The Beacon

The BEACON is a blog for sharing ongoing light news about employees and events happening around post offices and plants in the Northern New England District of the U.S. Postal Service



Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Holiday in a Combat Zone

Members of the armed services regularly make "care package" deliveries to in Afghanistan –and especially on Christmas Day, when they help soldiers on the ground enjoy the holiday.
United States Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Evans, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, checks Priority Mail "care packages" loaded onto a UH-1Y Huey at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 25. The helicopter squadron flew thousands of pounds of holiday packages to infantry Marines at forward operating bases in that war-torn country on Christmas Day.
Michael Evans is the son of Troy Evans, a mechanic in the Concord, NH, Post Office.