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    Air Cav trooper’s selfless service helps children of Cove [Image 3 of 4]

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    Four U.S. Army soldiers in ACU (Army Combat Uniform) camouflage are leaning over a table covered with school supplies and children's backpacks. They appear to be organizing or sorting donated school supplies including crayons, markers, and notebooks. The setting appears to be a community or school gymnasium, suggesting a charitable supply drive or donation event.

    Sgt. Johnny Merical (right), a native of Dallas Center, Iowa, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter repairer for B Company, 615th Aviation Support Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, works with fellow soldiers to put on a display of donated school supplies at Mae Stevens Elementary School in Copperas Cove, Texas, Aug. 22. Merical and his family will be leaving the Fort Hood area soon, so Merical took it upon himself to collect what turned out to be about $2,500 worth of new school supplies for the students of Mae Stevens Elementary. "It's about giving back to a community that has given so much to you," Merical said of why he wanted to help the children and their families.

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    Date Taken: 08.22.2012
    Date Posted: 08.28.2012 11:36
    Photo ID: 653121
    VIRIN: 120822-A-5831W-592
    Resolution: 4136x2748
    Size: 1.31 MB
    Location: FORT HOOD, US

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