Posted on 05/17/2005 5:12:42 PM PDT by AZHua87
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, May 17, 2005 — One of the easiest and most effective ways U.S. soldiers can win the hearts and minds of Afghans is through the children. Troops from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combined Joint Task Force 76, got a chance to win the hearts and minds of young Afghans May 9 during a trip to an orphanage and an all-girl school.
The troops, most of whom are based out of the Southern European Task Force on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, visited the side-by-side installations in Charikar, a village near Bagram Airfield. While there they handed out school supplies, toys and clothing to the children.
The soldiers adopted the two installations, taking donations from various individuals, groups and organizations from their home stations and the United States. The school and orphanage were adopted by the previous Headquarters and Headquarters Company troops that the Combined Joint Task Force 76 troops relieved in March. The last time they visited, however, was November.
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Be prepared to smile over the care our troops have for children.
Very nice!
Our American troops are the greatest Americans! And they represent America with love and care. God Bless them and keep them safe always.
The headline is very misleading - There is no way Afghanistan or any islamic country would let an infidel adopt a muslim child - not even if that child would grow up living in rags, bathing in raw sewage, eating every third day and be dead by age 9...
More than the very good I already feel, which is considerable. Lovely story.
True, but that is the exact headline of the article.
You know how the Mods are always telling us to put the exact Title/Headline in the postings we do.
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