Red Bulls Caught With Their Hands in the Cookie JarCOB BASRA, Iraq – Soldiers on Contingency Operating Base Basra were delighted and eager to tear open buckets of Sweet Martha’s cookies and dunk them in fresh milk, all courtesy of a joint-effort with the Blue Star Mothers of America and the Exchange Clubs of Minnesota to send holiday treat to those deployed during the holidays.
(U.S. Army photo by PFC J. Princeville Lawrence)A taste of home
Eyes lit up as Soldiers of the 34th “Red Bull” Infantry Division popped the lids off of the familiar buckets and told their counterparts who had never had a Sweet Martha about the famous cookies, and how a trip to the Minnesota State Fair just isn’t the same without them.
Since many Soldiers were deployed to Iraq during the fair this year, they were grateful to sink their teeth into something unique to Minnesota and to share that experience with others.
(U.S. Army photo by PFC J. Princeville Lawrence)Chief Warrant Officer Krystal Jancze, a Portland, Ore. native, initially turned down a box of cookies. When she realized they were from Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar, a wide grin spread across her face and she quickly changed her mind.
“She was really ecstatic about the cookies,” said Sgt. 1st Class Angela Amundson. “She even warmed them up and had lots of milk.”..
For a reminder of what we take for granted, but what means so much to our troops, go read the rest of this one here.
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