending with a homecoming party.
“The youth mock deployment was developed to alleviate many of the stresses commonly experienced by young family members when one or both parents are deployed,” said Thomas Cox, 460th FSS youth program chief. “Everything from basic training, tech schools, camp activities and accomplishing their mission as a team made the event a one of a kind opportunity for military kids.”
A few of the boys had their heads shaved before heading off to “Basic Military Training.” The training consisted of doing push-ups and sit-ups, jumping through hula-hoops and running through an inflatable castle. They were also taught how to stand at attention, salute and do an about-face.
After basic training, each child attended “technical school” and was taught a specific Air Force Specialty Code to help them in their mock deployment. Some children were taught lifesaving self-aid and buddy care skills while others learned about the importance of radio communications while on a deployment.
The tech-school graduates were then issued water pistols before heading out. During their deployment, the children encountered hostile and non-hostile citizens, a water-balloon fight and injured allies who needed help along the way.
At the end of a long day, loved ones waited outside the youth center on base with homemade signs welcoming the “troops” back home.
“This event was great,” said Senior Airman Jasmine Madison, 460th FSS Force Support Force Management technician. “It’s a way for kids to get a hands-on understanding of what their parents do when they are separated from them during deployments.”
Adapted from http://www.buckley.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123424927
According to the text, what is a mock deployment?
traveling on a peacekeeping mission.
simulation of a movement of troops on a mission.
rescue mission in a conflict area.
coming back home after a mission abroad.
going on a real mission in another country.
Gabarito:
simulation of a movement of troops on a mission.
A) INCORRECT: pois esse texto não demonstra viagens de tropas em missão de paz, mas apenas uma smulação e treinamentode crianças para elas saberem como é o procedimento das forças armadas.
B) CORRECT: pois a palavra principal dessa alternativa, "simulation", resume completamente o que está sendo dito no texto, que se trata de uma simulação de ações militares reais para crianças menores de idade.
C) INCORRECT: pois as "missões de resgates" faladas no texto não são, de fato, missões reais, mas são simulações para as crianças que estao no treinamento, situação relevante e que distingue das situações reais.
D) INCORRECT: pois a implantação simulada não é o momento da volta à casa, mas sim o momento em que as crianças estão atuando simuladamente no campo.
E) INCORRECT: pois as missões não são reais, mas, de acordo com o texto, todo esse evento é uma situação simulada para as crianças saberem como que funciona na realidade.