Story by Sgt. Nicole Paese | 361st Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 12.04.2015
This year marked the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. The event started in 1998 with Staff Sgt. Randy Oler, who was assigned to U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations (Airborne)....
Story by Spc. Angela Ohearn | 362nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.04.2015
The early December morning was cool and crisp. A hint of the winter to come was in the air. Hundreds of Soldiers waited patiently, bearing gifts for children they would never meet. Some were zipped up in sleeping bags on the cold concrete. Some were huddled together with donated cups of hot coffee cradled in their hands. All of them were there for at least one reason: to participate in this......
Story by Staff Sgt. Shaiyla Hakeem | 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 12.04.2015
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Chutes instead of snow Take a look at the sky again, they’re jumping against the wind… Giving gifts, descending to below!...
Story by 1st Lt. Joshua Wainz | 352nd Civil Affairs Command | 12.04.2015
Italy fell out of the sky at Nijmegen Drop Zone, Dec. 3. In a show of camaraderie, so did Canada, Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, Latvia, and the Netherlands. In response, the United States dropped Arizona and Texas. The Soldiers of these countries all participated in Operation Toy Drop, a charity event that allows paratroopers who donate a toy to the needy a chance to earn partner nation jump......
Story by Spc. Stephanie Madrid | 352nd Civil Affairs Command | 12.03.2015
Thousands of toys and hundreds of allied and American paratroopers come to Fort Bragg each year for the Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, now in its 18th year. What makes this charity event so unique is the fact that it is also an airborne operation that combines valuable training and the holiday spirit of giving....
Story by Sgt. Nicole Paese | 361st Theater Public Affairs Support Element | 12.03.2015
U.S. Soldiers and jumpmasters from allied nations practiced airborne procedures on the ground on Dec. 3, 2015 here in preparation for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. The event was hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) along with the Army Reserve....
Story by Sgt. Angela Morrow | 352nd Civil Affairs Command | 12.03.2015
Dawn breaks as paratroopers fill the sky. They are dropped from various aircraft littering the field. Communication can make or break an airborne operation such as this. That’s why information technology troops are on the ground providing service where there is none....
Story by Sgt. Destiny Farr | 352nd Civil Affairs Command | 12.03.2015
Just after dawn, the chilly air was filled with the sounds of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. It appeared over the tree line, dropping nations from the sky. Paratroopers from America, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, and Netherlands, all fell from the sky to the Nijmegen Landing Zone in participation with the Operation Toy Drop....
