tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:26:44 +0000SOS: KIDS and WOH provide items to children in areas our deployed Heroes are working in. WOH was started by a deployed Airman in Afghanistan and his Soldiers' Angel, merged with SOS: KIDS in June '06, and now includes requests from servicemembers is all branches and various locations. SOS: KIDS is a Soldiers' Angels program.http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/soldiersangels@gmail.com (Soldiers Angels)Blogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-4760448952308091149Mon, 26 May 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:04.664-05:00Memorial DaytributesThe Things They CarriedThey carried P-38 can openers and heat tabs, watches and dog tags, insect repellent, gum, cigarettes, Zippo lighters, salt tablets, compress bandages, ponchos, Kool-Aid, two or three canteens of water, iodine tablets, sterno, LRRP-rations, and C-rations stuffed in socks. They carried standard fatigues, jungle boots, bush hats, flak jackets, and steel pots. They carried the http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/05/memorial-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-2580348279963008635Mon, 19 May 2008 10:38:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:04.873-05:00USMCIraqRegimental Combat Team 5humanitarian aidphotosBaghdadchildrenPOSITIVE FEEDBACK - An Iraqi boy waves a sign, written for him in English by an older Iraq boy, as a way to say "thank you" for the paper that was donated to his school in Baghdad, Iraq, by a school district in Wyoming, May 10, 2008. The supplies were distributed by U.S. Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 5.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shawn Coolman http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/05/positive-feedback-iraqi-boy-waves-sign.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-8795883240302021706Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:02:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.047-05:003rd IDIraqCivil Affairs1-76th FAGood NewschildrenUS ArmyFOB Kalsu415th Civil Affairs BattalionFrom Multi-National Force - Iraq:A student from Abu Shear School takes an arm full of backpacks back to the classroom April 14 in the Monsouri area of Iraq. Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1-76th FA, 4th BCT, 3rd Inf. Div., delivered backpacks, soccer balls and notebooks to students there. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Tami Hillis.Friday, 18 April 2008By Sgt. 1st Class Tami http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/04/soldiers-distribute-school-supplies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-4726130608241862654Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:20:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.180-05:00NewslogoThanks to Holly, we have a new logo: T-shirts will be coming shortly.Note: Logo is copyrighted - please do not use without permission.http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/04/we-have-logo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-861053928111323198Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:40:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.402-05:00IslamIraq2-69th Armor RegimentGood News101st Airborne DivisionchildrenUS ArmyPatrol Base Lion's DenRadwaniyahFrom Multi-National Force - Iraq:With the ball, Spc. Cortez Cox, a water purification specialist, and Staff Sgt. Howard Benjamin, a section leader, both with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), teach Radwaniyah children how to defend and take the ball away during day two of a three-day basketball camp at Patrol Base Lion’shttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/04/camp-teaches-iraqi-children-basketball.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-2485376961775206931Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:58:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.509-05:00IraqGood NewschildrenFallen HeroesFrom Multi-National Force - Iraq:Calif., native 1st Lt. Casey Zimmerman of Company C, 3rdBattalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, hands out footballs at a school in Mullah Fayad March 27. All the items were donated by the family and community of Sgt. Nathan Barnes, who served in the area and was killed in Rushdi Mullah July 17. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/04/fallen-soldiers-family-continues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-3382759115239192871Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:49:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.623-05:00Patrol Base AssassinIraq3ID1st Cavalry RegimentphotoschildrenUS ArmyMAKING ARMY FRIENDS - U.S. Army Capt. Troy Thomas holds hands with a young Iraqi girl as he walks to his Humvee in a village outside Patrol Base Assassin, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2008. Thomas is assigned to 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Kingston http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/01/making-army-friends-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-833666925382978554Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:06:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.740-05:00Iraq3IDhumanitarian aidGood NewsphotoschildrenUS Army1-64th Armor RegimentFrom Multi-National Force - Iraq:Pfc. Andrew Gordon, from Westerly, R.I., Company C, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, hands a soccer ball to a young boy during a visit to the Al Ashbal primary school in Khadra, Jan. 9. Photo by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs. Thursday, 17 January 2008FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU — http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2008/01/armor-regiment-soldiers-delivers-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-7850603556392022068Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:52:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.910-05:001-2-1 National Police Training TeamIraqhumanitarian aidGood News1st Infantry DivisionphotosBaghdadchildrenFrom Multi-National Force-Iraq:Charlotte native Staff Sgt. Antonio Ellison, a medic with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st National Police Division training team, chats with Yousef Kasim, an Iraqi boy who had suffered from severe burns, in front of the boy’s home in the "Five Farms" area of southern Baghdad, Dec. 20. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Timmons, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/police-attention-helps-burned-boy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-2930565270607209943Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:14:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:05.999-05:00Iraqi ArmyIraqGood NewschildrenFrom Multi-National Force Iraq:An Iraqi boy smiles after receiving a soccer ball from an Iraqi Army Soldier with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division (Mechanized) at an elementary school in Jerf Al Mila, in northwest Baghdad, Dec. 17. Photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs.Tuesday, 25 December 2007By Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp1st http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/iraqi-army-hands-out-school-supplies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-6113184590305945762Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:40:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:06.207-05:00holidaysChristmassupporting the troopsTo read messages from Soldiers' Angels and others to our troops, go here.http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/to-read-messages-from-soldiers-angels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-8415112451971480218Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:36:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:06.349-05:003rd IDIraq1-10th FASabbah NissanchildrenFrom Multi-National Force Iraq:A child in Sabbah Nissan receives a new backpack from members of the Concerned Local Citizens group, Nov. 26. The bags were provided by Battery A, 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery. Battery A has distributed 1,422 backpacks to the children of Sabbah Nissan since they came to the area in October.FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalionhttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/iraqi-school-children-receive-1422.