OPERATION TOY DROP XIV - Sicily Drop Zone - Fort Bragg, NC 2011
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Uploaded by martinjmac on Dec 17, 2011
Dozens of parachute silhouettes raining down against the North Carolina sky are nothing out of the ordinary around Fort Bragg, but each December since 1998, Airborne operations have taken on a different meaning to America's men and women in uniform with the Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. An annual opportunity for Fort Bragg's military community to help families in need over the holidays, Operation Toy Drop combines the efforts of Army, Air Force and civilian service organizations in a truly unique event.
Operation Toy Drop is a week-long, philanthropic project where Fort Bragg's paratroopers (or visiting paratroopers from across the nation) individually contribute new, unwrapped toys to be distributed to local children's homes and social service agencies. Despite the project's name, these toys are not "dropped" anywhere except into the arms of deserving children throughout Cumberland County and North Carolina.
The drop is actually a daytime, non-tactical airborne operation supervised by foreign military jumpmasters -- a rare treat for participating Soldiers who relish the opportunity to earn a foreign nation's "jump wings".
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Glad to see videos from those who participated. It was a great OTD this year...
chrisngrod 2 months ago