Courtesy Photo | 2nd Lt. Antoinette Selby, platoon leader with the 565th Quartermaster Company, 110th...... read more read more
Story by: 2nd Lt. Patryk Korzeniewski
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq — Soldiers with the 565th Quartermaster Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), made preparations for the holiday season received holiday letters from children at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq.
Sgt. 1st Class Frank Cash, operations non-commissioned officer with the 565th QM Co., and a Papa New Guinea native, was busy painting a doorway a festive red color, and accenting the door with all types of holiday decorations.
“I love Christmas,” said Cash. “It really is the best time of year.”
Over the last couple of weeks, soldiers with the 565th QM Co. continued to receive Christmas care packages along with cards and letters from school children.
“It is nice to know that there are people in the States who are thinking about us,” said Sgt. Timothy Hargers, training NCO with the 565th QM Co., and a Dallas native.
Soldiers with the 565th QM Co. took to writing back to some of the school children who so kindly wrote to them.
“It is really kind of nice to get these letters and drawings from children back in the States,” said 1st Lt. Grant Workman, platoon leader with the 565th QM Co., and a Chicago native.
Workman said that he thought the ones that really had nothing to do with being in the military were the best. “I got one letter which talked about how much he enjoyed and wanted a burrito—that was hilarious,” said Workman.
| Date Taken: | 12.18.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 12.26.2010 07:57 |
| Story ID: | 62620 |
| Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ |
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