These apparently are kids with disabilities” ... “The Exceptional Family Member Program or EFMP is a mandatory U.S. Department of Defense enrollment program that works with other military and civilian agencies to provide comprehensive and coordinated community support, housing, educational, medical, and personnel services worldwide to U.S. military families with special needs.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exceptional_Family_Member_Program
Here is one of many photos of this event on the Fort’s Facebook acct https://m.facebook.com/u.s.armyforthuachuca/photos/a.10151346660200819.478908.96914535818/10155493074640819/?type=3&source=54&ref=page_internal
In our quest to eliminate the "r" word, we have gone from 'challenged' to 'differently abled' to 'special' to 'exceptional.' This reminds me of the scene in Parenthood where Steve Martin's character is told by the school that his son is 'special' and he assumes they meant 'gifted'.