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Freehold woman asks for donations to help make troops' lives easier
As the war in Iraq nears the five-year mark and the war in Afghanistan moves through its seventh year, reinforcements from New Jersey will soon be on their way overseas.
That means people on the homefront are being asked to continue their efforts to support the troops who will be marching into harm's way and to help the families the soldiers will leave behind.
On Oct. 18 Maj. Gen. Glenn Rieth announced that the New Jersey Army National Guard's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will be deploying to Iraq in 2008. The brigade deployment will bring the total number of New Jersey soldiers now being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan to more than 3,200, according to a press release from the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
Additional units being sent overseas include an embedded training team, two aviation units and a military police company. All units will be mobilized for one year, which includes stateside training and "boots on the ground" in theater, according to the press release.
These units join a New Jersey Air National Guard security forces squadron already on a tour of duty in Iraq, conducting base security and entry control missions. In addition to the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployment to Iraq, four other New Jersey Army National Guard units are involved in deployments in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. The news of this latest National Guard deployment has once again prompted Mary Ellen Berryman, of Freehold Borough, to take action. As she has done several times in the past, Berryman is rallying support for the troops by asking area residents to donate items that will be shipped overseas and help make life a little more bearable for the men and women who are serving the United States. The following items are needed: shampoo, shaving cream, dental floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes, Tums, sunscreen lotion, wipes, lip balm, razor blades, mouthwash, soap (Ivory), batteries (AA, AAA, D), bug spray, Sternos (for heat), international phone cards, DVDs, cigarettes, pens, flip pads, instant coffee, sugar packs, powdered milk, hot chocolate, ice tea mix, dry mix drinks (Kool Aid) and hard candy.
Items may be dropped off at the National Guard Armory, Route 33 Freehold, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, Berryman said.
Berryman may be contacted at (732) 431-0111. (Tri-Town News)
Freehold woman asks for donations to help make troops' lives easier
As the war in Iraq nears the five-year mark and the war in Afghanistan moves through its seventh year, reinforcements from New Jersey will soon be on their way overseas.
That means people on the homefront are being asked to continue their efforts to support the troops who will be marching into harm's way and to help the families the soldiers will leave behind.
On Oct. 18 Maj. Gen. Glenn Rieth announced that the New Jersey Army National Guard's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will be deploying to Iraq in 2008. The brigade deployment will bring the total number of New Jersey soldiers now being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan to more than 3,200, according to a press release from the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
Additional units being sent overseas include an embedded training team, two aviation units and a military police company. All units will be mobilized for one year, which includes stateside training and "boots on the ground" in theater, according to the press release.
These units join a New Jersey Air National Guard security forces squadron already on a tour of duty in Iraq, conducting base security and entry control missions. In addition to the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployment to Iraq, four other New Jersey Army National Guard units are involved in deployments in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. The news of this latest National Guard deployment has once again prompted Mary Ellen Berryman, of Freehold Borough, to take action. As she has done several times in the past, Berryman is rallying support for the troops by asking area residents to donate items that will be shipped overseas and help make life a little more bearable for the men and women who are serving the United States. The following items are needed: shampoo, shaving cream, dental floss, toothpaste, toothbrushes, Tums, sunscreen lotion, wipes, lip balm, razor blades, mouthwash, soap (Ivory), batteries (AA, AAA, D), bug spray, Sternos (for heat), international phone cards, DVDs, cigarettes, pens, flip pads, instant coffee, sugar packs, powdered milk, hot chocolate, ice tea mix, dry mix drinks (Kool Aid) and hard candy.
Items may be dropped off at the National Guard Armory, Route 33 Freehold, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, Berryman said.
Berryman may be contacted at (732) 431-0111. (Tri-Town News)