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  • Montana-Based Program Supports Troops (Airman's Mom Sends Support)

    01/04/2006 5:09:55 PM PST · by SandRat · 5 replies · 322+ views
    America Supports You ^ | Jan 4, 2005 | Christopher J. Moore
    Montana-Based Program Supports Troops By Christopher J. Moore Each “Giving Tree” ornament had a soldier’s name written on it. Supporters were asked to purchase suggested items for one of the soldiers and place them in a gift bag beneath the tree. Courtesy Photo Montana Supporting Soldiers group members box care packages to send to deployed soldiers. Courtesy Photo WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2006 - Liann Meyer, an America Supports You team member based in Helena, Mont., sent some cheer to deployed troops this holiday season. Meyer’s organization, Montana Supporting Soldiers, sent care packages full of cookies, candy, cards and decorations to more...
  • Travis Airman's first deployment real eye-opener

    09/20/2005 10:05:19 PM PDT · by SandRat · 5 replies · 416+ views
    Air Force Links ^ | Sep 20, 2005 | 1st Lt. Ed Gulick
    NEW ORLEANS (AFPN) -- For an Airman at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., his first deployment came at a record-setting pace in support of the relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Airman 1st Class Brandon Calderon, of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron, left home at 4 a.m. and arrived here at 9 a. m. on Sept. 3 expecting the worst possible conditions. "The floodwaters, the death toll, the violence, everything on the news, that's what I was expecting," Airman Calderon said. Although he found himself somewhat removed from the chaos, he was heavily involved in the mission, loading...