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Anthony's Army Buddies @ your library® • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Renovating for the Future @ your library ® :
December 2007 Richard Bland College of The College of William and Mary students have a long-standing history of supporting the US military. As early as 1968, there was a club on campus named the “We Care Club” whose members sent boxes of gifts to soldiers deployed to Vietnam. During the last seven years, the RBC Wellness on Campus Committee has hosted “Thanks for Freedom Luncheons” recognizing civil servants of all kinds. Letter-writing activities, where letters are written and mailed to troops stationed in hardship areas of the world, have been sponsored by library staff, student activities, the Young Democrats and the Young Republicans. At present, there are bulletin boards across campus with sign-up sheets for names of active duty service members and their duty stations to be listed by students, professors and staff. In holiday seasons past, the library staff have sponsored the Tri-Cities chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Salvation Army Angel Tree by purchasing items ranging from toys to a bicycle. This holiday season, the Richard Bland College library staff will sponsor a project dubbed Anthony’s Army Buddies designed to support military members deployed to Iraq. The current holiday project is named after Anthony Galloni. A Richard Bland College graduate and son of librarian Joy Galloni, Anthony is currently serving in Iraq with the 4-6 Air Calvary at Mosul. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Galloni is the pilot of a Kiowa helicopter whose mission is supporting the ground troops. The 4-6 Air Cav Squadron which hails from Fort Lewis, Washington, is comprised of 650 deployed people along with ten Blackhawk and thirty Kiowa helicopters. The Squadron is assigned to three different locations in Iraq. Some soldiers are new to the military while others are working on their final years before retirement and have returned to Iraq for a second mission. These helicopters fly 24/7 and require a vast array of personnel support—from helicopter maintenance to food, water and laundry services.
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