Submitted Photo Backpacks sit on a table for the Back-to-School Supplies Brigade at the Youth Center on Minot Air Force Base, Friday, Aug. 8. During the event, families that registered to receive a free backpack chose one to fill with school supplies and take home. U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Kendra A. Ransum.

Submitted Photo U.S. Air Force Col. Jimmy Schlabach, 91st Missile Wing commander; Monica Schlabach, Schlabach’s spouse; and Natalie Lamarand, spouse of U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse Lamarand, 5th Bomb Wing commander, from left to right, check off families during the Back-to-School Supplies Brigade at the Youth Center on Minot Air Force Base, Friday, Aug. 8. This year, more than 200 families registered to receive a backpack for the upcoming school year.

Submitted Photo Lynda LaFond, Minot Air Force Base Environmental’s natural and cultural resources manager, hands out nature-themed stickers to children during the Back-to-School Supplies Brigade at the Youth Center on Minot Air Force Base, Friday, Aug. 8. This is the eighth consecutive year Minot AFB hosted the Back-to-School Supplies Brigade.

Submitted Photo U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Timothy Boggess, 91st Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent; U.S. Air Force Col. Jimmy Schlabach, 91st Missile Wing commander; and Chief Master Sgt. Becky Thomas, 91st Missile Wing command chief master sergeant; pose for a photo at the Youth Center on Minot Air Force Base, Friday, Aug. 8. During the Back-to-School Supplies Brigade, on-base and off-base families with military dependent children from kindergarten to 12th grade received a free backpack and school supplies.