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When a parent deploys ,

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it leaves a void in the life of a young

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child left at home skyscraper laura

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holder shows us how high school

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students have set in to fill the void .

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Life can get hard for a military child .

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They may not understand what exactly

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their parents do , But a group of

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volunteers at Ramstein High School are

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willing to help Children like Maya and

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Henry get through these periods of

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separation once a month . The Ramstein

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High School and elementary school

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students participate in the deployment

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buddies program where they pair up and

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do activities to go up . The first one

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had she cried when I left because she

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said , everybody always leaves her and

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they never come back . They may have to

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endure daddy being gone for a while or

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mommy or both . But the deployment

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buddies program will make sure that

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these Children will know they'll never

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be alone . Staff Sergeant laura holder

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Ramstein Air Base

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Germany