Crystal Emmons, a program technician at the McRaven Child Development Center, plays with the children in her classroom at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Feb. 6, 2018. The CDC on base is one of only five childcare centers in South Dakota that is accredited with the National Association for the Education of Young Children, which is an organization that helps children grow and gives them a chance to be more successful in the future. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Karol)