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Exclusive look at organization bringing cheer to our troops
- Duration 8:28
- Date Dec 21, 2012
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-- for the past three years we brought you exclusively behind the scenes of operation patriot care package and ever created by Michael Monica -- to raise awareness about the sacrifices of military families make.
Not just during the holidays -- all year round now this year they followed the 172.
Brigade Blackhawks.
-- actually double deployed meaning that they're based in Germany and they have to leave their loved ones far from friends and far from family when they deployed to the war zone.
This case Afghanistan.
-- -- where one of the closest.
Patrol bases to -- -- border of Afghanistan Pakistan us.
Happy feet and in an area keep you guessing.
-- -- -- -- -- They.
Get excited about every.
It makes you miss my stimulus it's like municipal kids.
And this -- how he likes it when -- given things to see how they allowed a league games.
Gupta makes me happy.
He's a great for the holidays are there really -- -- must -- Christmas order coming up here and it wears on you have been good to see pictures of friends family children back -- -- states.
Yeah it is there an error about an hour about this evening hanging up packages that are meant that I polished persona -- get a Christian president from complete -- It's amazing experience that soldiers doesn't want to doesn't receive very many packages.
Very very unique situation we are we live in Germany so being in Afghanistan we're technically double the -- So yes thousands that are away from their families prior -- back in the United States that are raised by good distance and you have.
Their husbands or four here Afghanistan's an accident much harder.
The good news is is that this is one of the stars -- birdies I've ever seen -- -- -- he's cancer family readiness group and its main goal is information dissemination of so we tried to inform spouses.
So they -- able to cope and deal with the army life keeping them informed.
Us that they can help themselves.
And -- -- easy is that -- readiness group.
And it is paying you collaboration of all the -- that fire is a company that they.
Agreements are -- glue that holds.
That they -- -- together when these guys that aren't.
Then you better run and they're trying a lot of them.
Little button that the athletic guy.
For people to recognize and -- things for them out of their own pockets is amazing so the real possible.
Our soldiers angels are our angels and back right now because.
We do how -- -- and that means that what we get paid isn't enough says do -- for everybody.
My hasn't even been in the military five years.
We've been married about three and a half.
And right now I'm pregnant and -- here.
About a month after Christmas.
With our first child.
-- -- -- But man -- he says that the best thing and I consent is something that they're and we just had a -- and August -- very proud wasn't able to come home he'll be home hopefully it's beginning the next year and meet her for the first time.
We're excited and -- daddy regularly.
Unfortunately -- situation on the ground here -- just driving country and it's in the mission.
So I wasn't able to get home for the birth.
My -- very very good woman she feels to watch me go away for the third time now that is going to have a child and two arisen on her own business.
-- spectacular woman.
Famous a lot of things an army family especially in over here at -- -- opponents -- him.
Just -- you love dating and and then I think that's the hardest part about this the woman has been.
-- being a mommy and a daddy.
I live I don't.
I'm.
Here today and two hours -- -- -- -- is we have ones are backed by our party backing graft.
They were facts that's it for you just let them by name box.
Retired Saturday over 1000 stuff and divorcing.
America's got forgotten about the war -- this thing off -- ten years now.
Well for most people -- not true.
Because you have complete strangers and yet companies like -- tactical.
And of course mr.
Chuck Norris the soldiers angels sit inside out there today and out of their own -- to send your chair back up.
That's a love -- it is his pictures just lets you know they didn't even though I'm not there -- You can tell -- How he does stuff.
And today and in -- let me and let -- -- you so -- it's an honor him and -- -- -- -- -- Good.
I do anything.
And this one access prudential -- motivation it.
Make sure come back and especially show my guest tonight.
From here.
It's.
A Mac -- -- -- I'll ask you again I.
Yeah thank this.
Pistons.
Fun thing.
-- film like this won't eat.
-- me thinks.
I haven't.
We love you.
-- -- -- -- We love you.
I'm telling you you are homeless and really couldn't -- And.
Sometimes tough.
I don't -- I mean who wanted to.
It really means a lot to soldiers to be out here so close of the Afghanistan Pakistan border and isolated from.
The Reston Virginia and of course being deployed for family and just received a package like that -- to someone you know exists.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Thanks for being heroes for us we let you guys.
Support from home.
They say hi my mom and my dad and rest my family.
And especially my daughter Victoria.
-- -- -- -- Awesome.
Some programs.
-- -- -- -- Hopefully it's important.
There are pictures from my last through doctors' appointments last pretty good thing that actually looks normal.
-- -- you -- as being -- -- This is you my personal -- my wife.
From overwork.
It reminds us.
We have back home -- must.
You know not having there.
Excuse myself.
Another Christmas important.
-- for more information on operation care package just go to patriot care package dot com.