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With over twenty thousand wounded, your support for the troops becomes more important than ever.

Pearl Harbor survivor Houston James of Dallas embraced Marine Staff Sgt. Marl Graunke Jr. during a Veterans Day commemoration in Dallas. Sgt. Graunke lost a a hand, an eye, and a leg, while defusing a bomb in Fallujah, Iraq.  This was carried by the Associated Press. 

It brings to light the ongoing support our organization will bring to those wounded in battle and the families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

After the Memorial is completed and dedicated funding other than for perpetuity (the preservation of the lands, maintenance of the facility, electrical, water and utilities) will be vested and used to further support our gallant warriors.
 

 

 

 

Olga, a local elderly woman sponsored by Airmen participating in Babushka Adoption, hugs Capt. Arnold Sauve after a lunch outing. The Manas Air Base Outreach Society sponsors 20 local babushkas. The elderly population in Kyrgyzstan is especially vulnerable during this period of economic uncertainty.

Photo by
Air Force Staff Sgt. Lara Gale, 376th AEW Public Affairs

 

 

 

Children of Al Hudaybiya Elementary School express their delight with their newly renovated classrooms and their gifts from Iraqi and American Soldiers.

 

Photo by
Army Spc. Rodney Foliente,
4th Infantry Division
Public Affairs

 

 

KAPISA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Air Force Staff Sgt. Cassandra Cantu meets with representatives from the Kapisa Women's Center in Mahmood Raqi April 17. She is a reconnaissance and security specialist for the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team

Photo courtesy of
Bagram Provincial
Reconstruction Team
Marines in Fallujah Respecting Boundaries

By Lance Cpl. Geoffrey P. Ingersoll I Marine Logistic Group

 CAMP FALLUJAH — Marines here are preventing violence by showing genuine interest in the welfare of the local citizens they are charged with protecting. Instead of just kicking down doors outside Camp Fallujah, Marines are trying to open doors and dissolve the cultural barriers between them and Iraqis.  An example of this policy is the recent initiative by some female Marines to encourage positive relationships fostered on mutual respect and observance of cultural differences. The Marines stepped away from service-support roles, left the base and became part of the Marine Corps Female Search Team.  "(Using the FST) shows that we are trying to accommodate (the Iraqis), and make an effort to abide by their moral code," said Cpl. Jennifer B. Holt, 25, from Clay, Ala. 

Female Marines like Sgt. Maureen D. Mendenhall and Cpl. Jennifer B. Holt are shedding combat-service-support roles and leaving the base to become part of the Marine Corps FST, or female search team. U.S. Marine Corps photo.