28 August 2010

Pakistan Disaster Relief


U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing fly Halal meals to Pakistan as part of a humanitarian relief mission to assist more than 50,000 people July 31, 2010. Halal meals are prepared according Islamic tradition. Floods in the region have displaced hundreds of thousands and killed hundreds. The aircrew is a part of an Air National Guard Unit deployed from Peoria, Ill. Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing.


In a show of appreciation, a local Pakistani man offers fruit juice and cookies to Marines from HMM-165E Reinforced, 15th Marine Expedtionary Unit during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan, Pakistan (formerly known as the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan). Photo: Capt. Paul Duncan, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Public Affairs.

2 comments:

SHERRY ROBERTS said...

<span>IT IS SO AWESOME TO SEE PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE TROOPS OVER THERE, FOR ALL THEY DO, AND IT DOES NOT GO UNAPPRECIATED....GOD BLESS ONE AND ALL..........</span>

FbL said...

I just love that 2nd pic!!