Old Guard delivers 700 pounds of food to charity
Our buddy, Nicky, sends us a link to an article in Arlington Now about some troops from the Old Guard at Fort Myers, VA who delivered by foot 700 pounds of food to the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC);
About 50 members of the Army’s 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment delivered nearly 700 pounds of donated food to the Arlington Food Assistance Center this morning.
In case the donation wasn’t impressive enough, the soldiers delivered the food on foot, marching 4 miles from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall to AFAC’s building in Shirlington with rucksacks on their backs.
The 3rd Infantry Regiment is also known as the Old Guard. The donation was made by the Old Guard’s 4th Battalion, which consists of ceremonial companies, a military police company, and the guards of the Tomb of the Unknowns, among others.
The AFAC says that they feed about 1800 families in the area.
Category: Real Soldiers
Well done… class acts, indeed.
A friend of mine, former XO of the Ranger Training Battalion, is now the Deputy Commanding Officer of the 3rd Inf
Regiment. A fitting command for a warrior such as he is. This is the Army that so much of the world sees, and plays such a key role in presenting the army in the DC area. Much more than just the Tomb Guard.
Crap! In my comment #2 above, I put “6 Ranger Training Battalion”, but bracketed the 6 as we do on Facebook and that is html. I should have put “6th Ranger Training Battalion” instead.
Damn! It got dusty in here suddenly.
A class act indeed! Well done, gentlemen (and that includes both officers and enlisted), indeed!
Roger that.
TOG setting the example.
REAL MEN doing real things for people in need. BRAVO ZULU!!! And extra KUDOS for “humping” the food to its destination, A CLASS ACT!!
*NOTE* For the uninitiated, “humping” is an Army GI term meaning that one carried it in their rucksack (large Army-issued backpack), like an Army Light Infantry Unit “humping” from one AO to another!
A good deed from the TOG. You other services say we Marines like the PR? Joe
Strong backs, big hearts and big stones on these guys.