{"id":62183,"date":"2021-12-26T18:57:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T18:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/26\/elementary-students-speak-to-space-force-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:01:53","slug":"elementary-students-speak-to-space-force-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/12\/26\/elementary-students-speak-to-space-force-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Elementary students speak to Space Force guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAVISVILLE, W.Va. \u2014 The guest at Kanawha Elementary School on Tuesday showed third-graders a picture of a desolate rock formation and asked what they thought it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One suggested a landslide. Another said a battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple considered with whom they were speaking and made the correct guess: the surface of Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Col. Christopher Evey, a guardian in the Space Force, spoke virtually with third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at the school, explaining how the math and science they\u2019re learning translates into careers like his and others. For example, geologists are studying images like the one he shared to learn more about the Red Planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is very similar to some things we see here on Earth,\u201d Evey said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just all math and spacecraft; there\u2019s other sciences we can use that you might want to consider for your future careers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t