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-6834162579638711896Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:12:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:06.476-05:00IraqGood NewsBalad-Ruz101st Airborne DivisionchildrenSpecialist Michael RodriguezFallen HeroesFrom Multi-National Force - Iraq:School girls from the Dur-Mandali Primary School for Girls in the city of Balad-Ruz receive supplies from the family of fallen Paratrooper Spc. Michael Rodriguez. Spc. Rodriquez's family said he wrote home about the wonderful kids he had met and loved. Photo by 1st Lt. Scott Marler, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs.BALAD-RUZ — http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/fallen-paratroopers-family-gives-school.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-1660248640586464304Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:11:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:06.707-05:00Kapisa ProvinceBagram Provincial Reconstruction TeamAfghanistanphotoschildrenUS ArmyKEEPING WARM - A U.S. Army soldier from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team gives a young girl from Afghanistan's Kapisa Province Orphanage a blanket from during a humanitarian aid mission Nov. 29, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jordan Carter http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-warm-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-1250150642089082138Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:08:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:06.985-05:00USMCIraq3-2 Marine RegimentRegimental Combat Team 2Good NewsUbaydichildrenFrom Multi-National Force Iraq:Iraqi students show their excitement after Company I, Task Force 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, delivered school supplies to their school on the outskirts of Ubaydi. The Marines presented the schoolmaster with new soccer balls for the school before ensuring each child received an individual package of various school supplies donated byhttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/12/marines-deliver-school-supplies-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-5060629858556733617Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:01:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:07.302-05:00ThanksgivingholidaysMilitary graphic by Dochttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/11/military-graphic-by-doc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-7145504826437138680Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:49:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:07.621-05:00Veterans' Dayhttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/11/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-2992588466157189264Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:51:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:07.714-05:001-15th Infantry RegimentIraqphotoschildrenSalman PakFoot PatrolU.S. Army Cpl. Aaron Wait, from San Antonio and a rifleman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, escorts a young girl across the street during a dismounted foot patrol in Salman Pak, Iraq, June 20, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ben Huttohttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/07/foot-patrol-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-6342685123450012154Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:26:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:08.735-05:00USMCIraqhumanitarian aidFallujahphotosphoto essaysCandy thrown by U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robert Helmstetter assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, Multi National Force-West, suspends in the air as Iraqi children wait in anticipation for gravity to take its course in Fallujah, Iraq, June 9, 2007. Moments later, the crowd dropped to hands and knees to gather up the treats. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tracee L. JacksonAn Iraqi http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/06/us-marines-sponsor-goodwill-mission.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-3717798384700854966Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:40:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:08.830-05:00USMCIraqphotoschildrenAl QamHELPING HANDSU.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kyle Harper, a truck leader with Military Police Company, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, hands a bottle of water to an Iraqi child in Al Qam, Iraq, June 5, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael J. O'Brien http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/06/helping-hands-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-7757018810219484625Sat, 05 May 2007 04:38:00 +00002008-12-09T03:10:09.012-05:00Kapisa ProvinceTagabhumanitarian aid1175th MPAfghanistanphotoschildrenUS ArmySCHOOL SUPPLIES — A U.S. Army soldier with the 1175th Military Police Company gives school supplies and other humanitarian assistance to children as they leave after being seen during a medical civic action program in the district of Tagab in the Kapisa province of Afghanistan, April 30, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Brackenhttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/05/school-supplies-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-117112751568508620Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:11:00 +00002007-02-10T12:11:55.720-05:00LET'S PLAY - U.S. Army Spc. Matthew McClaine participates in a game of soccer with students from a school in Djibouti City, Djibouti, after handing out school supplies collected by Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, Feb. 7, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Chief Petty Officer Eric A. Clementhttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/02/lets-play-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-117052739473702113Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:29:00 +00002007-02-03T13:29:54.770-05:00Iraqi children wave to a passing Iraqi and U.S. Army mounted patrol in Kirkuk, Iraq, Jan. 28, 2007. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Maria J. Barehttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/02/iraqi-children-wave-to-passing-iraqi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-116952164186176366Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:05:00 +00002007-01-22T22:07:21.873-05:00Infantry unit takes a break from patrolling to deliver much needed supplies to local school. By U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mary Rose7th Mobile Public Affairs DetachmentCAMP SLAYER, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007 — An infantry unit from the Kentucky Army National Guard spent the morning of Jan. 14 not patrolling the streets of Baghdad like they usually do, but delivering supplies to local school children.Soldiers http://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/01/school-supplies-bring-smiles-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23116051.post-116927418252714004Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:21:00 +00002007-01-20T01:23:02.526-05:00FRIENDS — U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Mike Bradbury draws a smiley face on an Iraqi boy's hand during a visit to distribute school supplies at a boy's school in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Katherine Tripphttp://sawingsofhope.blogspot.com/2007/01/friends-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pam)0