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All work and
no play...
Story by: Spc. William E. Henry,
Indiana
Army National Guard
Posted: April 16, 2008
INDIANAPOLIS
- Family Readiness Groups for the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team’s Field Artillery Batteries banded together in
Indianapolis collecting donated supplies to send to the
Soldiers deployed to the Middle East,
March 15.
As a large
box of personal supplies like shaving cream, deodorants and sun
block gradually filled for the troops, the afternoon was packed with
many Easter activities for the kids to enjoy.
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Gracie Heck, stepdaughter of Spc. David
Walker of the 2nd Battalion, 150th Field Artillery Regiment,
sits with the Easter Bunny at a Family Readiness Group
packing party and Easter celebration at Stout Field
Indianapolis, March 14.
Walker
is deployed to the Middle East
along with thousands of others in the 76th Infantry Brigade
Combat Team to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by
Spc. William E. Henry, Indiana National Guard
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“I wanted to
make it more fun for the kids and a good time for the families all
together,” said Julie Clahan, Rockville FRG chairperson.
The Easter
Bunny was on hand to greet the children, an egg hunt got underway
and the little ones searched for eggs in kiddy pools filled with
decorative grass.
Amber
Halsey, wife of Staff Sgt. Andrew Halsey, a squad leader with 3rd
Battalion, 139th Field Artillery Regiment, said she enjoys the
support and interaction with the children and families of other
deployed Soldiers.
“It gives
the kids something to look forward to and it gets them around kids
that are in the same situation that they’re in too,” said Halsey.
Another wife
that enjoys the extended support is Heather Rouse, wife of Spc.
Charles Rouse of the 2nd Battalion 150th Field Artillery Regiment.
“It’s good
to know you have help if you need to talk to someone. If I have any
problems I feel a lot better knowing there is someone I can count
on,” said Rouse.
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