12/08/2020
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ผ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ผ๐ฉ ๐
For the past 69 years, the Christmas drop mission has demonstrated Americaโs goodwill to those with few material resources as well as a proving ground for the techniques used and shared with regional partners in preparation for response to natural disasters all too common across remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific region.
On Dec. 7, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, also known as Base Camp during OCD, kicked off OCD20 with a โPush Ceremony.โ
๐ธ: Staff Sergeant Divine Cox, 36th AW Public Affairs
This long-standing tradition of goodwill is a partnership between the 374th AW, ๐๐ผ๐ค๐ผ๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌe, ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง; the 36th WG, ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐
๐, ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ; the 734th Air Mobility Squadron, Andersen AFB of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, ๐๐ผ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ผ๐ซ-๐๐ข๐๐ค๐๐บ, ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ข๐ข; ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ; and the '๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ผ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐บ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ผ๐ฉ' ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ผ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ผ๐ง which leads the fundraising and donations for the operation.
๐ธ: Staff Sergeant Gabrielle Spaulding, 374th AW Public Affairs
๐พ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
The tradition began during the Christmas season in 1952 when a B-29 Superfortress aircrew saw islanders waving at them from the island of Kapingamarangi, 3,500 miles southwest of Hawaii. In the spirit of Christmas, the aircrew dropped a bundle of supplies attached to a parachute to the islanders below, giving the operation its name.
๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง, ๐บ๐ผ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐บ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ผ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ผ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ผ๐ง. ๐
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