Photos : U.S. military humanitarian assistance delivery to Tbilisi, Georgia
By Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Wagers
Aug 14, 2008 - 12:34:35 PM
Blackanthem Military News
TBILISI, Georgia -
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| Aerial Transporter Staff Sgt. Chris Broegemueller, assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing's Contingency Response Group at Sembach Air Base, Germany, helps push out the first of 16 pallets aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III here, Aug. 13, 2008. The humanitarian assistance delivery consisted of $1M in U.S.-donated medical supplies, blankets, sleeping bags and bed sheets for the people of the Republic of Georgia. The delivery was a joint service effort between Airmen representing both U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Mobility Command, as well as U.S. Army Europe Soldiers. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Wagers) |
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| International press photograph the first of 16 pallets containing $1M in U.S. donated medical supplies, blankets, sleeping bags and bed sheets for the people of the Republic of Georgia, here Aug. 13, 2008. The delivery was a joint service effort between Airmen representing both U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Mobility Command, as well as U.S. Army Europe Soldiers. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Wagers) |
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| While en route to Tbilisi, Georgia, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, a small group of U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force officers discuss details of the joint humanitarian assistance delivery, Aug. 13, 2008. The delivery consisted of $1M in U.S.-donated medical supplies, blankets, sleeping bags and bed sheets for the people of the Republic of Georgia. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Wagers) |
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| International press interview U.S. Army Col. Benjamin Eversen, Chief of International Operations Division for U.S. Army Europe, here Aug. 13, 2008 who accompanied the first delivery of 16 pallets containing $1M in U.S. donated medical supplies, blankets, sleeping bags and bed sheets for the people of the Republic of Georgia. The delivery was a joint service effort between airmen representing both U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Mobility Command, as well as U.S. Army Europe soldiers. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Wagers) |
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| Twenty-eight soldiers from the 66th Transportation Company, and the 39th Transportation Battalion, and airmen from the 723rd Air Mobility Squadron worked 36 hours to palletize over 75,000 pounds of emergency shelter items and medical supplies which include tents, blankets, bedding, hygiene items, clothing, beds, cots, and medical supplies in order to support this mission to the Georgian people. (Department of Defense photo by Capt. Bryan Woods) |
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