One of the units friends and I support is a shop that maintains helos and planes. The pictures are of a USMC SSG and his shop in Djbouti, Africa at Camp Lemonier. 
SSG Shaun recently sent me a picture of a CH 53, a massive helicopter, making a shipment of concrete to a local village in need of a well for water. Up until then they had been walking a mile to the next nearest well.
Quite a few of these servicemen at Camp Lemonier use their free time to give assistance to French nuns caring for babies in a nearby orphanage in the capitol. Men and women from Camp Lemonier spend time with the babies, playing, feeding and just holding these children who would spend a lot less time in human arms, if it weren't for the efforts of servicemembers from all four branches based at Camp Lemonier. This connection is good for them both. 
Read this and DO NOT miss all the great pics just click on the arrow under the first picture in the story of these guys and gals in the process of being wrapped around these children's little fingers. It's priceless!
Here's video of what the area looks like and the work being done at the orphanage. It was done by a Marine sergeant based there last year.
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4 comments:
awww, just....awww.
I know huh? If they don't have girlfrineds all they need to do is show those pictures around...haha.
Dang, the news letter about the orphanage wouldn't open. Good stuff though. Its the kind of thing deployed US servicemen and women have done for over a hundred years.
Phil--I fixed the link or rather found another one. Let me knoe if you can see it.