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Thanksgiving Dinner for Deployed Troops Included a Surprise

Thanksgiving dinner -Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and jellied cranberry sauce – the traditional feast of our childhood was sent to our troops serving in far away places, including the new troop deployment in Saudi Arabia. But that wasn’t all that was sent to them… the surprise today was an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base by the Commander-in-Chief.

First the logistics of making…

Veteran’s Super Bowl Sunday Gift to Deployed Troops

Pizza pizza pizza…that’s what consumes the life of Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Evans. He’s the head of Pizzas4patriots, an organization that sends pizzas to troops who are deployed away from home. And they’ve been doing it since 2008. June, 2008 The idea is born “My son looked at the soldiers in Iraq on TV and he asked me what they were eating. I told him Meals Ready to Eat (MREs)– not…

Misty and mindful under the mistletoe

I’ll admit it. I’m a sap, a spineless, simpering, soft-hearted, sentimental fool. I’m one of those people who tears up at the slightest little things — a tidbit of news, an earnest child, the national anthem playing in the distance, a touching television commercial. And when the holidays roll around, I’m schmaltzier than ever. The kids are mortified with embarrassment and Francis thinks I need to…