December 27, 2011

SandBox Comments: Dept. of Defense "Face of Defense: ‘Santa’ Delivers Fuel to Overseas Troops"

"....I just wanted to bring a little holiday cheer to the men and women of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and help out with a very special holiday delivery," chuckled ‘Santa,’ portrayed by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike Morris, the 816th squadron’s loadmaster flight noncommissioned officer in charge and native of Charleston, S.C.

The delivery -- 160 barrels of fuel -- was loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft under Santa's command.

The fuel will be used for generators, vehicles and heaters to keep service members warm in the frigid mountains of eastern Afghanistan, said Air Force Staff Sgt. Mike Folk, 816th EAS loadmaster and native of Frazeysburg, Ohio.

"This fuel is going to help keep them warm and let them continue to accomplish their mission," Folk said...."

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1 comment:

jbend said...

"This fuel is going to help keep them warm and let them continue to accomplish their mission."

Our military. The United States of America's warriors and patriots can't rely on their own government to keep them warm They rely on their own.

If I have get down and crawl to get to the polls in this election to defeat Barack Obama.

I will.