U.S. Forces Airdrop Cold Weather Supplies in Afghanistan

American Forces Press Service ^ | Jan 6, 2006

[SandRat]

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2006 – U.S. forces dropped eight bundles of humanitarian assistance supplies near Bamyan in central Afghanistan to help hundreds of families there survive the harsh winter, military officials here reported. The bundles consisted of winter clothing for men, women and children as well as beans and rice, cooking oil, tarps, health kits, took kits and blankets. Together the supplies weighed more than 14,000 pounds.

"As the cold winter months come to Afghanistan in force, we've found that we are in a unique position to help those who are suffering the most," said Air Force Lt. Col. Josh Jose, Combined Joint Task Force 76 deputy chief of operations. "The delivery of these items to Bamyan allows our forces in that area to ensure that numerous families would be safe from the elements as the winter months move on."

U.S. provisional reconstruction teams in the area are distributing the supplies with the help of local government leaders.

(From a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news release.)

[EternalVigilance]

This generation of men and women in the United States military are unsurpassed by any that came before them. God bless 'em and keep 'em...

[GodfearingTexan]

i never went to bamyan, but my afghan interpreter told me once that he had been there the previous winter and it was -20F.