“NCIS: Origins” actor Caleb Foote interviews Jasmine Lopez and her mother, Sandra, during NCIS’ “Tuesdays of Honor” campaign. (Sonja Flemming/CBS)

Jasmine Lopez was 6 years old when her father, Army Sgt. Luis Lopez, died while stationed in Germany on Oct. 16, 2011.

At the time, she couldn’t fully comprehend his death.

“I just thought, ‘He’s gone, but he’s going to come back,’ ” Lopez told Stars and Stripes about her memories of the time. Lopez was living in Los Angeles with her mother, Sandra, and her three sisters.

A few months later, the loss began to feel real after she attended her first Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors event — TAPS offers support and resources to those who lost a loved one in the military — at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Since then, Lopez, 20, and her family have volunteered with TAPS.

“I don’t know what it would be like had we not gone to TAPS, but I know that going to TAPS definitely helped us gain a connection that I don’t think we would have had,” said Lopez, who is a junior at the University of Oregon. “TAPS brought us closer together [as a family].”

Lopez and her family’s story of courage, sacrifice and service will be featured Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS as part of NCIS’ “Tuesdays of Honor” — a campaign honoring military families, veterans and Gold Star families with an all-“NCIS” primetime lineup.

This year’s campaign began Sept. 23 and concludes on Veteran’s Day.

“NCIS: Origins” actor Caleb Foote takes a photo with Jasmine Lopez and her mother, Sandra, during NCIS’ “Tuesdays of Honor” campaign. (Sonja Flemming/CBS)

“TAPS has such a big impact on my life, and my family,” Lopez said. “The people that we met through that program have been such a great pillar.”

Lopez serves as a Legacy Mentor in the organization. Legacy Mentors are military survivors who guide and support new, younger survivors. In her role, she finds fulfillment in supporting kids who are experiencing the same emotions she first faced as a child.

“Now being on the other side and seeing the way that the kids light up, I get to see the actual impact,” said Lopez.

Sandra is a TAPS Peer Mentor who provides support throughout an individual’s personal grief journey and Lopez’s sisters Karen, Liliana and Margaret also are volunteers.

Lopez and her military family are longtime fans of the television show. She said “NCIS” reflects the values of honor and loyalty — principles that are central to her family and the broader military community. She said those values are also embedded in places such as TAPS, making the show feel familiar, comforting and relatable to watch.

“At CBS, we believe in the power of storytelling to connect, comfort and honor — a spirit that lives at the heart of our “NCIS” series,” Mike Benson, president and chief marketing officer at CBS, said in a news release.

Audiences worldwide will watch Caleb Foote, an actor from “NCIS: Origins,” sit down with Jasmine and Sandra Lopez to reflect on their memories of Luis and their family’s connection to TAPS. Jasmine Lopez hopes viewers will gain insight into the legacy her father left behind.

“My dad was a compassionate person,” Lopez said. “Whenever I hear stories about him, it’s always about what he was doing to give back to the community, what he was doing to give back to his family. That is such an important thing to me. I want to volunteer (with TAPS) until I physically cannot anymore.”

An undated photo of the Lopez family. (Jasmine Lopez)

Viewers who tune in on CBS or stream the program on Paramount+ will see cast members from “NCIS,” “NCIS: Origins” and “NCIS: Sydney” recognizing other military families on-air and social media throughout the evening each week leading up to Veterans Day, which will feature a special crossover episode between “NCIS” and “NCIS: Origins.”

Each honored family will also receive brand-new living room upgrades such as a new couch and television donated by Lovesac and VIZIO.

“It’s so important to honor the military families because there’s such a big commitment,” Lopez said. “After you lose the person that you’re connected to in the military, or after you get out of the military, there’s so much that goes on behind the scenes that I think is so important for people to understand.”