Troops Appreciate Care Packages From Half a World Away
Republican Club of Berkeley Township still looking for donations
Little things can mean a lot. Especially if you are a US. Army medic stationed in Kuwait, or a member of the 101st Airborne Division's transportation unit in southern Afghanistan, where items people stateside take for granted don't come easy. Since late last year, the Berkeley Township Republican Club has been sending care packages to the 101st and the 3rd Army's 1197th Company, a logistics unit deployed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. To say the goodies are appreciated would be an understatement. "My medics here went through the boxes like crazed hyenas," said First Lt. Tommy N. Vu, with the 329th Medical Company GA, in a letter to club trustee Lloyd Mullikin. "They all grabbed a little something and were very thankful for the personal hygiene …
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R. Ray
10:21 am on Friday, May 27, 2011
To Nancy & Lloyd: As a citizen, Veteran and a Central Regional Board District Member I am very proud of our students and staff and of our Central Regional Alumni Association that always finds ways in showing their Patriotism and appreciation of our Armed Forces that serve to protect our freedoms of religion, speech, to assemble and the right to vote. Thank You Both! more ›