Making life a little better

   I'm SSG Frank Broncato from Buffalo, and I am Humanitarian Aid Coordinator in the Civil Military Affairs Section of 27th Brigade Combat Team, CJTF Phoenix VII Kabul, Afghanistan.

    I keep track of all incoming and out going aid supplies. I distribute clothes, toys, food and school supplies, which are desperately needed here. We are opening up a lot of schools for the children of Afghanistan.

   In the picture I am at the Aschiana School  for Street Children near Kabul.

    These children are really poor. They are beggars who live in mud huts, shanties, or bombed-out buildings. They beg for their parents and siblings everyday. The look on their faces when they receive school supplies is overwhelming. I could tell that they were very excited and that we are giving them a fighting chance at life.

— SSG Frank Broncato

Comments

[Mike]

Dear Staff Sergeant Broncato,
Since no one has stepped forward so far, let me thank you for serving your country on this Memorial Day. God Bless you and the rest of men and women of the armed services.

M. Zimmer, CMSgt, USAF(Retired)