Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Soldiers, families worldwide celebrating Thanksgiving-Kuwait, Korea, Germany....


Soldiers, families worldwide celebrating Thanksgiving-Kuwait, Korea, and Germany....

While the Thanksgiving meals are important, the holiday, as its name implies, is also about "thanks" and "giving." As such, Soldiers everywhere are participating in community activities and doing things to help the needy.

KUWAIT

This month, Soldiers stationed in Kuwait came together for a Thanksgiving meal with Kuwaiti school children in their early teens.

Staff Sgt. Jennifer C. Manaday, a civil affairs team sergeant with the 352nd Civil Affairs Command attached to U.S. Army Central, said she was happy to have had the opportunity to attend the celebration and learn more about the Kuwaitis while sharing some of her own Thanksgiving experiences.

KOREA

Meanwhile on the other side of Asia in Korea, Americans stationed there this month were learning how to make kimchi, the main Korean dish, from the locals at the Annual Kimchi Charity Event in Dongducheon.

Although the traditional Korean Thanksgiving Day, called chuseok, is celebrated every September 19, Soldiers had the opportunity to partake of Thanksgiving food Nov. 15 that was different from the traditional Turkey meal.

GERMANY

In Grafenwoehr, Germany, the Army Chaplains Office will donate $24,000 worth of commissary gift cards to Soldiers and families in need at U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria.

Read the rest of the story on the site below.

Written by David Vergun

Retrieved on 27 Nov 2013.

 

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