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    FIRST SOLDIER SELECTED TO JUMP IN OPERATION TOY DROP [Image 1 of 2]

    FIRST SOLDIER SELECTED TO JUMP IN OPERATION TOY DROP

    FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

    12.01.2017

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Alejandro Canizales 

    361st Theater Public Affairs Support Element

    Specialist Ryan S. Mitchell, a mechanic and paratrooper stationed here, lined up the night before with a bag of toys in hand in hopes of being named as the First Soldier for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. Sgt. Ezekiel L. Polite, a unit supply specialist with 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, was in fact the first Solider to line up. Polite allowed Mitchell to be the First Soldier, in his place since Polite was the First Soldier two years ago. Operation Toy Drop - a Ft. Bragg tradition and collective training exercise - is scheduled to run from Nov. 30 to Dec. 8, 2017 here. Operation Toy Drop combines U.S. Army Reserve personnel, dozens of volunteers, foreign jumpmasters, and toys for what is the world’s largest joint and combined airborne operation. (Photo by Spc. Jesse L. Artis Jr.)

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    Date Taken: 12.01.2017
    Date Posted: 12.01.2017 19:54
    Photo ID: 3990891
    VIRIN: 171201-A-RZ895-063
    Resolution: 5616x3744
    Size: 5.36 MB
    Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US
    Hometown: EL PASO, TX, US
    Hometown: IPSWICH, MA, US

    Web Views: 55
    Downloads: 7

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