Base supports deployed members

Published Oct. 4, 2007
By Tech. Sgt. Joel Langton
47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Nearly two dozen people turned out recently to make cards from home and send them to deployed Laughlin members in time for the holidays, just one of the ways the Airman and Family Readiness Center supports the community.

"It's one of the Airman and Family Readiness Center's key roles to make sure family members and deployed members stay connected during deployments," said Tech. Sgt. Walter Anderson, NCO-in-charge of the Laughlin Airman and Family Readiness Center.

We also strive to let deployed members know that they're always in the forefront of our thoughts."

Thus, when Marie McClellan, wife of Capt. Peter McClellan, 86th Flying Training Squadron, approached Sergeant Anderson and told him about National Stamp It Up Day, he recognized it as a chance to combine a card-making activity and boost the morale of those deployed from the base.

"We've got people deployed from Iraq to Honduras, and many (places) in between," Sergeant Anderson said. "We want to make sure they know they're not forgotten."